10 Quick and Easy Cocktails to Impress Your Guests

10 Quick and Easy Cocktails to Impress Your Guests

Are you expecting guests and want to impress them with your mixology skills? Don't worry, we've got you covered! Here are 10 quick and easy cocktail recipes that are sure to impress your guests.

1. Classic Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 oz. gin
• 1/2 oz. dry vermouth

Method:

1. Add ice to a mixing glass.
2. Pour gin and vermouth into the mixing glass.
3. Stir for about 30 seconds or until cocktail is chilled.
4. Strain into a Martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist.

2. Margarita

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. silver tequila
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz. orange liqueur
• Salt

Method:

1. Rim a rocks glass with salt.
2. Fill a shaker with ice.
3. Pour in tequila, lime juice, and orange liqueur.
4. Shake until chilled and strain into the salt-rimmed glass filled with ice.

3. Gin and Tonic

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. gin
• Tonic water
• Lime wedge

Method:

1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
2. Pour gin over ice.
3. Add tonic water to fill the glass.
4. Squeeze lime wedge into the glass and drop in.

4. Whiskey Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. bourbon
• 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup

Method:

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Pour bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup into the shaker.
3. Shake until chilled and strain into a glass filled with ice.

5. Cosmopolitan

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. cranberry juice
• 1/2 oz. triple sec
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice

Method:

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Pour vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec, and lime juice into the shaker.
3. Shake until chilled and strain into a Martini glass.

6. Mint Julep

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. bourbon
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• 6-8 mint leaves

Method:

1. Muddle mint leaves and simple syrup in the bottom of a glass.
2. Add bourbon and fill the glass with crushed ice.
3. Stir until the glass is frosty.

7. Mojito

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. white rum
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• 1 oz. fresh lime juice
• Mint leaves
• Soda water

Method:

1. Muddle mint leaves, simple syrup, and lime juice in a highball glass.
2. Fill the glass with ice.
3. Add rum and top off with soda water.
4. Stir to combine.

8. French 75

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. gin
• 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup
• Champagne

Method:

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Pour gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup into the shaker.
3. Shake until chilled and strain into a Champagne flute.
4. Top with Champagne.

9. Bloody Mary

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. vodka
• 4 oz. tomato juice
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash hot sauce
• Celery salt
• Black pepper

Method:

1. Rim a tall glass with celery salt.
2. Fill the glass with ice.
3. Pour vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce over ice.
4. Stir to combine.
5. Sprinkle black pepper on top.

10. Paloma

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. silver tequila
• 1 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
• Grapefruit soda

Method:

1. Fill a salt-rimmed glass with ice.
2. Pour tequila, grapefruit juice, and lime juice over ice.
3. Top off with grapefruit soda and stir.

And there you have it - 10 quick and easy cocktails to impress your guests. Enjoy!