Top 3... Cocktails
Every guy would like to be a flair bar tender, spinning bottles over their heads and catching them behind their back with relative ease. Unless you are trained in it...don't, you'll end up looking like a fool. The popular guy at a party is the guy who knows how to pour a good drink. We've chosen our favourites to impress, not only admiring girls, but your mates too. Here's Base London's guide to...Cocktails.
Black Russian
This simple vodka based drink is one of the world's most popular and should be a vital part of the aspiring bar tender's ammunition.
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Vodka
- 1 part Kahlua
- Cola
Shake the vodka and Kahlua. Pour over the ice. Top up with cola. Serve in a tumbler.
Brass Monkey
In Britain you'd usually use the term Brass Monkey to express displeasure at the cold. However in this case it's a smooth dark drink.
Ingredients:
- 2 parts Dark Rum
- 2 parts Vodka
- Orange Juice
Simply pour equal measures of vodka and dark Rum into a glass over ice, top up with orange juice, brrrrrass monkeys!
Strawberry Daiquiri
Because it's pointless impressing a girl with your drink making skills without having a drink in your armoury that she'll like, this one shows a bit of effort and is purely for the ladies.
Ingredients:
- 5 Strawberries,
- 2 tsp White Sugar
- 2 parts White Rum
- 1 tbsp Strawberry Liquor
- 1 part oz Lime Juice
Add all the ingredients minus one of the strawberries into a pint glass and mash them with the end of a rolling pin. Strain the resulting liquid into a cocktail glass leaving the mash in the original glass. Cut the remaining strawberry in half and float on the top to decorate. Now kiss my glass!
