Cable Car
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Spiced Rum
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz sweet and sour mix
 
Cadillac
"Blend with ice and serve in a rocks glass." -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Galliano
2 oz. Cream
 
Caesar
"Rim a highball glass with lime (or lemon), celery salt, and salt Add vodka and juice to ice, and season with pepper, Worcestershire Sauce, and Tobasco. Stir, and then garnish with a celery stick." -that'sthespirit.com
4 oz Motts* Clamato* Juice
1 oz. vodka
Celery stalk
2 tsp. Lime juice
pepper to taste
salt to taste
1 Dash Tabasco sauce
2 Dashes Worcestershire sauce
 
Caipirinha
"Use a rocks or old-fashioned glass. Cut the lime into 8 wedges and put in the glass. Add sugar. Muddle the lime and sugar together until they are well mixed. Fill the glass with crushed ice. Add Cachaca. Stir. Garnish with a lime squeeze." -DrinkoftheWeek.com
2 oz. Cachaca
1 lime
1 tsp. Sugar
 
Canadian Foot Warmer
(Coffee mug, heated; build in glass)
Near fill with hot chocolate. Whipped cream garnish. Dust powdered cocoa.
1 1/4 oz. Canadian Club whisky
3/4 oz. Cinnamon Schnapps
1/2 oz. Kahlua
Hot Chocolate
Whipped Cream
Powdered Cocoa
 
Cancun Coffee
Moisten rim of coffee mug with lime and dip rim in sugar. Pour liqueurs into mug and fill with coffee. Top with whipped cream.
1 oz. Irish Cream
1/2 oz. Anisette
1/2 oz. Kahlua
2-3 oz. Coffee
1 Lime
Whipped Cream
 
Candy Apple
Serve cold in a shot glass.
1 part DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps
1 part DeKuyper Apple Barrel Schnapps
1 part cranberry juice
 
Candy Apple (option 2)
Mix with ice in a collins glass.
2 oz. Amaretto
1 oz. Butterscotch Schnapps
Apple Juice
 
Candy Cane
"In highball glass filled with ice, combine peppermint schnapps, crème de cacao, and grenadine. Fill glass with half-and-half. Top with 7-Up. Garnish with a small candy cane." -The Webtender (contributed by: Melody Watkins)
3/4 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
3/4 oz. Crème de Cacao
1/4 oz. Grenadine
Half-and-Half
7-Up
 
Cape Cod
"In a Highball or bucket glass with ice add vodka. Fill with cranberry juice. Squeeze Lime and drop in the glass." -Drinkoftheweek.com
1 oz. Vodka
Cranberry Juice
Lime Wedge
 
Cape Cod Cooler
Shake with ice and strain into a collins glass.
2 oz. sloe gin
1 oz. gin
5 oz. cranberry juice
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. orgeat syrup
 
Caribbean Breeze
Mix with ice in a Collins glass.
1 oz Bacardi 151 rum
1/2 oz coconut rum
fill with 1/2 pineapple juice
fill with 1/2 cranberry juice
 
Caribbean Champagne
Mix light rum and banana liqueur in a chilled Champagne glass and fill with Champagne.  Garnish with a banana slice and a cherry.
3/4 oz. Light Rum
3/4 oz. Banana Liqueur
fill with Champagne
 
Caribbean Delight
Pour Malibu, Kahlua, milk, oranges, syrup and ice cream into blender canister.  Blend all of the ingredients and pour into tall, chilled glass.  Garnish with whipped cream and drizzle chocolate syrup over the whipped cream.
2 oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
3/4 oz. Kahlua
3/4 oz. Whole Milk
3/4 oz. Chocolate Syrup
1/2 cup Mandarin Oranges
2 scoops Chocolate Ice Cream
Whipped Cream
 
Caribbean Passion
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
2 oz.Peach Schnapps
1 oz. vodka
Orange juice
Passionfruit juice
 
Carrot Cake
Serve cold in a shot glass.
.5 oz. Butterscotch Schnapps
.5 oz. Irish Cream
.5 oz. Goldschlager
 
Celtic Mix Cocktail
"Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, stir well and pour into a martini glass." -Drinkoftheweek.com
1 1/2 oz. Scotch
1 oz. Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
Dash of Bitters
 
Cement Mixer
"Fill shot glass with Irish cream.  Add dash of lime juice.  Let set for 30 seconds." -Bartender's Black Book
Irish Cream
Lime Juice
 
Cement Mixer (Option 2)
Mix ingredients in a shot glass and let it set for 15-30 seconds.
1 oz. Citrus Vodka
1 oz. Irish Cream
 
Chai Toddy
Mix ingredients in a mug and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
1 1/2 oz. spiced rum
dash peppermint schnapps
1 tsp honey
4 oz. hot tea
 
Champagne Cocktail
Place the sugar lump in the bottom of a flute; sprinkle the bitters on top.  Carefully pour in the Champagne.  Add the lemon twist.  -Habersham Drinks Magazine
1 sugar lump
3 dashes Angostura bitters
5 oz. chilled Champagne/ Sparkling Wine
lemon twist
 
