Do this - a large long drink and pretend it isn’t winter. Unless, of course, you happen to be happily in the Southern Hemisphere…

INGREDIENTS

1 part Tequila
1 part White rum
2 parts Pineapple juice
2 parts Grapefruit juice
5 Ice cubes

Pour the rum and tequila into a tumbler over the ice. Top up with the juices.

Mix everything together (except the pineapple juice) and pour over the ice into a highball glass. Top up with pineapple juice.

INGREDIENTS

2 parts White rum
1/2 part Amaretto
1/2 part Orange curacao
1/2 part Lime juice
top up Pineapple juice
Crushed ice

Some will add benedictine or even grenadine to a Singapore Sling, but the important thing is the cherry brandy. Ginger beer for soda water is also possible and claimed to be the Raffles Hotel original.
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Vital is the contrast between the crushed ice and the ice cubes.
Pour the vodka, cranberry juice and grapefruit juice into a tall glass with the ice. Stir well. Decorate with a lime wedge.
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Shake with ice and strain into a chilled Martini Glass. Garnish With twist of orange peel. This Is The South Beach original version.

INGREDIENTS
1.5 oz. Absolut Citron
0.5 oz. Cointreau
1 dash Lime juice
1 dash Cranberry juice

For an alternative: cosmopolitan cocktail recipe

One of the most popular cocktails, around - perhaps surprising, as it’s rather 60’s/70’s. Should be made with Havana Club, the only official Cuban rum, or maybe a Jamaican rum (Appleton…) and drunk on the patio of the national hotel in Havana, Cuba.
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Nothing better than a caiprinha on a hot summer’s day sitting somewhere near a beach. Should use brown, demerara sugar, or even raw cane sugar, but granulated will probably do…
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A drink of the Mid-West.

1 part Whisky
1 part Lemon juice
1 part Sugar syrup
5 Ice cubes
1 Lemon rind

Shake the ingredients with cracked ice. Strain and pour into a tumbler.
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The great debate is whether the traditional Black Russian ever had anything at all to do with Cola…?

The aficionado says just Kahlua and Vodka. If served in a bar, then there’s sure to be cola in it - just to make it go further and keep you that little bit more sober and purchasing.

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