Daquiri
Daquiri
Ingredients
60 ml white rum
25 ml simple syrup
25 ml lime juice
Directions
Fill a shaker with ice.
Add all ingredients to the shaker and shake till well chilled.
Strain into a chilled coup glass.
Category: Lime Juice
Mai Tai
Mai Tai
Ingredients
30 ml dark rum
30 ml white rum
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml orgeat syrup (amaretto can be used as a substitute)
30 ml lime juice
Directions
Fill a shaker with ice.
Add all ingredients to the shaker and shake till well chilled.
Strain into a chilled coup glass.
Grog
A long-time staple of the Royal Navy.
Ingredients
½ oz lime juice
1 oz water
1.50 oz dark rum (Pusser’s Rum – Gunpowder Proof for authenticity)
2 tsp sugar
Directions
Add all ingredients to a tin mug with ice and stir gently until the sugar is dissolved.
Venezuela Libre
An “improved” Cuba Libre said to have originated in Venezuela.
Ingredients
¾ oz lime juice
3 oz cola
½ oz gin
1 ½ oz rum
2 dashes Angostura Amoritic Bitters
Directions
Half fill a highball glass with ice.
Add the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake well.
Pour into glass over ice.
Kentucky Mule
The Kentucky Mule is a variation of a Moscow Mule using bourbon instead of vodka; the stronger taste of the bourbon cuts through the taste of the ginger beer more aggressively than the vodka of the original, resulting in a more flavourful drink.
Ingredients
2 pt Bourbon
½ pt Freshly squeezed lime juice
5 pt Ginger beer
Directions
Fill a copper mug or high ball glass with ice.
Add the 2 parts bourbon and ½ part lime juice.
Top off with the ginger beer.
