A sparkling champagne cocktail that mixes orange liqueur and bourbon with lots of spices.
It was created at 1917 at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
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Making a great cocktail takes much more than simply following the recipe. It takes years of practice and knowledge to become an experienced bartender. The best way to start is to learn some basic bartending techniques. These basic skills for preparing cocktails will help you find your way around any recipe. Over time, you will also notice that many cocktails can be made from the same key ingredients, essential to any well stocked bar. While you can to serve a cocktail in any glass you like, each drink is also usually matched with a specific cocktail glass, just like wine.
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Preparing cocktails
The best way to start mixing great cocktails yourself is to learn some of the expressions, skills and techniques used by professional bartenders all over the world.
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Salt rimThe technique of adding salt to the rim of a glass is well known in part thanks to the popularity of Margaritas. Other cocktails use a sugar rim. |
Cocktail glasses
Serving a great cocktail in the right glass can make a real difference to a drinker’s experience. Find out which glass is the best match for your favourite cocktail.
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Essential ingredients
While many ingredients are needed for the recipes on this site, a small number of key ingredients can be used time and time again to mix literally hundreds of cocktails.
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Aged tequilaMexican tequila is made from the blue agave, a plant that is similar to a cactus that thrives in the volcanic soil of the Tequila region. |