Cocktails every guy should know how to make

EVERY

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GET YOUR DRINK ON No disrespect to the bartenders of the world, but sometimes a man’s got to pour his own drink. Whether you’re entertaining company or just want to drink something more interesting than that six-pack of beer you’ve got in the fridge, there are some drinks that every guy should know how to make.

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WHISKEY SOUR Ingredients: •

2 oz blended whiskey

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Lemon juice (1/2 lemon)

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½ tsp powdered sugar

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1 cherry

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½ slice lemon

Combine whiskey, lemon juice, and powdered sugar in a shaker with ice, and shake well. Strain into a whiskey sour glass, and decorate with half-slice lemon and cherry.

SAZERAC Ingredients: •

1 tsp absinthe

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½ tsp superfine sugar

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2 dashes bitters

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1 tsp water

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2 oz bourbon

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Lemon peel

Swirl absinthe around glass until coated.

Discard any remaining absinthe, then muddle sugar, bitters, and water in glass with back of a teaspoon. Fill glass with ice cubes, then pour bourbon. Add a twist of lemon peel on top.

BLOODY MARY Ingredients: •

1 oz vodka

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1 oz tomato juice

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0.5 oz lemon juice

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1 celery stalk

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Hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper

Mix vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, and dashes of hot sauce, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper to taste. Shake moderately, then add to a pre-chilled glass with ice. Add celery stalk.

WHITE RUSSIAN Ingredients:

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2 oz vodka

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1 oz coffee liqueur

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Light cream

Using an old-fashioned glass filled with ice, pour vodka and coffee liqueur. Fill remainder of glass with light cream.

GIN GIMLET Ingredients: •

1 ¼ oz gin

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1 oz lime juice

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1 twist lime

In a mixer half full of ice cubes, pour gin, lime juice, and twist of lime. Stir gently, then strain into a glass. Add lime wedge for garnish.

OLD FASHIONED Ingredients:

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2 oz bourbon

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2 dashes bitters

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1 splash water

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1 tsp sugar

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1 maraschino cherry

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1 orange wedge

Muddle sugar, water, and bitter in an old-fashioned glass. Add bourbon, then fill glass

with ice cubes. Garnish with cherry and orange wedge.

BRANDY ALEXANDER Ingredients: •

1 oz cognac

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1 oz brown crème de cacao

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1 oz heavy cream

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Nutmeg

Shake cognac, crème de cacao, and heavy cream in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass, then sprinkle freshly ground nutmeg on

top to taste.

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