Easy Cocktail Recipes

There is no dispute about where this tangy cocktail originated, right down in the heart of what Southerners still affectionately call Dixieland. Maybe its creation owed something to the festival spirit of Mardi Gras and the seductive, throbbing rhythms of traditional New Orleans jazz.

Here’s a classis from the gallery of all-time highball favourites, all of which are simple and quick to make, as well as being equally delicious to drink. The version here uses ginger ale, but soda water would be equally suitable.

A classic American South drink, this is a whisky variant on the vodka-based Screwdriver.

Like many great whisky-based cocktails, this old favourite originally came from the American South.

This drink originated in Canada, hence the fact it is often referred to by its French name, “Trois Rivieres”. The cocktail tastes good provided a good whisky is used.

You can imagine nostalgic White Russian exiles sipping these after the Bolshevik Revolution and dreaming of the steppes and snows of home.

The Soviet Union might have come to an end, but this classy little drink is still full of Russian style and punch.

It was Ian Fleming’s James Bond, who first introduced vodka into the Martini, at least in the fictional world. The original Classic Martini had vodka and gin. This version is more straightforward. If you want to avoid trouble, remember the immortal Bond phrase “Shaken, but not stirred”.

A cooling ice-blue summer drink that’s a real refresher when sundowner time come’s around.

Long Vodka is a vodka based cocktail popular in Scotland and in some parts of England.