Drinks with ‘Ice’

The Negroni cocktail is made of 1 part gin, 1 part sweet vermouth, and 1 part bitters, traditionally Campari. It is considered an apéritif, a pre-dinner cocktail intended to stimulate the appetite.

Ingredients:

• 3cl (1.01 fluid onces) (one part) gin
• 3cl (1.01 fluid onces) (one part) sweet red vermouth
• 3cl (1.01 fluid onces) (one part) campari

Preparation:

Stir into glass over ice, garnish and serve.

Caipirinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kajpiˈɾĩɲɐ]) is Brazil’s national cocktail, made with cachaça (pronounced [kaˈʃasɐ]), sugar andlime. Cachaça is Brazil’s most common distilled alcoholic beverage. While both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, most rum is made from molasses. Specifically with cachaça, the alcohol results from the fermentation ofsugarcane juice that is afterwards distilled.

Ingredients:

• 5.0 cl (1⅔ fl oz) cachaça
• ½ Lime cut into 4 wedges (or tahiti lime, but not green lemon)
• 2 teaspoons crystal or refined sugar

Preparation:

Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using amuddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça.
A wide variety of fresh fruits can be used in place of lime. In the absence of cachaça, vodka can be used.

A Brandy Manhattan is a cocktail made with brandy rather than whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Commonly used whiskeys include rye (the traditional choice), Canadian whisky, bourbon, blended whiskey and Tennessee whiskey. The cocktail is often stirred with ice and strained into a cocktail glass, where it is garnished with a Maraschino cherry with a stem. A Manhattan is also frequently served on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass (lowball glass).

Ingredients:

• 5 cl (1.69 fluid onces) Brandy
• 2 cl (0.68 fluid onces) Sweet red vermouth
• Dash bitters
• Maraschino cherry (Garnish)

Preparation:

Stirred over ice, strained into a chilled glass, garnished, and served straight up.