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(10 votes)1. Mojito
Ingredients: Half a teaspoon of sugar. You also need half a lime (juice it), one fresh mint (crush it) and half a cup of ice (crushed). Prepare 2 fluid oz of white rum, 4 fluid oz carbonated water. Finally, you need 1 fresh mint and some garnish.
Directions: Use a highball glass and stir together lime juice and sugar in this one. Bruise the mint leaves and drop it into the glass. Fill the glass with ice (crushed) and pour in the rum. Pour also oin the carbonated water until the glass is filled. Garnish it with the mint.
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(4 votes)2. Screwdriver
Ingredients: For this drink you need 6 fluid oz of organge juice, 1.5 fluid oz of good quality vodka, and ice cubes.
Directions: 1. Put the ice into a glass, and pour in the orange juice. 2. Pour in a shot (1.5 fluid oz) of vodka, stir and serve.
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(3 votes)3. Gin and Tonic
Ingredients: You need 4 ice cubes to begin with. Of course, you need gin (2 fluid ounces should do). Also, you need 4 fluid ounces of tonic water and 1 tablespoon of fresh lime juice. One lime wedge is also needed.
Directions: This one is easy. You need a tall, narrow glass. Place the ice cubes in this one (almost to the top). Pour in the gin, the tonic water and the lime juice over the ice. Stir well and garnish with the lime wedge.
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(3 votes)4. Rye Manhattan
Ingredients: You need 1/4 cup with rye whiskey, 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, 2 tablespoons of sweet vermouth and 1 maraschino cherry to top it all.
Directions: First, fill a shaker with ice cubes and then pour in the whiskey, followed by vermouth and bitters. Shake it (~15 sec until frosty). Grab a Manhattan glass and strain onto this one. Garnish with the maraschino cherry.
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(2 votes)5. Margaritas
Ingredients: You need 6 fluid oz of tequila (a good one), 2 fluid oz of triple sec and 6 ounces of frozen limeade concentrate.
Directions: Fetch the blender and crush ice in it. Pour in everything (limeade, triple sec and tequila), blend until it is smooth. Pour into fancy glasses and serve.