Top 10 Most Popular Cocktails

How To Make The Top 10 Most Popular Cocktails:

Manhattan Base liquor: Whiskey - Bourbon, Canadian, Rye Official IBA cocktail: Yes	1 Jigger Whisky ½ Jigger Sweet Vermouth Dash Angostura bitters Maraschino cherry for garnish Preparation: Stirred over ice, strained into a chilled glass, garnished, and served straight up.
Cosmopolitan Base liquor: Vodka Official IBA cocktail: Yes	1 jigger Vodka ¼ jigger Cointreau ¼ jigger Fresh lime juice ½ jigger Cranberry juice Preparation: Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and double strain into large cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wheel.
Tom Collins Base liquor: Gin Official IBA cocktail: Yes	2 jiggers Gin 1 jigger freshly squeezed lemon juice Drizzle of sugar syrup Chilled soda water to taste Preparation: Mix the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a tall glass with ice, top up with soda water, garnish and serve.
Lemon Drop Base liquor: Vodka	1 jigger your favorite vodka ½ jigger fresh squeezed lemon juice 1 teaspoon of sugar syrup Lemon twist for garnish Preparation: Pour vodka, lemon juice and sugar syrup into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish the rim with lemon twist.
Side Car Base liquor: Brandy or Cognac	1 jigger Brandy or Cognac ¼ jigger Cointreau Splash of lemon juice Preparation: Mix the ingredients in a shaker half full of ice. Strain and serve in a sugar-rimmed glass. Garnish with a strip of lemon rind. Bourbon is often substituted for brandy.
White Russian Base liquor: Vodka Official IBA cocktail: Yes	1 jigger Vodka ½ jigger Coffee liqueur ½ jigger fresh cream Preparation: Pour coffee liqueur and vodka into an Old Fashioned glass filled with ice. Float fresh cream on top and stir slowly.
Old Fashioned Base liquor: Whiskey - Bourbon, Canadian or Scotch Official IBA cocktail: Yes	1 jigger Whiskey 1 sugar cube 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1 splash water Preparation: Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of soda water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Garnish with orange slice, lemon twist and two maraschino cherries.
Hurricane Base liquor: Rum - both Dark & White	1 jigger Dark Rum 1 jigger White Rum drizzle of Passion fruit syrup ½ jigger Lime juice Preparation: Mix the ingredients in a shaker half full of ice, then pour into chilled glass with ice.
Mai Tai Base liquor: Rum - both Dark & White Official IBA cocktail: Yes	1 jigger White Rum ¼ jigger Orange Curaçao 1/4 jigger Orgeat syrup drizzle of rock candy syrup ¼ jigger fresh lime juice 1 jigger dark rum Preparation: Shake all ingredients except the dark rum together in a mixer with ice. Strain into glass and float the dark rum onto the top. Garnish with tropical fruit and serve with straw.
Sex on the Beach Base liquor: Vodka Official IBA cocktail: Yes	1 jigger Vodka ½ jigger Peach Schnapps 1 jigger Orange juice 1 jigger Cranberry juice Preparation: Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with orange slice.

Note: An IBA Official Cocktail is one of many cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association - the "IBA" - for use in their annual bartender's World Cocktail Competition.