Easy Cocktail Recipes

You find yourself on a tropical island with a bottle of gin and no vermouth in sight. Forced to improvise, you add a little passion fruit juice… and once you get back to civilization, you happily find Alize de France, a Cognac-based liqueur flavored with tart passion fruit, to transport you back to your bliss-filled paradise.

The approach may be stylishly minimal, but when fragrant gin, herbal vermouth and sweet melon liqueur come together, these Oriental and Occidental flavors cavort to infuse this cocktail with aromatic abundance.

This lavender-hued liqueur, aromatic with the flavors of violet and orange, is said to have potent aphrodisiacal qualities. It makes for a perfectly perfumed concoction that is ideally enjoyed under a starlit night.

What could better than a great Key Lime Pie? A Key Lime Martini, of course. Inspired by the dessert, this sweet-tart elixir is concocted from those tiny, tart limes hailing from the Florida Keys and mellowed its puckeriness with sweet, vanilla-orange Tuaca liqueur.

One of the predecessors of the Martini, the Martinez is a much sweeter drink than the modern-dry Martini.

This punch is dark, sweet, delicious, and impossible to get out of the carpet if you spill it.

Just the thing for a short boating party or extended stay on a desert island. Simply lie by the lagoon and hope you never get rescued.

Be sure to use white lemonade for a psychedelic green color.

Ginger liqueur gives this drink an unmistakable Asian flavor – delicate, understated, and smooth.

If your party needs a B12 booster, mix together these ingredients and offer them as shots. Shaken with ice and served on the rocks, they’ll keep your party fueled for hours.