An alcoholic cocktail is a drink in which alcoholic beverages are used as one or more ingredients. The cocktail itself is obtained by mixing several liquids, and sometimes with the addition of spices and fruits. What are the most popular cocktails?

What are cocktails? Cocktails are a mixture of several drinks (usually no more than 5 ingredients), plus additional drinks used in very small quantities, such as salt, spices, bitters, etc. The composition of cocktails can be very different. Most cocktails are prepared using ice, so it should be given special attention. It is better to use slightly mineralized or just purified water for making ice. It should be completely transparent and tasteless.

Cocktail history
The first legend, the most romantic, dates back to 1770. In those early days, the owner of a bar located near New York lost his beloved rooster. The owner announced that whoever finds the loss will marry his daughter. After a while, one army officer brought the owner of the bar his cock, which by that time had managed to lose its tail. The owner had no choice but to announce to all visitors of the bar about the upcoming wedding. His daughter, who worked at her father's establishment, began to mix different drinks out of excitement, which immediately began to be called "cock tail" - cock tail.

The second legend says that in the 15th century in France, in the province of Charente, wines and spirits were already mixed, calling the mixture coquetelle (koktel). From this later the cocktail itself came about.
The third legend tells that the first cocktail appeared in England. And the word "cocktail" itself is borrowed from the lexicon of racing enthusiasts, who called unclean horses, that is, those with mixed blood, the nickname cock tail because of their tails sticking out like roosters.

Recipe:

• 14 ml Triple Sec
• 14 ml white rum
• 14 ml gin
• 14 ml vodka
• 14 ml tequila
• 28 ml of tea
• lemon slice

Mix the liquids in a Collins or Highball glass, add ice. Get in the way. Top up with cola.

Cocktail "Sex on the Beach"

This is a very popular alcoholic cocktail containing vodka, peach liqueur (schnapps), orange and cranberry juice. It is one of the official cocktails of the International Bartenders Association (IBA).
Ingredients:

• 2 parts (40 ml) vodka
• 1 part (20 ml) Peach Schnapps
• 2 parts (40 ml) orange juice
• 2 parts (40 ml) cranberry juice

All ingredients are shaken in a shaker and poured into a highball glass filled with ice. The cocktail is garnished with an orange slice. Drink through a straw.
The options are:
In some variations, pineapple juice is also added to the cocktail. Sometimes for cooking, instead of a highball glass, a Hurricane Glass is used.
Also, sometimes the cocktail is decorated with a lime wedge and a cherry.

Cocktail "Cuba Libre"

Cuba Libre is one of the most popular drinks in the world. It appeared during the Spanish-American War. One fine day in one of the bars in Havana, a group of American soldiers who were on leave entered, one of them, perhaps missing his homeland and bourbon, ordered ROM with cola, ice and a slice of lemon. Having received his cocktail, he drank it with such pleasure that he aroused genuine interest among his colleagues and they asked the bartender to prepare the same drink for them. The fun began, in the midst of which one of the soldiers made a toast “Por Cuba Libre!” in honor of Cuba's newfound freedom, "Cuba Libre!" picked up by the crowd ...

• half lime
• 60 ml white rum
• 120 ml cola

Squeeze lime juice into Collins glass, throw lime into glass, add ice. Pour in rum and cola. Mix.

And of course the famous Cocktail "Bloody Mary", which occupies the first line in the top parade of the most popular cocktails in the world

This legendary cocktail is surrounded by many secrets and myths. Such famous people as Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald were beaten as a lover and admirer of the drink.
The cocktail received worldwide recognition in New York when the St. Regis working in the bar Petiot, having decided to experiment, added Tabasco sauce to the drink. At the celebration of the cocktail anniversary, the honorable right to say the first toast in honor of the unique "Bloody Mary" fell to the granddaughter of the legendary bartender, and the creator of this cocktail, Fernand Petiot.

