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What are the benefits of making your own US-favorite cocktails at home?

Can making your own drinks be enjoyable and beyond the prospect of drinking them?

When you include alcohol, chocolate, fruit and other great ingredients, who could say no?

Everyone who drinks needs a drink now and then, or at least feel they deserve one. In 2021, you could do a Google search for most searched US cocktails and come up with many different drinks.

The regions of the United States have various favorites, with Old Fashioned being a coast-to-coast favorite. Cosmopolitans top the favorite cocktail list in the several states. The other drinks often appear like Mimosa, Martini, Sidecars Vodka Sunrise and Oliveto.

There are some things most party-hosters should know, including how to prepare (or order in) delicious dishes and how to make great cocktails.

Some mixed drinks will require using a shaker or a blender, and they are not necessarily any more difficult than drinks that are combined by pouring and stirring. Either way, practice can be fun, and someone will always volunteer to try one of your newer creations.

There is no way I could list all the favorite cocktails in the United States many of the states have 5 or more! But they are some of the best. Grab fresh citrus and mixers and lets get shaking!

Hurricane is a tropical drink that is a wonderful way to refresh and quench your thirst on those long summer days. It combines rum with orange and passion fruit juices. It appears to be a complicated drink to make, and the mixture of tropical flavors makes it seem difficult, too, but its actually very easy to prepare.

Makes 1 Serving

Cooking + Prep Time: 3-5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 fresh lime, juice
• 2 oz. of rum, light
• 2 oz. of rum, dark
• 1 oz. of orange juice, fresh
• 2 oz. of juice, passion fruit
• 1/2 oz. of grenadine
• 1/2 oz. of syrup, simple

For Garnishing:

• 1 slice of orange, fresh
• 1 maraschino cherry

Instructions:

Fill a cocktail shaker with crushed or cubed ice. Squeeze in juice from 1/2 fresh lime.

Pour both types of rum, orange juice, passion fruit juice, grenadine and simple syrup in cocktail shaker.

Shake thoroughly, till outside of shaker has become frosty.

Fill a hurricane glass with ice. Strain cocktail into the glass.

Use slice of orange and 1 maraschino cherry to garnish, then serve.

Whats the trick to making a perfectly-delightful Whiskey Sour? Its getting your balance exactly right. This recipe below shows you the proper proportions of bracing, bright lemon juice, sweet syrup and floral bourbon that will create a cocktail thats not too biting or too sweet.

Makes 1 Serving

Cooking + Prep Time: 3-5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. of bourbon whiskey
• 3/4 oz. of lemon juice, fresh
• 3/4 oz. of syrup, simple

To Serve:

• 1/2 wheel of fresh orange
• 1 maraschino cherry

Instructions:

Combine the bourbon with simple syrup and lemon juice in cocktail shaker.

Fill the shaker with crushed ice. Cover shaker and vigorously shake for 20-25 seconds, till outside of the shaker is quite cold.

Fill a rock or old-fashioned glass with fresh ice. Strain cocktail through slotted spoon and into the glass.

Use 1/2 fresh orange wheel & maraschino cherry for garnishing. Serve.

This Paloma cocktail is an easy to fix refreshing cooler combining tequila, grapefruit soda and fresh lime juice. The traditional tequila choice is Blanco, but you can use reposado as well. Its helpful to keep your tequila capped since the flavor profile could disrupt the ideal clean taste that is typical of Paloma.

Makes 1 Serving

Cooking + Prep Time: 5-7 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. of tequila
• 1/2 oz. of freshly squeezed lime juice

To Top:

• Grapefruit soda
• For Garnishing:
• 1 wheel of lime, fresh

Optional:

• Salting of the rim

Instructions:

This step is optional. Rub fresh lime wedge around highball glass edge. Dip rim in table salt.

Add tequila and fresh lime juice to glass. Fill it with cubed ice.

Top with the grapefruit soda. Gently and briefly stir, combining lightly.

Use fresh lime wheel to garnish and serve.

This Cuban daiquiri is a classic, dating back to the 19 th century. Originally, it was not served frozen, but some afternoons you just want something cold and boozy, whether its technically authentic or not. The consistency is like a slushie, and the taste is tart with a bit of sweetness.