Cheshire Cocktails
We love a good wedding theme and party so we can show offer our cocktail making skills! We have come up with 3 cocktails that were invented in the 1930/40's (just after the American Prohibition where drinking alcohol was illegal!!). These cocktails are perfect for a Vintage & Retro wedding wheme and can be incorporated in to in fact any wedding!
Tequila Sunrise!
Firstly, Tequila Sunrise. Created in Phoenix, Arizona in the 1930's. The cocktail is named as it is supposed to resemble a sunrise looking into the glass.
How to make the above cocktail, you will need the following ingredients/equipment:
Tequila (50ml)
Grenadine (up to 25ml)
Topped with Orange Juice
Ice Cubes
Orange Slice
High Ball Glass (or something similar from your cupboard)
Bar Spoon or Tea Spoon
2 x straws
Cocktail Pourers
Cocktail Shaker
Drink Strainer/Sieve
This is a short and enjoyable too! It is also very easy to make! Lets "Mix it Up" and make it:
To make this cocktail, you will need to pour the Tequila (50ml) and the Orange Juice into the cocktail shaker, with a few ice cubes, (roughly 3/4 of the way up inside of the cocktail glass).
Then shake the cocktail 10/15 times over your shoulder, so that it has mixed properly. Pour the drink into your chosen glass, (with some ice cubes), by straining the drink.
Now pour the Grenadine (25ml) into the drink. Then give the drink a stir with the spoon, slowly to get the correct effect.
Finally, garnish with a slice of orange on the top of the glass.
Relax, sit back and enjoy the drink!
Moscow Mule Cocktail.
The combination of Smirnoff Vodka and Ginger Ale invented in Los Angeles, California in the 1940's a businessman called John Martin had the purchasing rights of the Smirnoff vodka brand and he realised that the Americans were not really into vodka.
Another man called Jack Morgan, who owned a British pub in Los Angeles called the Cock 'n' Bull was apparently struggling to shift his stock of Ginger Ale and his girlfriend was said to have owned a copper factory, so that's how the drink ended up in a copper mug. If you have a copper mug, rather than using a glass at home, the copper mug makes the drink cold.
For this cocktail recipe, you will need the following ingredients/equipment:
50ml Vodka
Ginger Ale
Ice Cubes
Slice of lime (for the garnish)
Copper Mug or Tumbler Glass (or something similar in your cupboard)
Cocktail Pourer
Knife/Chopping Board
Cocktail Shaker or Jam Jar (with a lid)
2 x straw (optional)
To make this cocktail, you will need to follow these simple steps.
This is a fairly straightforward cocktail to make but also very easy to drink too.
Firstly, place a few ice cubes in the glass/copper mug, them pour 50ml Smirnoff Vodka into the glass.
To finish the drink, top up with ginger ale. For the garnish, cut a lime slice and place on the edge of the glass.
Serve with a couple of straws, if you would like too.
Kick yourself back, relax and enjoy when making your cocktails.
Screwdriver Cocktail!
Lastly, the Screwdriver cocktail. The origin of this drink from America when the oil workers used to secretly sneak in vodka and tip this in their glass of morning orange juice while working on the job. As they did not have a clean spoon to mix the drink, they used a screwdriver instead! Hence the name.
For this cocktail recipe, you will need the following ingredients/equipment:
50ml Vodka
Orange Juice
Ice Cubes
Slice of orange (for the garnish)
Strainer
High Ball Glass (or something similar in your cupboard)
Knife/Chopping Board
Cocktail Shaker
Cocktail Pourer
2 x sip straws (optional)
To make this cocktail, you will need to follow these simple steps.
This is a fairly straightforward cocktail to make but also very easy to drink too.
Pour 50ml Vodka and orange juice into a cocktail shaker along with a few ice cubes about a third of the way up, inside the cocktail shaker.
Shake the cocktail 10/15 times over your shoulder, until properly mixed. Place a few ice cubes into the glass, then pour the drink into the glass by straining it.
For the garnish, cut a (quarter) of an orange slice and place on the edge of the glass. Serve with a couple of straws, if you would like too.
Relax and enjoy!