In New York, December 1 was declared "Bloody Mary" day. In honor of the anniversary, the cocktail was offered at the price of 1933 - 99 cents.
“Bloody Mary” owes its birth to Fernando Petiot, a bartender who worked in the Parisian bar “New York” at the beginning of the last century.
Legends of the appearance of the Bloody Mary cocktail:
Legend has it that Fernand came up with the name "Red Snapper" for his cocktail, which means "Red Snapper" (there is such a fish). But one of the regular customers of the bar called the drink “Bloody Mary”, after which this name became firmly behind the cocktail. Another legend tells, on the contrary, Fernand Petiot himself called the drink “Bloody Mary”, but the administration of the bar “King Call” tried to rename it to “Red Snapper”. Another legend tells that in Chicago there was a bar called "Bucket of Blood" and a charming girl Mary often visited it, and the Bloody Mary cocktail was named after her.

Initially, this drink was primitive, consisted only of vodka and tomato juice. But 15 years after its invention, seasonings and spices began to be added to these simple ingredients.
Ingredients:

• 90 ml tomato juice
• 45 ml vodka
• 15 ml lemon juice
• 1 dash of Worcestershire sauce
• if desired, you can splash with Tabasco sauce
• salt pepper

Pour all liquids into the Highball, add ice. Stir. Season with salt and pepper to taste. For those who like it sharper, you can use nuclear red pepper.

There is also a version of "Bloody Maria" (Bloody Maria), based on tequila instead of vodka:

• 60 ml tequila
• 1 teaspoon horseradish
• 3 dashes of Tabasco
• 3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash of lemon juice
• salt pepper
• tomato juice

Optionally add 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard, 1 dash of Sherry, or 30 ml clam juice
Put ice in the Highball, pour in all the liquid ingredients. Top with tomato juice. Stir by pouring from one glass to another.
Especially for lovers of non-alcoholic - "Virgin Mary", a cocktail variation without vodka

There are many attractions in New York, worthy of attention, the skyscrapers alone are worth something. What if we told you that in addition to skyscrapers of glass and concrete, New York also has skyscrapers of ice cream, candy, cookies and whipped cream? These are the milkshakes that are made at the Black Tap cafe-bar in New York. The cost of these milkshakes is $ 15, which seems like an exorbitant amount, but if you look at the number of sweet treats located at the top of the drink, the price does not seem so exorbitant. It seems that you can die from receiving such a cosmic dose of sugar, but at least you will die happy.

Currently, the Black Tap cafe officially offers its visitors a choice of three milkshake options: "Cookie", in which there are so many cookies that will be enough for any cookie monster ..

.. "Sweet" N Salty, which is the perfect combination of chocolates and salty sticks and pretzels ..

.. and "Cotton Candy", which seems to have been designed by a fairy unicorn. This cocktail combines an incredible extravaganza of carnival candy and cotton candy, decorated in blue and pink

If these cocktails have not tickled your imagination enough, then here are some more options created for special occasions:

A cocktail inspired by apple pie. Cocktail decorated with caramelized apple

An American dessert-style milkshake called smore

"Birthday cake", this cocktail is literally topped with a piece of cake

Christmas cocktail

In honor of Hanukkah

In honor of the annual U.S. baseball championship

Celebrating Shark Week on Discovery Channel

So if you are not afraid of a heart attack from the prohibitive increase in blood sugar, then you have a direct road to the Black Tap cafe in New York.

At the beginning of the article, we forgot to warn you that one reading of this article will make you put on 2-3 kg;)

The cafe specializes in sausages and hot dogs. However, it was from here that photographs of the Unicorn neck - a multi-tiered rainbow cocktail decorated with marshmallows and a generous scattering of colored sprinkles - scattered across social networks. The range features epic sweet towers of donuts, ice cream and waffle rolls in a variety of combinations.

 st. Myasnitskaya, 11

Starlite Diner has large portions of everything American style, including milkshakes. Volume - half a liter. They look so that the words "proper nutrition" by themselves fly out of the head. Whipped cream, slices of Snickers, nuts, marshmallows ... Everything is sugary and sweet, but it really cheers you up. Some coffee drinks are arranged in the same way.

