Great Cocktails - Learn to Mix Drinks for Your Next Party

Cocktails have been around for quite some time now. They are so much fun to make and it helps to know how each one is made when you're hosting a party. Give yourself some knowledge about mixing drinks and have a blast at your next gathering!

Cuba Libra
1 ounce Rum
Coke

With this drink you will first need to line the rim of the glass with a lime. Then, squeeze the juice from the lime into the glass and drop the lime to the bottom of the glass. After you have done this, go ahead and make the drink.

Fuzzy Navel
1 ounce Peach Schnapps
Orange Juice

Grey Hound
1 ounce Vodka
Grapefruit Juice

Bay Breeze
1 ounce Vodka
1/2 Cranberry Juice
1/2 Pineapple Juice

Bloody Mary
1 ounce Tequila
Bloody Mary Mix

Salt the rim of the glass first, then make the drink. Garnish this drink with a lime wedge and celery.

Sloe Comfortable Screw
1 ounce Southern Comfort
1/2 ounce Sloe Gin
Orange Juice

7 & 7
1 ounce Seagram 7 Whiskey
7 Up or Sprite

Bulldog
1 ounce Gin
Orange Juice
Ginger Ale

Georgia Reef
1 ounce Peach Schnapps
Cranberry Juice

Sombrero
1 ounce Kahlua
Cream (you may use milk, but half and half works better)

This drink is not shaken, only stirred.

Scarlet O'Hara
1 ounce Southern Comfort
1/2 ounce Grenadine
1 1/2 ounces Sour Mix

Side Car
1 ounce Brandy
1/2 ounce Sloe Gin
1 1/2 ounce Sour Mix

This drink is a bit different. First you want to sugar coat the rim of the glass, then mix the triple sec and sour mix in that glass. After that, you will have a shot glass with the Brandy on the side. If you wish however, you may skip the shot glass and make the whole drink as one.

God Father
1 1/2 ounces Scotch
1/2 ounce Amaretto

Snake Bite
1 1/2 ounce 101 Wild Turkey
1/2 ounce Peppermint

The name says it all for this drink!

Aggravation
1 ounce Scotch
1/2 ounce Kahlua
1/2 ounce Cream (Milk if you prefer)

Italian Stinger
1 ounce Brandy
1/2 ounce Galliano

Kamikaze
1 ounce Vodka
1/2 ounce Triple Sec
1/2 ounce Lime Juice

Garnish this drink with a lime wedge

Toasted Almond
1 ounce Amaretto
1/2 ounce Kahlua
1/2 ounce Cream (Milk if you prefer)

If you add 1/2 ounce of Vodka to this drink, it becomes a Roasted Almond.

Some of these drinks you have probably seen before and some you may have not. They're all great drinks and give you a wide variety to suggest to those who may not know exactly what they want to drink. Enjoy your next party while you're the bartender! Remember, always be safe and make sure your guests have a designated driver.