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   What  about an ice cold Daquiri or a
hard   hitting  Sidecar?   Or  a Bloody
Mary   perhaps?   Yes?  Then read on to
get  a   few tips concerning drinks and
of course some recipees!
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What do I need?
  First   at all, of course the spirits
and  all  the other liquids you need in
order  to  become   a Tom Cruise behind
the   bar  counter.    Then,  you  need
different kinds of  glasses.  The glass
you're  going to  use most of the times
is  a cocktail  glass.  This glass is a
little  circular   glass  on  top  of a
short  stem.   The  glass usually holds
no   more than 1 decilitre (0.1 litre).
Some   drinks  ought  to  be  served in
other  kinds of glasses but this is the
most   common  glass used for cocktails
(hence the  name cocktail glass).
  Secondly   you'll  need a shaker.  If
you  haven't   got a shaker then use an
electric  mixer  (a blender).  You have
to  own  a  strainer   too  but I guess
everybody  has  such   a  sophisticated
tool   at  home.   A  long,  thin spoon
might   be  rather handy too to mix the
drinks   too.   Other  basic  tools are
knifes,   bottle  opener, corkscrew and
lots of ice.

Some Basic Rules.
  Drinks  containing only spirits, wine
and  liquer   should  be mixed in a big
mix   glass    with   the  long  spoon.
Afterwards  place  a strainer  over the
cocktail  glass and pour the  substance
over  the  strainer so it  runs down in
the coktail glass.
  Drinks  containing stuff  like juice,
eggs,  cream  and  the  like  has to be
shaked  in the cocktail shaker (or  the
electric  mixer).  If you're using  the
shaker don't fill it up.  There  has to
be  enough  room  so  you  can  mix the
ingredients well.
  Remember   to  mix  the   drink  just
before it is to be  drunk so it's fresh
and  attractive.   Don't  mix  or shake
for too long!

Note:  i.e.  1/4   means   a   quarter.

Let's check out a few drinks.....

²Drinks based on Rum...¹

Best Intentions:
2/5 Bacardi Rum
2/5 Peter Heering
1/5 orange juice

Alhambra:
1/2 Bacardi Rum
1/4 Apricot brandy
1/4 White, sweet Vermouth

Coronation
2/3 Bacardi Rum
1/6 Apricot Brandy
1/6 Lemon juice


²Drinks with gin.....¹

Alaska:
3/4 Gin
1/4 Yellow Chartreuse

Dubonnet Cocktail:
1/2 Gin
1/2 Dubonnet
lemon shell

Chinese Lady:
1/2 Gin
1/4 Yellow Chartreuse
1/4 Grapefruit juice
 
Paradise:
1/2 Gin
1/4 Apricot Brandy
1/4 Orange Juice


²Drinks with whiskey....¹

Barman Special:
1/3 Canadian Whiskey  (try a V.O.)
1/3 White Heering
1/3 Orange Juice

Hunter:
2/3 Canadian Whiskey
1/3 Peter Heering

E.F.3.:
1/3 Irish Whiskey
1/3 Pimm's No.1
1/3 Peter Heering

Flubber:
3/5 Bourbon Whiskey
1/5 Rose's Lime Juice
1/5 Peter Heering

Tattoo Special:
1/3 Scotch Whiskey
1/3 Drambuie
1/3 Dry Sherry



²Wodka Stuff:¹

Bloody Mary:
Use a medium sized glass and a couple
of ice cubes.
1/3 Wodka
2/3 Tomato Juice
a little Worchester sauce 
a drop of lemon
a little! selleri salt 

Nikita:
1/2 Wodka
1/4 Cointreau
1/4 Lemon Juice
shake it and serve with cocktail
berries.

And   for   the  non-drinking  guys,  a
little  bonus  part  with NON-alcoholic
drinks....

Ahh,     fooled    you.      Disgusting
non-alcoholic  stuff   doesn't occur in
your   favourite   disc  mag.   If  you
absolutely    can't   drink  the  above
mentioned   drinks  then  I'd recommend
that you seriously  considered suicide.

Executioner/Scoopex.    Barfbags ahead!