 Strastnoy blvd., 8a

 ave. Vernadsky, 6 (TC "Capitol")

 st. Koroviy Val, 9a

Enchanting monster shakes in trendy glass jars are prepared in Uncle Max's cafe. The menu is regularly updated with new items. They use decor under a unicorn, marshmallows in gentle pastel colors, cookies in the shape of an ice cream cone and other delights with a bias in the theme of Instagram. All that remains is to pair a burger on a bun baked in a Lego shape with the monster shake, and you will get maximum coverage and liking.

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There are a lot of cool things in the smart self-service restaurant “Obed Buffet”. That is just one turquoise van in the sweets zone! There are also freakshakes here. Full-size donuts and a huge heart-shaped waffle are used as special decorations. It remains only to decide which one tastes better: strawberry or chocolate.

 Leningradskoe highway, 16A, bldg. 1 (BC "Metropolis 1")
 st. Novy Arbat, 15
 21st km of Kaluzhskoe highway (SEC "MEGA" Teply Stan)

The international chain offers guests four different freakshakes to choose from. The list of their components can be infinitely long. Places for Kisses are a lot of popcorn, honey, vanilla and chocolate, and instead of a cherry, a little more popcorn. "Night glutton" turned out to be the most fruit and berry. Blueberries, banana, strawberry ice cream and black currant syrup could even have led this freakshake to victory in the "Most Diet" competition, if one and a half donats, chocolate sauce, cookies and other ingredients did not come to their rescue. "Crazy Oreo Cookie" is a very classic combination of banana, chocolate and the very same cookie. Plus there is also a baby shake that you can assemble yourself.

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Some people do not drink cocktails, saying that they are too expensive, but still there are many people who prefer this type of drink to everything else. So why are cocktails so popular? To find out, we took a closer look at some of them and compiled a list of the 25 most popular cocktails with their recipes. Can you taste them all in one night? (We're kidding ... please don't try to drink it all overnight. And please remember not to drink or drive after one of these great cocktails.)

To make this irresistible dessert cocktail, we need cocoa cream, Kahlua liqueur, Frangelico liqueur, Bacardi white rum, creamy peanut butter and cream. Pour all the alcohol into the martini shaker, put the peanut butter and stir until the butter dissolves in the alcohol. Add cream and ice to the mixture and shake to cool and mix. Prepare a glass of martini by pouring some chocolate into the bottom, pour the cocktail through a strainer and serve.

24. Blue Lagoon


Blue Lagoon is a popular summer cocktail with Curaçao blue liqueur. The recipe is simple: pour vodka and Curacao liqueur into a highball glass filled with ice. Add lemon juice, garnish with a lemon wedge and serve.

23. Emerald Breeze


Emerald Breeze is a fairly complex drink, consisting of melon-flavored liqueur, coconut rum, soda, ginger ale, lime juice, sugar syrup and a quarter of lime. Shake everything except the ginger ale and iced soda in a shaker, then pour it all into a tall ice-filled cocktail glass and top with the ginger ale and soda.

22. Screw Gin

The Gin Screwdriver is made with peach schnapps, gin, and orange juice. Place ice in a glass and top with gin and peach schnapps. Add orange juice and garnish with an orange wedge. Stir and serve.

21. Irish Flag

To make the Irish Flag, a popular drink on St. Patrick's Day, we'll need brandy, peppermint liqueur and Bailey's (or Irish Cream liqueur) First pour the mint liqueur into a shot glass, then gently pour Bailey's over the back of a bar spoon. and top off by gently pouring brandy.

20. Sex On The Beach


According to the official version of the International Bartenders Association, the cocktail is made from vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice. The ingredients are shaken with ice in a shaker and served in a highball glass with an orange slice as a decoration. Sometimes they can be mixed in smaller quantities and serve as a shot drink.

