Popular cocktails for your new bar

You have the new equipment now, you need some classic cocktail recipes for your new bar? We've compiled some of our favorites below:

Cocktail recipes aren't set in stone. Bartending is an art form. Feel free to experiment with ratios of ingredients or substitute similar ingredients to create a variation of a classic cocktail.

These are just a few examples of popular cocktails, but there are many other options to consider based on your target audience's taste and your bar's menu.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1 ounce triple sec
• Salt
• Lime wedge

Directions

Fill a cocktail tin with ice

Combine tequila, fresh lime juice, and triple sec into the shaker.

Shake to mix. Rim a rocks or margarita glass with salt, and fill it with ice.

Strain the contents of the tin into the glass, and garnish with a lime wedge.

Ingredients

• 1 sugar cube or 1 teaspoon of sugar
• 2 dashes bitters
• Water
• 2 ounces whiskey
• Ice
• Orange wedge or slice
• Maraschino cherry

Directions

In a rocks glass, muddle the sugar cube with 2 dashes of bitters and a splash of water.

Add 2 ounces of whiskey and stir until the sugar is dissolved.

Add ice and stir until chilled.

Garnish with orange and cherry.

Ingredients

• 2 cups crushed ice
• 2 ounces white or gold rum
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 3/4 ounce simple syrup
• Lime wheel or lime twist for garnish

Directions

Fill a shaker with crushed ice.

Combine the rum, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup in the shaker.

Shake well and strain into a chilled glass.

Garnish with a lime wheel or a lime twist that's oil has expressed into the daiquiri.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 ounces whiskey
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 2 dashes bitters
• 1 maraschino cherry

Directions

Fill a mixing glass or tin with ice.

Add whiskey, vermouth, and bitters. Stir well

Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass.

Garnish with cherries and serve.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce triple sec
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• Orange twist

Directions

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice

Add vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and lime juice to that shaker. Shake well.

Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with an orange twist whose oil has been expressed into the drink.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce dry vermouth
• 1 dash orange bitters (optional)
• Olives or lemon twist to garnish

Directions

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

Combine gin, vermouth, and bitters (if desired) into the shaker and shake well.

Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Garnish with olives or lemon twist whose oil has been expressed into the drink.