Astonish the guests at your next party by following these simple free cocktail recipes. Surprise them with your secret mixology talent and knowledge about cocktails that will leave your friends thinking you've been leading a double life as a bartender.
Vodka
Sex on the Beach
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. peach schnapps
- 0.5 melon liqueur
- 4 oz. orange juice
- Splash of cranberry juice
- Orange
For this sexy summer cocktail, pour vodka and peach schnapps into a highball glass filled halfway with ice. Add melon liqueur and fill the rest of the glass with orange juice, leaving room for the splash of cranberry juice. Garnish with an orange slice.
Blue Lagoon
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. Blue Curacao
- 5 oz. lemonade
- Slice of fruit
To achieve this cocktail recipe, fill a highball glass halfway with ice. Add vodka and Curacao, and then fill the rest of the glass with lemonade. Garnish with a slice of fruit, such as a lime or an orange.
Flirtini
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. vodka
- 0.5 oz. Cointreau
- 2 oz. champagne
- 2 oz. pineapple juice
Perfect for Valentine's Day or a New Year's Eve toast, the Flirtini calls for mixing vodka, Cointreau, pineapple juice and champagne. Pour into a champagne flute and garnish with a cherry.
Rum
Malibu Bay Breeze
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Malibu rum
- 2 oz. cranberry juice
- 3 oz. pineapple juice
- Lime
This recipe works best with an ice-filled Collins glass. Pour all ingredients over ice and garnish with the wedge of a lime.
Mai Tai
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. light rum
- 1oz. dark rum
- 0.5 oz. Triple Sec
- 0.5 oz. lime juice
- 1.5 oz. pineapple juice
- 1.5 oz. orange juice
- Cherries
Meaning "Out of this world" in Tahitian, the Mai Tai brings the flavors of Hawaii to your party. Pour light rum and Triple Sec into an ice-filled Collins glass, and then add the juices. Pour the dark rum on top but don't stir. Toss in a cherry for garnish.
Lounge Lizard
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. dark rum
- 0.5 oz. amaretto
- Cola
If you're looking for a drink that you'll be able to stomach all night, opt for one with soda. Pour dark rum and amaretto into an ice-filled Collins glass. Fill the rest of the glass with cola and garnish with a lime.
Whiskey
Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz whiskey
- 1.5 oz lemon juice
- 0.75 oz simple syrup
- Cherries
This free cocktail recipe offers a blend of sweet and sour flavors. Pour whiskey, lemon juice and simple syrup into an ice-filled mixer. Shake and strain into a sour glass. Top with a cherry or two.
Highball
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. whiskey
- Ginger ale
This simple drink combines whiskey and ginger ale. Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in whiskey. Fill the rest of the glass with ginger ale and garnish with a lemon.
Washington Apple
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. whiskey
- 1 oz. sour apple schnapps
- 4 oz. cranberry juice
- Apple slice
Often ordered in shot form, make the Washington Apple as a cocktail or martini. Fill a shaker with ice and add all ingredients. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with an apple slice.
Gin
Gin Fizz
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. gin
- Half lemon
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
- Carbonated water
Add ice to your mixer and shake gin with the juice from half of a lemon and powdered sugar. Strain into a highball glass and fill the rest of the glass with carbonated water. Garnish with a slice of lime or lemon.
50/50
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. gin
- 1.5 oz. dry vermouth
Remember this simple recipe by just remembering its name. Combine equal parts of gin and dry vermouth in a mixer with ice and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with an olive.
Blood Orange Siren
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. gin
- 1 oz. blood orange juice
- Dash of bitters
- Orange
A relative of the classic Screwdriver, this cocktail combines gin, blood orange juice and bitters. Stir together gin and blood orange juice before adding bitters. Add an orange wedge for garnish.
Free Cocktail Recipe Essentials
Keep your home bar stocked with these liquors so you can make some free cocktail recipes any time company stops by. In addition, once you've mastered these cocktails, experiment with your own favorite flavors and invent one of your own.
- Initial Author: Janine Stevens
