Classic Margarita

There are few drinks that are as popular as the margarita - the old standby. Well, let's take a look at how to make one. Master this, and be anyone's cabana boy.

This one is on the rocks...

You will need a mug, some sour mix, kosher salt, and the usual suspects - Jose Cuervo Gold, Triple Sec (or Cointreau, if you want to spice it up a bit), and some lime.

Salty Spirits
Take you mug (8oz, 10oz...) and salt the rim. You can get one of those fancy margarita salter things which usually look like a sombrero - or you can try something different. Get a sponge (clean, of course!), put it on a plate, drown it in sour mix, then touch the rim of your mug to it (to get some of that sour mix to stick to it), then on another plate with salt, touch the rim to the salt and presto! You have a slated rim.

The Drink Recipe
Now, fill the mug with ice.

In a tin, pour:
1.25 oz of Cuervo Gold
.75 oz of Triple Sec (or Cointreau)
3.0 oz of Sour Mix
Squeeze lime (usually a half of lime) and toss into the tin.

Shake it (or tin spin, depends on if you have a top for your tin or if you can use a Boston Shaker...). Pour into mug.

Enjoy!

Serve with a 1/4 slice of lime and put the salt to good use.

Hawaiian Punch

Feelin' punchy?

This will do the trick. It is called a Hawaiian Punch because, well, it takes like a Hawaiian Punch.

Ingredients
You need:

• Three Olives Cherry Vodka
• Orange Juice
• Pineapple Juice
• Sour Mix
• Grenadine

The Drink Recipe
Get a tumbler glass, build with ice.

Then, pour in

• 1.25 oz of Three Olives Cherry Vodka
• 1.0 oz of orange juice
• 1.0 oz of pineapple juice
• fill with sour mix (to give it a more tart flavor)
• splash with grenadine

You build the drink in the glass. This one is great if you want something sweet and "citrusy". Good in bulk as punch, too...

If you want it stronger, try .5 oz of Grand Marnier but don't add OJ (you will have too much orange flavor).

As usual, with sour mix, find a brand that you like and can stand on its own. I jokingly tell people to get lemon-lime Gatorade if they can't find anything - half joking, but it does work. Seriously.

Enjoy!

Bong Water

Ok, this could be a shot, but it could also be a drink served in a tall glass. Probably better as a drink, but for a shot just half the portions:

• .5 oz of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
• .5 oz of peach schapps
• .5 oz of Southern Comfort
• .5 oz of Disarronno
• .5 oz of blue curacao
• .5 oz of Razzmatazz or Chambord
• 2.0 oz of sour mix

Should come out greenish in color, and very potent. Like a Long Island Iced Tea, but for the younger crowd.