Beverage World · Doraville

Cocktails worth making at home

Proper recipes, exact measures, and the bottle to make each one. Nothing here takes more than five minutes.

Margarita

Three things in a shaker, and no mix anywhere near it.

5m · 6 bottles

Paloma

What Mexico actually orders when it orders tequila.

3m · 3 bottles

Michelada

Beer, lime and heat. The best thing to do with a cheap lager.

3m

Old Fashioned

The oldest cocktail there is, and it is four ingredients.

4m · 3 bottles

Moscow Mule

Three ingredients, one minute, and the mug is doing real work.

3m · 2 bottles

Mojito

Press the mint. Do not shred it.

5m · 2 bottles

Bloody Mary

Brunch in a glass, and the mix matters more than the vodka.

4m · 1 bottles

Negroni

Equal parts, stirred, bitter on purpose.

3m · 2 bottles

More recipes on bevworld.com

Another twelve, written the same way, over on the main site.

• Ranch Water: Three Things and Ice
• The Aperol Spritz, In That Order
• The Boulevardier: A Negroni in a Winter Coat
• The Daiquiri: Nothing Like the Frozen One
• The Dark and Stormy: Two Things and a Lime
• The Espresso Martini, for the Middle of the Evening
• The Gin and Tonic, Done Properly
• The Manhattan: Stirred and Never Shaken
• The Mimosa, and How Not to Waste Good Prosecco
• The Negroni, for People Who Like Bitter Things
• The New York Sour and the Red Wine on Top
• The Whiskey Sour, With or Without the Egg