70s Retro Drinks

Brandy Alexander
A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based cocktail consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander. The cocktail known as Alexander today may contain gin or brandy.

• Main alcohol: Brandy

• Ingredients: 1 oz (1 part) Fresh cream, 1 oz (1 part) Cognac, 1 oz (1 part) Crème de cacao

• Preparation: Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle with fresh ground nutmeg.

• Served: Straight up; without ice

• Standard garnish: Grated nutmeg

• Drinkware: Cocktail glass

Cuba Libre
Rum and Coke, or the Cuba Libre, is a highball cocktail consisting of cola, rum, and in many recipes lime juice on ice. Traditionally, the cola ingredient is Coca-Cola, and the alcohol is a Cuban light rum such as Bacardi.

• Main alcohol: Rum

• Ingredients: 4 oz Cola, 1/3 oz Fresh lime juice, 1 2/3 oz White rum

• Preparation: Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge.

• Served: On the rocks; poured over ice

• Standard garnish: Lime wedge

• Drinkware: Highball glass

Grasshopper
A Grasshopper is a sweet, mint-flavored, after-dinner drink. The name of the drink derives from its green color, which comes from crème de menthe. The drink reputedly originated at Tujague's, a bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1918, and was invented by its owner, Philip Guichet.

• Main alcohol: Crème de menthe, creme de cacao

• Ingredients: 1 oz (1 part) Fresh cream en, 1 oz (1 part) Crème de menthe (green), 1 oz (1 part) Crème de cacao (white)

• Preparation: Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake briskly and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

• Served: Straight up; without ice.

• Drinkware: Cocktail glass

• Primary alcohol by volume: Crème de cacao; Crème de menthe

Harvey Wallbanger
The Harvey Wallbanger is a mixed drink made with vodka, Galliano, and orange juice.

• Main alcohol: Vodka

• Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz (3 parts) Vodka, 3 oz (6 parts) Fresh orange juice, 1/2 oz (1 part) Galliano

• Preparation: Stir the vodka and orange juice with ice in the glass, then float the Galliano on top. Garnish and serve.

• Served: On the rocks; poured over ice

• Standard garnish: Maraschino cherry, Orange slice

• Drinkware: Highball glass

Manhattan
A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters. While rye is the traditional whiskey of choice, other commonly used whiskeys include Canadian whisky, bourbon, blended whiskey and Tennessee whiskey.

• Main alcohol: Whiskey

• Ingredients: Maraschino cherry (Garnish), Dash Angostura bitters, 2 oz Rye or Canadian whisky, 3/4 oz Sweet red vermouth

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

• Served: Straight up; without ice

• Standard garnish: Cherry

• Drinkware: Cocktail glass

Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters, then adding alcohol, originally whiskey but now sometimes brandy and finally a twist of citrus rind. It is traditionally served in a short, round, tumbler-like glass, which is called an Old Fashioned glass, after the drink.

• Main alcohol: Whiskey

• Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Bourbon or Rye whiskey, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 Sugar cube, Few dashes plain water

• Preparation: Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Garnish with orange slice, and a cocktail cherry.

• Served: On the rocks; poured over ice

• Standard garnish: Orange slice, Cocktail cherry

• Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass

Pink Lady
The Pink Lady is a classic gin-based cocktail with a long history. Its pink color is due to adding grenadine. Wikipedia

• Main alcohol: Gin

• Ingredients: 1.5 oz. Gin, 1 Egg White, 4 dashes Grenadine

• Preparation: Shake ingredients very well with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.

• Standard garnish: Cherry

• Drinkware: Cocktail glass

• Commonly used ingredients: 1.5 oz. gin; 4 dashes grenadine; 1 egg white

• Served: Straight up; without ice

Rob Roy
The Rob Roy is a cocktail consisting primarily of whisky and vermouth, created in 1894 by a bartender at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, New York City.

• Main alcohol: Scotch whisky

• Ingredients: 5/6 oz Sweet Vermouth, 1 1/2 oz Scotch Whisky, Dash Angostura Bitters

• Preparation: Add ingredients to a mixing glass and stir over ice, strain into a chilled glass, garnish and serve straight up, or mix in rocks glass, filled with ice.

• Served: Choice of "straight up" or "On the rocks"

• Standard garnish: Maraschino cherry or lemon twist

• Drinkware: Cocktail glass

Singapore Sling
The Singapore Sling is a gin-based cocktail from Singapore. This long drink was developed sometime before 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel, Singapore.

• Main alcohol: Gin

• Ingredients: 1/4 oz Cointreau, 4 oz (16 parts) Pineapple juice, MORE

• Preparation: Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into highball glass. Garnish with pineapple and cocktail cherry.

• Served: Well shaken, with ice

• Standard garnish: Maraschino cherry, Pineapple slice

• Drinkware: Highball glass

Tequila Sunrise
The Tequila Sunrise is a cocktail made of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup and served unmixed in a tall glass. The modern drink originates from Sausalito in the early 1970s, after an earlier one created in the 1930s in Phoenix, near Scottsdale.

• Main alcohol: Tequila

• Ingredients: 3 oz (6 parts) Orange juice, 1 1/2 oz (3 parts) Tequila, 1/2 oz (1 part) Grenadine syrup

• Preparation: Pour the tequila and orange juice into glass over ice. Add the grenadine, which will sink to the bottom. Do not stir. Garnish and serve.

• Standard garnish: Orange slice, Cherry

• Drinkware: Collins glass