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The Proper Cocktail
Smash
A smash is a cocktail that could potentially include a spirit, sugar, herbs, roots, vegitables, fruits, and mixers. Most common varriety of smashes are Whiskey Smash, Brandy Smash, Strawberry Basil Smash, Ginger - Chili Smash.
Caipirinha
The Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça, sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Although both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, specifically in cachaça, the alcohol results from the fermentation of fresh sugarcane juice that is afterwards distilled, while rum is usually made from by-products from refineries, such as molasses

Bartending
Mixology
Caipirinha Recipe
Caipirinha Recipe
6 Lime wedges
2 tablespoons Sugar
Dash of Lime Juice
Dash of Soda
Muddle
Fill with Ice
2 ounces of Cachaca Rum
Pour ingredients into a shaker
Shake and Pour back into the Rocks Glass
Garnish with a Lime
6 Lime wedges
2 tablespoons Sugar
Dash of Lime Juice
Dash of Soda
Muddle
Fill with Ice
2 ounces of Cachaca Rum
Pour ingredients into a shaker
Shake and Pour back into the Rocks Glass
Garnish with a Lime
Smash Recipes
Brandy Smash
4 fresh mint sprigs
1 tsp superfine sugar
1 oz club soda
2 1/2 oz brandy
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cher
Ginger - Chili Smash
1.5 oz Gin
Ginger Root
1 fresh chili
2ounces lemon juice
.25 ounces simple syrup
1 lemon (plus more for garnish)
drizzle honey
club soda
Strawberry Basil Smash
1.5 oz vodka
5 strawberries, leafy ends removed
5 fresh basil leaves
1 lemon (plus more for garnish)
drizzle honey
club soda
Whiskey Smash
Half a lemon, cut into wedges
4 to 6 Fresh mint leaves
.75 oz Simple syrup (one part sugar, one part water)
2 oz Elijah Craig 12-Year-Old Bourbon
Garnish: Mint sprig
Glass: Rocks