Bar Drinks: Ingredients

If you happen to enjoy some of the most popular bar drinks and would like to entertain your friends and family at home with your own versions, then you may wish to set up your own bar inside your living room or possibly even inside a rec room. In order to serve the most popular bar drinks, you will need the following ingredients: tequila, triple sec, light rum, vodka, rum, gin, sour mix, Coca-Cola, sweet and sour, coconut milk, crushed pineapple, lemon juice, lime juice, cherries, powdered sugar and crushed ice. It's also a good idea to make sure you have the right equipment, which should include: blender, drink shaker and various types of bar glasses including Collins and margarita glasses with wide rims.

While favorite bar drinks may vary from one person to the next, some of the most popular bar drinks of all time include the following drinks: Long Island Iced Tea, Margarita, Pina Colada, Mai Tai and Daiquiri.

Now you can make your own varieties of these popular bar drinks at home to enjoy with friends and family members.

Long Island Iced Tea

Ingredients:

1 part tequila

1 part vodka

1 part rum

1 part triple sec

1 part gin

1 part sour mix

Splash of Coca-Cola

Directions: Mix all ingredients together over ice in a glass. Next, pour into a drink shaker and shake briskly once. Pour drink back into glass and finish with a bit of fizz. May garnish with a lemon, if desired.

Mai Tai

Ingredients:

1 ounce light rum

1 ounce Orgeat syrup

1 ounce sweet and sour

1 ounce triple sec

Cherry for garnish

Directions:

All ingredients except cherry should be shaken in a drink shaker with ice and then strained into glass along with ice. May top with cherry if desired and served.

Pina Colada

There are a number of different ways to make this popular bar drink, but the below recipe is one of the most common ways to prepare it.

Ingredients:

3 ounces light rum

3 tablespoons coconut milk

3 tablespoons of crushed pineapple

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together in an electric blend along with two cups of crushed ice. This should then be blended at high speed setting until reaches desired consistency. The drink should be strained into a glass and served with a straw.

The two most popular methods for serving margaritas are either over the rocks (with ice) or frozen.

Margarita on the Rocks

Ingredients:

1 ounces tequila

1 ounces triple sec

1 ounce lemon juice

Salt for garnish

Directions:

First, the rim of the glass should be rubbed with lemon juice and then dipped in a shallow dish of salt. Next, add all ingredients along with ice and strain into glass.

Frozen Margarita

Ingredients:

3 ounces of tequila

1 ounce triple sec

2 ounces lime juice

1 lime wedge

Salt

Crushed ice

Directions:

First, rub the rim of the glass with lime wedge and dip glass into shallow dish of salt. Reserve lime for garnish, if desired. Next, mix all ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed until reaches desired consistency. Pour into glass and serve with lime wedge.

Daiquiri

Ingredients:

1 ounce light rum

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

Lime juice

Directions:

All ingredients should be mixed with ice and then strained into a glass.

Daiquiris can be made with a variety of flavors including strawberry and banana into addition to being prepared as frozen. When frozen daiquiris are prepared, a method similar to preparing frozen margaritas is used.

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