19. Blue Hawaiian


Hawaiian Blue is a very popular holiday drink. It is made with Crème de Coconut liqueur, blue Curacao, pineapple juice and white rum. Fill a highball glass with ice and pour it out when you are ready to pour the ingredients into the glass. Combine all ingredients and crushed ice in a blender and stir vigorously until smooth. Then, pour the drink into a chilled glass and garnish with a pineapple wedge and a cocktail cherry.

18. Pina Colada


Pina Colada is a sweet rum-based cocktail made with rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice. Place everything in a crushed ice blender and blend, adding ice until the desired consistency is achieved. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with a pineapple slice and cherry. This drink is the national drink of Puerto Rico.

17. Mimosa


Mimosa, believed to have been invented around 1925 at the Ritz in Paris, is a blended drink made up of one part champagne (or other sparkling wine) and one part carefully chilled citrus juice, usually orange juice. It is traditionally served to guests at weddings in a special champagne glass - flut.

16. Dirty Bizzo


To make this cocktail, we need coconut rum, peach schnapps, Tuaca liqueur and cranberry juice. Shake all ingredients in an ice shaker and strain into a chilled glass.

15. Cuba Libre


Often referred to as Rum and Cola, this cocktail is served in a highball glass and is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. The recipe is very simple - just pour cola and rum into a highball glass with ice and garnish with lime. Add lime juice if desired.

14. Bloody Mary


Bloody Mary is a popular cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices and condiments. It has been named "The World's Most Complex Cocktail." Here is one of the most popular versions of this drink. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, Tabasco and Worcestersky sauces to a highball glass, then add tomato juice, lemon juice and vodka. Stir lightly. Garnish with a celery stalk and a lemon wedge.

13. Martini

Martini, made from gin and vermouth, has become one of the most famous alcoholic drinks. The traditional way of making the drink is to pour gin and dry vermouth into a shaker with ice cubes, stir, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a green olive or a curl of lemon peel.

12. Mojito


Mojito, which originated in Cuba, traditionally includes five ingredients: white rum, sugar syrup, lime juice, soda, and mint. Gently combine lime juice, mint leaves, and sugar syrup in the bottom of a glass. Fill a glass with ice, then slowly add rum. Add the soda and stir gently to bring the mint leaves to the top of the shake. Optionally add lime wedges and mint leaves as a decoration.

11. Screaming Orgasm


There are many versions of Orgasm cocktails. One of the most popular is Screaming Orgasm. Pour High Quality Vodka, Bailey 's and Kahlua Liqueur into an ice shaker Shake well and strain into a glass, garnish with cherries and serve.

10. Strawberry Diaquiri

Strawberry Daiquiri is one of the most popular dessert alcoholic drinks. It is made with rum, strawberry schnapps, lime juice, strawberries and powdered sugar. Shake all ingredients in an ice shaker and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh strawberries and serve.

9. Grasshopper


Grasshopper is a sweet, minty, afternoon drink. A typical Grasshopper cocktail consists of equal parts green mint liqueur, white crème de cacao liqueur and fresh cream mixed with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with peppermint leaves and serve.

8.B-52 (B-52)


This cocktail is a multi-level shot drink that consists of coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur, and Triple sec liqueur. When cooked correctly, the ingredients are divided into three distinctly visible layers. Pour coffee liqueur into a shot glass, gently pour Irish cream over the back of a bar spoon into a shot glass and top off with Triple Sec. Serve with a stirrer. For the Flaming B-52 cocktail, the top layer is ignited, producing a blue flame.

7. Margarita


Margarita is the most common tequila-based cocktail in the United States. It consists of tequila, Triple Sec (like Cointreau) and lime or lemon juice. Pour tequila, lemon juice and cointreau into an ice shaker. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass, lined with grains of salt (optional).

6. Tequila Sunrise


Tequila Sunrise cocktail can be prepared in two ways. A more popular version was invented by Bobby Lazoff and Billy Rice at Trident Restaurant in Sausalito, California, in the early 1970s. Tequila Sunrise is considered a long drink and is usually served in a highball glass. Pour in tequila, add ice, then juice and finally syrup. The bottom line is that the syrup goes down without mixing with the rest of the drink. Use a spoon to direct the syrup down the side of the glass to the bottom with minimal stirring. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry and serve.

