You’ll get sweet, sour, and citrus from this drink.
Rim a martini or coupe glass with lemon sugar. Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake for 10-15 seconds until very cold and diluted. Strain and express a lemon peel.
This is not a lemon drop.
Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake for 10-15 seconds until very cold and diluted. Strain into chilled coupe or Nick & Nora. Express a lemon peel.
The modern LIIT is credited to Robert Butt in the 1970s at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island. The goal was a drink that looked like iced tea, neutral color, and from standard bar inventory.
Combine all ingredients except Cola in shaker and give it a medium-hard shake for 10-12 seconds. Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top lightly with Cola and give a gentle lift with a barspoon.
Invented in the 1940s in Los Angeles this drink has nothing to do with Russia or Moscow it saw a huge spike in popularity in the late 2010s.
Fill a copper mug completely with ice. Add vodka and lime juice and give it a quick stir. Top with ginger beer and give one gentle stir from bottom to top. Garnish with a lime wedge or wheel.
More balanced and not too sweet.
Place ingredients in shaker with fresh ice, shake aggressively for 10-12 seconds to limit dilution. Strain into martini glass and garnish with expressed lime peel and a thin lime wheel floater.
When you’re feeling like James Bond.
Add all ingredients to a shaker and stir for 25-30 seconds until very cold and diluted. Strain into chilled coupe or martini glass. Express and garnish glass with a lemon twist.
Make it dirty by adding 1/4 oz of Manzanilla olive brine and garnish with 2-3x Manzanilla olives.
Post-WWII cocktail made famous by The Big Lebowski. The Dude abides.
Fill a rocks glass with ice then add ingredients. Stir contents briefly with a spoon then carefully float in heavy cream.
