Cocktail | 10 Easy Cocktails To Make At Home
List of Ingredients:
Gin
Citron Vodka
Vodka
Scotch
Cointreau
White Rum
Dry Sparkling wine
Reposado tequila
Lemon Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Simple Syrup
Lemons
Limes
Cranberry Juice
Cucumbers
Watermelons
Basil
Oranges
Pomegranate Molasses
Jalapeno
Red Bell Pepper
Pineapple
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Gin
Citron Vodka
Vodka
Scotch
Cointreau
White Rum
Dry Sparkling wine
Reposado tequila
Lemon Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Simple Syrup
Lemons
Limes
Cranberry Juice
Cucumbers
Watermelons
Basil
Oranges
Pomegranate Molasses
Jalapeno
Red Bell Pepper
Pineapple
#cocktails
#homedrecipe
#fruitjuice
#cocktailrecipeathome
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00:00What's up guys, welcome back to The Educated Barfly.
00:07Today we're doing a special episode for you, 10 Easy Summer Cocktails.
00:10It is party season and it is the summer time.
00:13And if you are a cocktail enthusiast like me, you are probably the one that everyone
00:17goes to to create the cocktails for your parties.
00:20So I thought I'd make it easier for you guys this year and give you guys 10 easy, very
00:25refreshing, crowd-pleasing cocktails to make for your friends and then you can be the hero
00:28of all your parties.
00:30First one up, Modern Cosmo.
00:32The Modern Cosmo was created by Tony Cecchini at Odeon in 1988, which is a bar in New York
00:36City.
00:37And it was made globally famous by its inclusion in the show Sex and the City on HBO.
00:42That made this cocktail a household name.
00:46It also was one of the first craft cocktails to use Absolute Citron, which was a new product
00:52at the time that it came out.
00:53All right, let's get into the drink.
00:54First thing we're going to do is one ounce of lime juice, one ounce of cranberry juice,
01:02the original used Ocean Spray.
01:04I'm using Shishi Organic Cranberry Juice, but you can do what you like.
01:09One ounce of Cointreau.
01:13And then we're going to do two ounces of Absolute Citron.
01:16I'm just going to add some ice to our tin.
01:24I always like to give it a little double strain.
01:30And then I do like a little lemon spritz.
01:35And there you have it, the Modern Cosmo.
01:38Next one up is an Ivy Gimlet.
01:39This is a light, refreshing cocktail playing with daiquiri specs, just subbing out some
01:43vodka and putting in a small handful of mint.
01:45First we'll do is add the mint, then we'll do one ounce of fresh lime juice, three quarters
01:51of an ounce of simple syrup, and two ounces of vodka.
01:59Then we're going to take a muddler and we're just going to give the mint a light press.
02:02You don't want to press it too hard because you don't want to make it too vegetal.
02:06Just give it a nice light press to release those oils into the cocktail.
02:09And then all you've got to do is add your ice, and we'll just take a little mint leaf,
02:25give it a nice little slap to release those oils, and just the Ivy Gimlet.
02:34For our third cocktail, we're moving into the gin category.
02:36We're going to be doing a Floradora.
02:38This one's pretty simple.
02:40All you've got to do is half an ounce of simple syrup, four fresh raspberries.
02:44If you have raspberry syrup and you want to just sub out for raspberry syrup, just do
02:48three quarters of an ounce of raspberry syrup, three quarters of an ounce of lime juice,
02:53two ounces of gin.
02:57We're just going to give this a light little tamp to break up those raspberries.
03:02And we're doing a whip shake on this cocktail, so what that means is we've got crushed ice,
03:07and we're just going to add a little bit of crushed ice to our tin to just start the dilution
03:12and to start the chill.
03:13And we're just going to give it like a light whip shake.
03:16Now if you would like to, you can strain out the little bits of raspberry.
03:21Some people don't like those seeds.
03:23Today we're just going to be doing a shake and dump, keeping it really nice and simple.
03:29We're just going to add that into our glass with crushed ice, or pebble ice is what we're
03:37using today.
03:38I like to press it to make it go all the way down to the bottom, a nice little snow cap
03:44on top.
03:45And then we're just going to garnish with a little lime raspberry flag.
03:48And there you have it, my friends, the Floradora.
03:51For our next cocktail, we're going to be doing a fresh berry adaptation of Dick Bradsell's
03:56very popular bramble.
