Gentleman’s Ultimate Guide to Easy Cocktail Recipes

Jimmy Buffett said, “If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”

As an adult knowing some easy cocktail recipes will come in handy for whenever you are throwing a small party at home with friends and family. Plus, you can always impress people (especially, the ladies) by showing them that you know how to make most of the classic cocktails perfectly.

These easy cocktail recipes are quick and fun to make. In a very short amount of time, you will be making cocktails without any hiccup. Just remember to shake it all up!

Let’s dive right in to the 5 easy cocktail recipes that you must try at home:

 

1 – Martini

Starting with the all-time vintage cocktail because who doesn’t love a martini?

Ingredients: Gin or vodka, dry vermouth, orange bitters (optional for gin, not necessary for vodka)

Back-story: Even though the specific origin of the martini is still uncertain, the cocktail name came in light when an Italian vermouth maker, during 1863, started to market a product with the name of Martini. This eventually became the name of the cocktail. Moreover, in the early 1860s, a cocktail by the name of Martinez was being served which had the same ingredients as a martini although bitters and maraschino were added, the last two ingredients got removed and that’s how martini started making appearances on the pubs and bars and ultimately in to our hearts.

Recipe:

2 oz gin

1 oz dry vermouth

Add all the contents in a metal shaker; stir it for about ten seconds and then start shaking it. After you are done with mixing it, pour it in a martini glass and garnish it with an orange or lemon peel.

 

2 – Negroni

The balance between sweet and bitter makes Negroni one of the memorable cocktails of all time.

Ingredients: Campari, sweet vermouth, gin

Back-story: There is not a big story behind the formation of Negroni because one day when Count Camillo Negroni asked the bartender in Italy to make his Americano better by adding gin instead of soda water and at that moment negroni was invented.

Recipe:

1 oz London dry gin

1 oz sweet vermouth

1 oz Campari

Just stir all the ingredients along with ice for at least thirty seconds and then strain it in a glass. You can garnish it with an orange peel.

 

3 – Gin & Tonic

Impress your loved one by creating Gin & Tonic at home and let them know they are the gin to your tonic.

Ingredients: London Dry gin, tonic water, lime wedge

Back-story: Someone from British East India Company decided to mix gin and tonic together and voila! Gin & Tonic was born.  The main reason they ended up mixing these ingredients was to stay safe from Malaria during the 1800s in India.

Recipe:

Gin

Tonic water

Just mix these ingredients along with ice and garnish it with a lime wedge. 

 

4 – Margarita

It’s always a good time for margarita!

Ingredients: Blanco tequila, fresh squeezed lime juice, orange liqueur or triple sec

Back-story: There are several back stories about the origin of the margarita but the most famous one is where an owner of a nightclub called Tijuana created this drink in order to impress the performer named Margarita Cansino. It’s a simple drink but a lot of people add their own touch to the cocktail.

Recipe:

2 oz silver tequila

1 oz Cointreau

1 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice

Shake all the ingredients properly and pour it into an ice-filled glass.

 

 5 – Daiquiri

It’s a simple and extremely delicious cocktail to have during summers.

Ingredients: White rum, freshly squeezed lime juice, sugar

Back-story: Apparently, this cocktail was created by an American engineer named Jennings Cox. There is also a beach and an iron mine named Daiquiri in Santiago de Cuba. The cocktail became highly popular during the early 1900s.

Recipe:

2 oz white rum

1 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice

¾ oz simple syrup

Mix all the ingredients along with ice and pour it in a glass of your choice.

 

All it takes is the right mixer and ratio of ingredients until you are happy with it and can feel the taste. Try these easy cocktail recipes out and let us know which one do you like the most.