5. Cosmopolitan

The history of Cosmopolitan is constantly contested. However, Cosmopolitan is believed to have its roots in the cocktail of the same name, which was found in the 1934 book Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars. Pour Cointreau, cranberry juice, lime juice and lemon vodka into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a large, cocktail glass, garnish with a slice of lemon or lime and serve. You can also freeze the glass and / or add sugar to the rim of the glass.

4. Apple Martini

This strong cocktail (containing 36% alcohol) is easy enough to make - all you need is vodka, Cointreau and apple liqueur. Chill the glass with fresh ice first and pour it out when you're ready to pour the ingredients into the glass. Add vodka, Cointreau, and apple schnapps to a mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an apple slice and serve.

3. Swimming Pool

The Pool Cocktail was invented in 1979 by Charles Schumann in Munich. The cocktail is made with vodka, cream, blue Curacao, coconut milk and pineapple juice. Pour pineapple juice, vodka, cream and coconut milk with ice into a blender and blend until smooth. Then, pour into a tall glass, top with blue Curacao, place straws and garnish with a slice of pineapple.

2. Cocktail "Alice in Wonderland" (Alice in Wonderland)


There is also a shot called Alice in Wonderland, but we'll cover the cocktail. It is made from Amaretto Almond liqueur, Grand Marnier liqueur and Southern Comfort liqueur. Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice and serve.

1. Tom Collins


First immortalized in writing in 1876 by the "father of American mixology" Jerry Thomas, this cocktail is made with gin, lemon juice, sugar and soda. Shake the ingredients in an ice shaker, strain into an ice collins glass and garnish with an orange slice and a cocktail cherry.

These descriptions make you want to try one of these delicious cocktails ... perhaps a margarita? But then again, good beer works great too.

Practicing bartender with nine years of experience, twice champion of Siberia and the Far East, participant and winner of international and Russian championships, host of master classes in bartending at the Anetti culinary projects studio, creator and ideological inspirer of the Pro Service bar, Ivan Blagodatskikh with pleasure share his experience.

How to choose the right ingredients for your cocktail?

The main thing in an alcoholic cocktail is quality alcohol. But finding him is not easy for a common man in the street. Supermarket shelves are littered with cheap substitutes for the popular whiskey or rum. Good quality alcohol cannot be cheap. Everything has its own price. It is better to buy well-known brands than some new inexpensive products. Again, very expensive drinks like aged cognac and whiskey should not be used in cocktails, since the subtle nuances of taste in a cocktail cannot be recognized, and you will be wasting your money. So, the main ingredient of the cocktail should be a well-known brand and not from a cheap category, preferably purchased in a specialty store.

For soft drinks, it's best to use seasonal fresh fruits or herbs. For example, nowadays watermelons are very tasty.

What kinds of cocktails are there?

Everything is based on the balance of taste. Cocktails are divided into several flavor groups: sweet and sour, bittersweet, strong and neutral, that is, drinks with a mild taste. It is important to choose the right group for yourself, and then you can experiment on the basis of the chosen one, adding different alcoholic and non-alcoholic ingredients. The basis of an alcoholic cocktail can be any strong alcoholic beverage. For example, vodka, tequila, rum, whiskey, etc.

Strong alcohol is a base to which you can then add soft drinks such as lemon juice and sugar syrup - sour, juices or sodas, or more complex versions with different liqueurs and syrups.

I do not recommend mixing several strong alcoholic drinks in one cocktail, as the taste of the base is lost. Also, cocktails should not contain more than 3-4 ingredients, because if you mix more, then it will not be possible to make out at all what is prepared from what.

What is each type of cocktail?

Let's go in order. Let's start with sweet and sour cocktails.

Sweet and sour cocktails

Sour cocktails (sweet and sour taste) are two parts of alcohol (any alcoholic alcohol), 1 sour part (lemon juice or lime juice) and 1 sweet part (sugar, sugar or any fruit syrup).