03:58First thing we're going to do is take three blackberries, put them in the bottom of a
04:01glass and just give them a light muddle, just like a light little press.
04:06And setting that glass aside, we're going to do three quarters of an ounce of lemon
04:11juice, three quarters of an ounce of simple syrup, a full two ounces of gin.
04:19And then as we do for our crushed ice cocktails, we're just going to add a little bit of ice
04:25in here, a little skosh, and we're going to give it a nice whip shake.
04:37Add it in on top of the blackberries, top up with crushed ice, and just garnish with
04:48a blackberry on top.
04:50And there you have it, my friends, the fresh berry bramble.
04:54Cocktail number five moves us into the agave spirits category with the highly satisfying
04:58Tijuana Rocket.
04:59First thing we're going to do is one thick wheel of jalapeno and one square of red bell
05:05pepper, three quarters of an ounce of lime juice, three quarters of an ounce of pomegranate
05:11molasses, which is sometimes an ingredient in grenadine, but it's actually a highly concentrated
05:17form of pomegranate, and then two ounces of reposado tequila.
05:23We're going to give these ingredients a light muddle, add our ice and our cocktail, give
05:30it a nice shake.
05:45And there you have it, my friends, the Tijuana Rocket.
05:49For cocktail number six, we're just doing a really refreshing take on a sour with a
05:54mezcal.
05:55So first thing we're going to do is three quarters of an ounce of lime juice, three
05:58quarters of an ounce of honey syrup, and just two ounces of mezcal.
06:01You want to try and use some mezcal that's light and citrusy as well as smoky.
06:07Then we're just going to add our ice, give it a nice shake, and give it a nice little
06:18double strain, and then we're just going to finish it off with a little dusting of
06:26cayenne pepper, the saladito.
06:29Cocktail number seven brings us into the rum category.
06:31We are going to be making a cocktail called Ajax Punch.
06:33I love this type of cocktail because it's built right in the glass.
06:37So the first thing we're going to do is just a couple of watermelon and cucumber slices,
06:41just a small handful.
06:43We're going to add three quarters of an ounce of lime juice, and a quarter ounce of simple
06:50syrup, and then we're going to give it a little muddle until everything is juiced down in
06:57there, and I like to give it just like a little stir as well to make sure everything's combined.
07:08Then we're going to add one and a half ounces of white rum, add our ice cubes, and then
07:15we're just going to top it off with sparkling wine or Prosecco.
07:24Another light little stir, and then we're just going to garnish with a little basil
07:33and watermelon wheel, or like watermelon half wedge.
07:38There you have it, my friends, the Ajax Punch.
07:40All right, next cocktail up is a super easy one, Dark and Stormy.
07:45This one you can build in the glass.
07:46Just three quarters of an ounce of lime juice, and I like to build this a really specific
07:51way, and then I add my ice, top it up with ginger beer, and then two ounces of Gosling's
08:04Black Seal Rum, and I just like to layer that on top.
08:10Now when you go to drink this, you're going to have to mix it, but for presentation, this
08:14is beautiful.
08:15There you have it, the Dark and Stormy.
08:17Next up, we've got a Mamie Taylor.
08:19This cocktail is just one that you can throw, again, you can just throw it together.
08:22First thing we're going to do is three quarters of an ounce of lime juice, and we're doing
08:26two ounces of blended scotch.
08:29We're going to add our ice, try not to spill too much, and then just chop it up with ginger
08:36beer, and then we're just going to garnish it with a lime wheel, the Mamie Taylor.
08:43All right, and for the last cocktail, we're going to be making a Pimm's No. 1 Cup.
08:47First thing we're going to do is just a little handful of mint in the bottom of the glass,
08:53and then we're going to add our citrus, and then we're going to add cucumber slices on
08:57top.
08:58Basically, what you want to do is you want to separate the muddler from the mint just
09:03so that you don't shred it, and just give it a nice press.
09:09Next thing we're going to do is just add two ounces of Pimm's No. 1, and we're just going
09:13to add our ice, and then top it off with ginger beer.
09:25I made this little mint sprig.
09:26We're just going to garnish with a little mint sprig.
09:36The Pimm's No. 1.
09:37There you have it, my friends, 10 easy summer cocktails for your parties.
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