Classic Cocktail Recipes
Eleven easy cocktails for a hens party, all built on bottles you can pick up at any bottle shop. Measures are in millilitres, and a standard Australian nip is 30 ml. Hand your butler the recipe and the ingredients and he’ll do the pouring.
Cosmopolitan
You’ll need
- 45 ml vodka
- 15 ml Cointreau
- 10 ml freshly squeezed lime juice
- 30 ml cranberry juice
- A strip of orange peel
How to make it
Shake everything hard over ice, strain into a chilled martini glass and finish with the twist of orange peel.
Sex on the Beach
You’ll need
- 45 ml vodka
- 20 ml peach schnapps
- 15 ml crème de cassis
- 60 ml orange juice
- 60 ml cranberry juice
- An orange slice and a maraschino cherry
How to make it
Shake the lot with plenty of ice and strain into a tall glass. Sit the orange slice on the rim and drop in the cherry.
Hairy Navel
You’ll need
- 30 ml vodka
- 30 ml peach schnapps
- Orange juice
How to make it
Fill a tall glass with ice, add the vodka and schnapps, top up with orange juice and give it a stir.
Flirtini
You’ll need
- 2 chunks of fresh pineapple
- 15 ml Cointreau
- 15 ml vodka
- 30 ml pineapple juice
- 90 ml Champagne or Australian sparkling
- A maraschino cherry
How to make it
Crush the pineapple with the Cointreau in the base of a mixing glass. Add the vodka and pineapple juice, stir, then strain into a chilled glass. Top with the bubbles and garnish with pineapple and the cherry.
Hawaiian Sea Breeze
You’ll need
- 60 ml vodka
- Cranberry juice
- Pineapple juice
- A wedge of lime
How to make it
Pour the vodka over ice, then fill the glass with half cranberry and half pineapple juice. Squeeze the lime wedge over the top and drop it in.
Pink Flamingo
You’ll need
- 45 ml vodka
- 45 ml Cointreau
- A dash of sloe gin
- Orange juice
How to make it
Add the vodka, Cointreau and sloe gin to a glass packed with ice, top up with orange juice and stir.
Pearl Harbour
You’ll need
- 60 ml vodka
- 30 ml melon liqueur
- Pineapple juice
- A maraschino cherry and a chunk of pineapple
How to make it
Pour the vodka and melon liqueur over ice and fill the glass with pineapple juice. Thread the cherry and pineapple onto a cocktail stick and rest it across the top.
Madras
You’ll need
- 45 ml vodka
- 90 ml cranberry juice
- 30 ml orange juice
How to make it
Stir the vodka and cranberry juice together in a glass, then float the orange juice on top.
Woo Woo
You’ll need
- 60 ml vodka
- 15 ml peach schnapps
- 125 ml cranberry juice
- A wedge of lime
How to make it
Put the lime wedge in a shaker with ice, add everything else and shake well. Strain into a chilled glass.
Tropical Easter
You’ll need
- 60 ml vodka
- Cranberry juice
- Pineapple juice
- A wedge of lime
How to make it
A close cousin of the Sea Breeze. Pour the vodka over ice, top with equal parts cranberry and pineapple juice, and hang the lime wedge on the rim.
Scarlett O’Hara
You’ll need
- 60 ml Southern Comfort
- A dash of lime juice
- Cranberry juice
- A wedge of lime
How to make it
Pour the Southern Comfort and lime juice over ice, fill the glass with cranberry juice and garnish with the lime wedge.
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