These cocktails have a very strong taste and emphasize the taste of alcoholic beverages. These cocktails are popular in the West, but we also have lovers of bright sweet and sour taste.

The most famous sour cocktails are Margarita, Daiquiri, Whiskey Sour.

Here is the recipe for "Margarita":

• Tequila - 50 ml
• Orange liqueur - 20 ml
• Lime juice - 20 ml
• Sugar syrup - 10 ml

For cooking you need a shaker, a glass of "Margarita" and ice.

Cooking method

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker, 1/3 filled with ice, beat thoroughly to make the drink ice cold, then filter the cocktail into a Margarita glass, decorated with a salted rim.

Also on the basis of sour cocktails, you can prepare more neutral cocktails. For example, if you add fruit juice or soda and syrup to the base sour, we get a long drink with a neutral (weak) sweet and sour taste.

These cocktails are the most popular among Russian bargoers.

Non-alcoholic sweet and sour seasonal drink

Watermelon Lemonade Recipe

• Watermelon - 100 g
• Watermelon syrup - 20 ml
• Lemon juice - 20 ml
• Carbonated water - 100 ml

For cooking, you will need a shaker, a mudler (pusher for fruit), a tall glass, ice, and a straw.

Cooking method

Put the pulp of the watermelon into a shaker, mash it with a mudler, then pour all the ingredients (except sparkling water) into the shaker, put ice, beat thoroughly and pour into a tall glass with ice, add water and stir. Serve with a straw.

Bittersweet cocktails

Bittersweet cocktails - 1 bitter part (campari bitter, aperol, aperitivo), 1 sweet part (liqueur or vermouth), and, if you want a bit stronger, any strong drink.

Such cocktails are not very popular with us, but they are in great demand in Europe. Soon they will taste them with us.

Example - Negroni cocktail

• Campari bitter - 30 ml
• Red vermouth - 30 ml
• Gin - 30 ml
• Orange - 1 slice

Cooking method

Fill a whiskey glass to the top with ice, add all the ingredients and stir.

Neutral drinks

Neutral drinks, or long drinks, are drinks with a weak taste, high content of juices or water.

Such cocktails are most in demand in the bars of our city, since the guests of our establishments are not yet accustomed to bright, strong tastes and many are repelled by complex bitter or sour tastes. Strong cocktails have not yet found popularity either. But the more people go to bars and are not afraid to be interested in the drinks they drink, the faster the culture of consuming a variety of drinks develops.

"Mojito" (sweet and sour long drink)

• Lime - 1/2 pc
• Mint - 10 leaves
• White rum - 50 ml
• Sugar syrup - 20 ml
• Carbonated water - 100 ml

Cooking method

Put lime and mint in a tall glass, mash with a mudler so that the fruit gives juice, fill the glass to the top with crushed ice, pour in rum, sugar syrup and water, stir and serve with a straw.

Cook at home

Is it possible to make a cocktail at home?

Yes, you can make cocktails at home. But you need to have the necessary equipment, dishes and, importantly, ice in large quantities. Despite the fact that you can cook in your own kitchen, we will still go to restaurants and bars in order to taste dishes and drinks prepared by professionals in special conditions. With regard to ice, the following should be noted: it must be extremely fresh, from purified or spring water. It is undesirable to use yesterday's ice and the one that has absorbed the smells.

What are the ways to mix drinks?

One of the simplest is in a glass. You put on 1/3 of the ice, drain the resulting liquid and add the ingredients, and then stir with a special spoon, pour the drink into a new glass and, if necessary, add new ice.

The shaker makes drinks that require thorough mixing. For example, using cream, syrups or fruit juices. The base, again, ice, the right ingredients. Everything is shaken up for 10-15 seconds and filtered into a separate glass.

And, of course, they mix the drinks in a blender. The ice is mixed with pieces of fruit and cream. Thus, you can get a thick cocktail (whisk for about 30 seconds) or, conversely, very airy and frothy (stir for more than a minute).