How To Make a Long Island Iced Tea
It may look like plain old iced tea, but this drink—invented near Long Island’s Jones Beach in the 1970s—is one potent potation and the East Coast's answer to the Zombie.
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How To Make a Frozen Fruit Daiquiri
Whether enjoyed by the beach or pool, bar or barbeque, the frozen fruit daiquiri is as essential to summer as sunscreen and swimwear. Choose your fruit and plug in that blender.
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How To Make a White Russian
Sweet and creamy, the White Russian is not actually a Russian drink at all--it was so named because of its main ingredient, vodka.
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How To Make a Mint Julep
The Mint Julep became synonymous with the Kentucky Derby in 1938, but the drink's roots go all the way back to Arabia – it was adapted from a drink called the "julab" made with rose petals instead of mint leaves.
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How To Make Traditional Sangria
When it comes to powerful punches, sangria—which takes its name from the Spanish word for "blood"—packs a truly wicked wallop. But don't take our word for it; mix up a batch and let the fiesta begin.
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How To Make a Campari and Soda
Campari – that quintessentially Italian bitters – was created in 1860 as a medicinal pre-dinner treat to aid digestion, which helped keep it on U.S. shelves even during Prohibition. So drink up, to your health!
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How To Make a Boilermaker
You know a movie hero is downtrodden when you watch him slam back a shot, then immediately chug down a beer. That's a boilermaker -- the toughest one-two punch in cocktail culture.
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How To Make a Bellini
Invented in 1948 at Harry's Bar in Venice, the Bellini's name honors the sheer pink shades in the work of Italian painter Giovanni Bellini. It's also a great drink to celebrate slightly lesser art forms—like, say, brunch.
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How To Make an Old Fashioned
This drink was called an Old Fashioned even when it was new in the 1800s. Over 150 years later, it will still have you feeling young at heart.
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How To Make a Fuzzy Navel
What is it about naming cocktails that brings out the punster in their creators? At least the name of this one, unlike a Sex on the Beach, has some relationship to one of its actual ingredients.
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How To Make a Harvey Wallbanger
Depending on whom you ask, the Harvey Wallbanger was invented either in sunny Southern California in the '50s or in windy Chicago in the '60s. But it was unquestionably popular in the wild '70s, so it's no wonder the details are a little fuzzy.
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How To Make a Frozen Margarita
Thanks to those pre-mixed drinks pumped out of machines at Mexican restaurant chains, the frozen margarita has gained a reputation as the Slurpee of cocktails. But the real thing will have you singing along with the mariachi band in no time.
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How To Make a Champito
Thanks to the whims of drinkers and the innovations of bartenders everywhere, drinks are constantly evolving. A perfect example is the Champito—a direct descendant of the classic Mojito.
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How To Make a Kamikaze
The Kamikaze is the ultimate collegiate drink -- at least it used to be, back when college students were considered old enough to drink. Nowadays, it's more like the ultimate college reunion drink.
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How To Make a Sex on the Beach
If ever a cocktail was destined for the spring break circuit, Sex on the Beach is it. This racy concoction is now more popular than ever served as a "shooter"—a mini-cocktail in a shot glass. Whether you're looking for a little Sex or a lot, here's how to indulge.
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