After you finish the last drop from a bottle of wine, announce to your friends that you can drink another shot of wine from the bottle. Your friends will think it’s impossible, but you can prove them wrong. Simply turn the bottle upside down, pour some wine from your glass into the punt (the indention on the bottom of the bottle), then drink. You have just drunk a shot of wine from the empty bottle.
Sex on the Beach
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1 ⁄ ounces vodka 1 ounce peach schnapps 2 ounces orange juice
2 ounces cranberry juice
Combine all ingredients in a highball glass almost filled with ice. Stir.
Sloe Screw
1 ounce vodka 1 ounce sloe gin
2 ounces fresh orange juice
Pour all ingredients into a tall glass of ice and stir.
Smiling Tiger
1 ounce black vodka
⁄ ounce black sambuca ⁄ ounce vanilla extract 1 ⁄ ounces orange juice Cream to fill
Pour black vodka, black sambuca, and vanilla extract into a tall glass (black).
Fill to the top with ice and slowly fill a little more than three-quarters with orange juice (orange). To make the white stripe, slowly fill the rest of the way with cream.
Sour Appletini
1 ounce citrus-flavored vodka 1 ounce sour apple liqueur 2 ounces sour mix
Pour all ingredients into a shaker. Shake and strain into a martini glass.
Strawberry Baybreeze
1 ⁄ ounces strawberry vodka Equal parts of cranberry and pineapple juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Strawberry Cosmopolitan
1 ⁄ ounces strawberry vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce cranberry juice
Lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge, for garnish
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Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker tin of ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge.
Strawberry Seabreeze
1 ⁄ ounces strawberry vodka Equal parts of cranberry and grapefruit juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Strawberry White Russian
1 ounce strawberry vodka 1 ounce coffee liqueur 2 ounces cream
Shake all ingredients together and pour into a short glass of ice.
Stupid Cupid
2 ounces pear vodka 1 ounce sloe gin
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
Pour ingredients into a mixing glass nearly filled with ice. Stir, then strain into a cocktail glass.
Tangerine Baybreeze
1 ⁄ ounces tangerine vodka Equal parts of cranberry and pineapple juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Tangerine Cosmopolitan
1 ⁄ ounces tangerine vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce cranberry juice
Lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge, for garnish
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker tin of ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge.
Tangerine Seabreeze
1 ⁄ ounces tangerine vodka Equal parts of cranberry and grapefruit juice to fill
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Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Upside-Down Pineapple Martini
⁄ ounce grenadine 1 ounce vanilla vodka 1 ounce Irish cream
1 ounce butterscotch schnapps 2 ounces pineapple juice 1 maraschino cherry
Pour the grenadine into a martini glass. Pour the rest of the liquid ingredients into a shaker tin of ice. Shake, then strain into the martini glass. Drop in the cherry.
Vanilla Baybreeze
1 ⁄ ounces vanilla vodka Equal parts of cranberry and pineapple juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Vanilla Seabreeze
1 ⁄ ounces vanilla vodka Equal parts of cranberry and grapefruit juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Vanilla White Russian
1 ounce vanilla vodka 1 ounce coffee liqueur 2 ounces cream
Shake all ingredients and pour into a short glass of ice.
Vodka and Tonic
2 ounces vodka Tonic water to fill 1 lime wedge
Pour the vodka and tonic into a highball glass of ice, then stir. Add the garnish.
Vodka Collins
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2 ounces vodka
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
⁄ ounce simple syrup Club soda to fill 1 orange slice and 1 cherry
Shake the first three ingredients with ice. Strain into a tall 12-ounce glass. Fill with club soda and garnish with orange slice and cherry.
Vodka Gimlet
2 ounces vodka
⁄ ounce Rose’s lime juice (or ⁄ ounce fresh lime juice and ⁄ ounce simple syrup) 1 lime wedge
Add the liquid ingredients to a mixing glass half filled with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass of ice. Garnish with lime wedge.
Vodka Martini
⁄ ounce dry vermouth 2 ounces vodka 2 olives or 1 lemon twist
In a mixing glass half filled with ice, add the vermouth first, then the vodka. Stir, then strain into a martini glass. Serve with olives or a twist of lemon.
Vodka on the Rocks
2 ounces vodka 1 lemon twist
Place a few ice cubes in a rocks glass and add vodka. Garnish with lemon twist.
Vodka Red Bull
2 ounces vodka Red Bull to fill
Pour the vodka into a highball glass of ice. Fill with Red Bull.
Vodka Sour
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
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⁄ ounce simple syrup 1 orange slice and 1 cherry
Fill a shaker glass two-thirds with ice. Add liquid ingredients and shake. Strain into a highball glass or over a short glass of ice. Garnish with orange slice and cherry.
Watermelon Baybreeze
1 ⁄ ounces watermelon vodka Equal parts of cranberry and pineapple juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Watermelon Cosmopolitan
1 ⁄ ounces watermelon vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce cranberry juice
Lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge, for garnish
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker tin of ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge.
Watermelon Seabreeze
1 ⁄ ounces watermelon vodka Equal parts of cranberry and grapefruit juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
White Blueberry Cosmo
1 ⁄ ounces blueberry vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce white (clear) cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
Pour liquid ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
White Chocolatini
1 ⁄ ounces vanilla vodka 1 ounce Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur 2 ounces cream
White chocolate shavings, for garnish
Pour the liquid ingredients into a shaker tin of ice. Shake, then strain into a
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martini glass. Sprinkle white chocolate shavings on top.
White Mango Cosmo
1 ⁄ ounces mango vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce white (clear) cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
White Melon Cosmo
1 ⁄ ounces melon vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce white (clear) cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
White Pineapple Cosmo
1 ⁄ ounces pineapple vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce white (clear) cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
White Raspberry Cosmo
1 ⁄ ounces raspberry vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce white (clear) cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
White Russian
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce coffee liqueur 2 ounces cream
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Shake all ingredients and pour into a short glass of ice.
White Russian Jolt
1 ounce espresso vodka 1 ounce coffee liqueur 2 ounces cream
Shake all ingredients and pour into a short glass of ice.
White Strawberry Cosmo
1 ⁄ ounces strawberry vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce white (clear) cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker of ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
Wildberry Baybreeze
1 ⁄ ounces wildberry vodka Equal parts of cranberry and pineapple juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Wildberry Cosmopolitan
1 ⁄ ounces wildberry vodka ⁄ ounce Cointreau ⁄ ounce lime juice or freshly squeezed lime 1 ounce cranberry juice
Lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge, for garnish
Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker tin of ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist, orange twist, or lime wedge.
Wildberry Seabreeze
1 ⁄ ounces wildberry vodka Equal parts of cranberry and grapefruit juice to fill
Pour all the ingredients into a highball glass of ice and stir.
Woo Woo
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce peach schnapps
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1 ounce peach schnapps Cranberry juice to fill
Pour the vodka and peach schnapps into a highball glass. Fill with cranberry juice.
CHAPTER 7 gin: gin is in
In its basic form, gin is vodka that has been redistilled with herbs and botanicals.
Gin-makers use citrus peels, coriander, ginger, rose petals, nutmeg, and cassia bark, but the most prominent is the juniper berry. Dr. Sylvius, a Dutch professor and physician, is credited with making gin as a cure-all tonic in the 1650s.
Today, many alcohol historians debate this claim because the juniper berry was quite plentiful in Italy, which leads them to believe that Italian monks were the first to make gin.