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A variety of fruits and drinks.

Choose Your Own Adventure Cocktail


  • Author: Julia Cooper
  • Yield: Makes 1 cocktail

Description

The building blocks of many classic cocktail recipes follow the same essential ratios. Use this basic recipe to mix and match ingredients you have on-hand!


Ingredients

2 oz. spirit (Aperol, Campari, gin, rum, mezcal, tequila, vodka, whiskey)

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1 oz. “sweet” (simple syrup, agave, honey, maple syrup, grenadine, triple sec, maraschino liqueur, Limoncello, Amaretto)

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1 oz. “sour” (lemon juice, lime juice, grapefruit juice, orange juice)

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(if desired) Make it bubbly by topping with seltzer, club soda, or tonic water


Notes

Try “Make Me a Cocktail” — Here, you can upload whatever ingredients you have on hand and the site will generate cocktail recipe ideas!