What is your favorite Cocktail?

[JohnS]

I have a soft spot for the following two:

1) Caipirinha:

Ingredients
1 lime
2 teaspoons sugar
2 ounces Cachaça*
Crushed ice

Directions

Build in a standard old-fashioned glass. Cut half a lime into four quarters. Top with two teaspoons of sugar. Muddle both the limes and sugar. Add 1 cup of crushed ice. Finally, add Cachaça and stir thoroughly to get that beautiful mix of lime, Cachaça rum and sugar flavours.

1) Sidecar:

Ingredients
1 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce sugar syrup
1 ounce Cointreau or Grand Marnier

2 ounces Cognac

Ice

Directions

Fill a Boston mixing glass with ice. Add lemon juice, sugar syrup, Cointreau or Grand Marnier and Cognac. Attach the metal shaker and shake. Double strain into a martini glass. This is a beautiful, refreshing cocktail I particularly enjoy!

[Troels]

Had a Black velvet with my cigar a while back that worked so well: fill a flute half full with champagne (or the like) and fill up with porter - great !

[ethernomad]

When in the mood for something sweet, a tequila sunrise hits the spot. Otherwise it's rum/coke, gin/tonic or vodka martinis as coktails for me.

[JohnS]

I helped out my friend Mike by bartendering his 50th party on the weekend. The drinks requested are below:

1) Strawberry blended daiquiri

2) Mudslide

3) Tequila Sunrise

4) Cuba Libre

5) Japanese Slipper

6) Bellini (for starters)

Needless to say, the strawberry daiquiris where the hit of night. I think this was due to the fact that people don't have the skill required to make it the way I do for a party. As for me, when I got a break to eat later on, I enjoyed a simple Jim Beam and Coke!

[free85]

Brunch usually gets one of these:

In a shaker filled with ice:

1/3 gin (Bombay does nicely)

1/3 fresh orange juice

1/3 clove tea

fresh squeezed lime juice (drop the peel in for some of the oils)

Shake vigorously and strain into a glass.

Top with a sparkling wine to fizz it up and enjoy.

I find the clove tea to be important. I make mine by steeping your favorite black tea (as long as it's Typhoo) then adding whole fresh cloves to the tea. I shoot from the hip with the tea but I find that for a half gallon of tea 4 tea bags and 8 - 10 cloves make a strong brew.

[CatchNRelease]

I am partial to the Manhattan, that's my goto cocktail pretty much anytime. But if I have the ingredients in the house I love caipirinhas, yummy

[tgould55]

To make at home, a Porto Manhattan - traditional Manhattan substituting a nice tawny for vermouth rosso.

To get out (if I can be sure they won't mess it up), Sazerac for sure.