WATERMELON MARGARITA

1 oz watermelon syrup
2 oz tequila

1 oz lime juice

1/2 oz orange liquor (triple sec)

Garnish (optional): lime wedge and salt rim

Prepare the glass rim with lime juice and salt. 

In a shaker, combine tequila, watermelon syrup, lime juice and orange liquor with ice. Shake well until chilled. Strain into the prepared glass over ice and garnish. 

EASY PEACH MARGARITA

1 1/2 oz Tequila
1 oz Cointreau or Triple Sec
1 oz peach syrup
1 oz lime juice
Salt or sugar for the rim, plus a lime slice and peach slice (optional)

Garnish and rim glass (optional): Run a lime wedge around the rim of a margarita glass and dip it into coarse salt or sugar. Fill the glass with ice.

Add the tequila, Cointreau, peach syrup, lime juice, and a handful of ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously for about 15 seconds until the outside of the shaker is cold and frosted.

Strain the mixture into your prepared glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a fresh peach slice and a lime wheel (optional).

LEMON DROP

2 oz (1/4 cup) quality vodka, try a citron vodka
3/4 oz (1 1/2tablespoons) Cointreau or triple sec
1 oz (2 tablespoons) fresh squeezed lemon juice (juice from 1/2 large lemon)
3/4 oz (1 1/2 tablespoons) simple syrup

Moisten the rim of a chilled martini glass with the juiced lemon, turn the glass upside down, twist into the lemon sugar, and set aside.
Add vodka, Cointreau (or triple sec), lemon juice, simple syrup, and a handful of ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake for 30 seconds or until very cold. Strain into the prepared martini glass and serve immediately.

Lemon Sugar Rim
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Zest from 1 lemon

Add sugar to a plate, then rub the zest into the sugar with your fingers until it is tinted yellow and fragrant.

ARNOLD PALMER

4 oz unsweetened tea
2 oz lemonade
2 oz bourbon whiskey
ice

Fill your cup about halfway with ice.
Measure and pour your lemonade, whiskey, and tea over the ice in the glass.
Stir and enjoy.

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz triple sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
1 oz sweet and sour mix
1 oz cola, or to taste
1 lemon slice

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix over ice; cover and shake.
Pour cocktail into a Collins or hurricane glass; top with splash of cola for color. Garnish with a lemon slice.

WET PUSSY

1 part Vodka
1 part Gin
1 part Coconut rum
1 part Peach schnapps

1 splash Pineapple juice
1 splash Cranberry juice

In a shaking glass with ice, combine vodka, gin, coconut rum, peach schnapps, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice.
Shake well and strain mix into a shot glass.

SEX ON THE BEACH

1 1/2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce peach schnapps
1/2 ounce Chambord or creme de cassis (optional)
1 1/2 ounces orange juice, freshly squeezed
1 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
Garnish: cocktail umbrella (optional)

Add the vodka, peach schnapps, Chambord (if using), orange juice and cranberry juice to a shaker with ice and shake.
Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with a cocktail umbrella (optional).