Long drink – a cocktail of large volume, at least 120 ml, more often from 300 ml, which can be drunk for a long time (this is how the name is literally translated). Most often, the drink is a simple mix of two or three components – strong alcohol, juice and / or soda. Long drinks are served in highball, hurricane or collins glasses filled with ice (except when a special glass is prescribed in the recipe), and they are drunk through a straw.
In the “by size” classification, Long Drinks are opposed to shooters (shots). The difference is that strong cocktails from glasses with a volume of ~60 ml are drunk in one gulp, while “long” drinks are savored, slowly sipping at beach parties, barbecues and family gatherings, sometimes being content with just a couple of glasses per evening.
Long Drink Recipes
Rating of the 15 best recipes according to the editors of Alkofan. When choosing, we were guided by taste, popularity, availability of ingredients and ease of preparation at home.
1. Long Island Iced Tea. Mix equal parts gin, tequila, vodka, light rum and orange liqueur in a highball glass, squeeze the juice of a quarter of a lemon, add 3 parts Coca-Cola. You will get a light brown drink. According to legend, such “gulls” were served in underground drinking houses during the American Prohibition.
2. Tequila Sunrise. Tequila with orange juice in a ratio of 1: 2, add a few drops of any fruit syrup to the finished mix – the “sunrise” will flare up in the glass.
3. Mojito. Popular summer cocktail. Place 4-6 peppermint leaves on the bottom of the glass, mash slightly, add 2 bar spoons of brown sugar, add 1 part lime juice and crushed ice, pour in part of the light rum (maybe a little more if you need to increase the strength of the cocktail) and soda to taste. Serve with a sprig of mint.
4. Pina Colada. One part light rum and coconut milk, 3 parts pineapple juice, mix everything in a shaker, serve with a pineapple wedge and a cocktail cherry.
5. Moscow Mule. Put a slice of ginger on the bottom of a metal mug, fill it with ice, add vodka and ginger ale in a ratio of 1:3, squeeze the juice of a quarter of a lime.
6. Free Cuba. A mix of light rum and Coca-Cola in a ratio of approximately 1: 2, but this is not strict. You can squeeze a lime wedge.
7. Kir Royal. Mix in a champagne glass 130 ml of dry sparkling wine and 20 ml of Creme de Cassis blackcurrant liqueur. Garnish the rim of the glass with a raspberry.
8. American. Mix equal parts of Campari and sweet red vermouth, serve with a lemon wedge.
9. Bloody Mary. Another timeless classic: vodka with tomato juice in a ratio of 1:2. Tabasco sauce, salt, pepper – to taste.
10. Dark & Stormy. Mix dark rum and ginger beer in a ratio of 1:2, serve in a highball garnished with a lime wedge.
11. Rum Fizz. Mix a part of lemon juice and one and a half parts of light rum in a shaker, pour into a glass, add 2 parts of soda. Serve with a lemon wedge and a cocktail cherry.
12. Ginja Assassin. Part Curacao liqueur, 2 parts gin, 3 parts pineapple juice, XNUMX/XNUMX lemon juice, a teaspoon of chopped fresh ginger, a drop of Angostura. Mix everything in a shaker.
13. My fault. Part gin, 2 parts Cointreau, 7 parts grapefruit juice and a teaspoon of strawberry liqueur. Mix all ingredients in a shaker, serve with strawberries and grapefruit zest.
14. English Bulldog. A variation of the classic gin and tonic (which, of course, also belongs to the category of long drinks). Mix in a shaker a part of dry vermouth, two parts of gin and 4 parts of lemon juice, add a bar spoon of orange jam. Pour into a glass, drizzle with citrus bitters and pour in a thin stream of tonic to taste.
15. Pimm’s Cup. “Pimz” is now a classic British soft drink, which is prepared before summer feasts and put out immediately in jugs or deep punch bowls. Mix part of the drink Pimm’s Cup and 2-3 parts of any soda (preferably lemon). Add mint leaves and fresh cucumber slices to taste.
