Make Mine A Double

With my Mad Men Premiere party coming up so quickly I figured I had to refresh myself on the art of the classic cocktail -

 

Dry Martini

• 4 parts gin
• 1 part vermouth
• 1 pitted olive

Pour gin & vermouth over ice into cocktail shaker, shake, then strain into martini glass, garnish with olive.

 

 

Gibson

• 4 parts gin
• 1 part vermouth
• 1 cocktail onion

Pour gin & vermouth over ice into cocktail shaker, shake, then strain into martini glass, garnish with cocktail onion.

 

 

Tequila Sunrise

• 2 parts tequila
• 5 parts orange juice
• 1/2 part grenadine
• 1 cherry

Fill a highball glass with ice, pour in tequila & orange juice, let settle, add grenadine, let it settle to the bottom, garnish with a cherry.

 

 

Whiskey Sour

• 2 parts rye
• 1 part lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Pour rye, lemon juice, & sugar over ice into a cocktail shaker, shake, strain into an old-fashion glass.

Sloe Gin Fizz

• 3 parts sloe gin
• 2 parts sweet vermouth
• 1 part lemon juice
• club soda

Mix gin, vermouth, & lemon juice, pour over ice into a highball glass, fill with club soda.

Shirley Temple

• 3 parts lemon lime soda
• 3 parts ginger ale
• 1 part grenadine
• 1 cherry

Pour lemon lime soda and ginger ale over ice into an old-fashion glass, add grenadine and let settle, garnish with a cherry.

I tried to stick with cocktails that were super simple to make, not muddling or glass rimming involved - don't want to spend the entire party behind the bar.