Champagne Jubilee
Mix amaretto and cranberry juice in a chilled Champagne glass and fill with Champagne.  Garnish with an orange twist.
1 1/4 oz. Amaretto
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
fill with Champagne
 
Champagne Punch 1
"Combine all except champagne and soda in a punch bowl.  Mix well to dissolve the powdered sugar.  Then add the Champagne and soda along with a block of ice before serving." -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
3 Bottles Champagne
1 qt. Club Soda
6 oz. Curacao
3 oz. Brandy
3 oz. Maraschino
5 oz. Lemon Juice
8 oz. Powdered Sugar (superfine)
 
Champagne Punch 2
"Mix all ingredients except the champagne and 7-Up.  Add the 7-Up and then the champagne.  Include block ice.  This is very potent." -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
1 bottle Champagne
1/2 bottle Southern Comfort
1/2 liter 7-Up
6 oz. can Frozen Lemonade
6 oz. can Frozen Orange Juice
 
Chapala
Shake with ice and strain into old-fashioned glass over ice cubes. Add a slice of orange.
1 1/2 oz. Tequila
1 tbsp. Orange juice
1 tbsp. Lemon juice
1 dash Triple Sec
2 tbsp. Grenadine
 
Charlie Chaplin
"Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into old-fashioned glass over ice cubes and serve." -The Webtender
1 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 oz. Sloe Gin
1 oz. Lemon Juice
 
Cheri Lace
Drop of chocolate syrup in the bottom; glass rimmed with powdered sugar.
1 part Cheri-Beri Pucker
1 part Vanilla liqueur
splash of vodka
 
Cherry Bomb
"Place pitted, stemless cherry in shot glass."  "Fill with grain alcohol or vodka." -Bartender's Black Book
1 tsp. Cherry Juice
Grain Alcohol
 
Cherry Tree Climber
Blend briefly with half a glassful of crushed ice, pour into a large cocktail glass, and serve. -Habersham Drinks Magazine
1 ounce cherry brandy
1 ounce white crème de cacao
1/2 ounce peppermint schnapps
1 tablespoon vanilla ice cream
 
Chi Chi
Shake and strain into a Collins glass. Garnish with a cherry.
1 ½ oz Rum
2 oz cream of coconut
2 oz pineapple juice
 
Chicago Cocktail
"Use a cocktail glass with a sugar rim (make by rubbing a lemon around the rim and then dipping in powdered sugar). Then combine ingredients (except the champagne) in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into the glass. Finally, add the champagne." -Drinkoftheweek.com
2 oz. Brandy
1 oz. Champagne
dash Angostura Bitters
dash Triple Sec
 
Chili Capiroska
Muddle chili peppers and lime wedges at the bottom of a Collins glass. Add ice and Pour in the Vodka. Mix in the brown sugar.
2 oz. Lime Vodka
4 Lime Wedges
2 Chili Peppers
1 tsp. Brown Sugar
 
Chinese Cocktail
"Fill glass with ice."  "Shake.  Strain into chilled glass."  -Bartender's Black Book
1 1/2 oz. dark rum
1 tsp. triple sec
1 tsp. cherry liqueur
1 tsp. Grenadine
dash of bitters
 
Choco Banana Splash
"Combine the irish cream, vanilla extract, light cream, vanilla ice cream and banana in a blender with one small scoop of crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into a parfait glass, and top with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. Garnish with a maraschino cherry. Add a slice of banana on a cocktail pick and place across the top, and serve." -Drinksmixer.com
1 1/4 oz Irish cream
1/4 oz vanilla extract
1/2 oz light cream
1/2 scoop vanilla ice cream
1/2 banana
1/2 oz whipped cream
 
Chocolate Cappuccino
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
1 oz. Irish cream
1/4 oz Creme de Cacao
1/4 oz Coffee Liqueur
1 oz milk
 
Chocolate Cow
"Pour all ingredients over ice in cocktail glass." -The Webtender (contributed by: Mac McCauley)
1 shot chocolate liqueur
1 shot Kahlua
cream to taste
 
Chocolate Covered Banana
Blend ingredients with ice and serve in a tall cocktail glass.  Drizzle chocolate syrup over the top and garnish with a banana slice.
1 3/4 oz. Baileys Irish Cream
1 oz. Banana Liqueur
1 oz. Chocolate Syrup
1/2 Banana
2-3 Scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
 
Chocolate Covered Cherry
"Shake with ice and strain into glass."  -The Webtender (contributed by: Mike Cannon)
1/2 oz. Crème de Menthe
1/2 oz. Amaretto
4 oz. milk
large splash Grenadine
 
Chocolate Cranberry Martini
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass.  Garnish with an orange slice.
1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao
1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice
1 1/2 oz. Cranberry Vodka
 
Chocolate Mint
"Combine in a footed mug."  -DrinkoftheWeek.com
1 1/2 oz peppermint schnapps
1 dash half-and-half
1 dash grenadine syrup
 
Chocolate Raspberry Martini
"Combine Vodka and Liqueur in a shaker with ice. Shaken and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with a splash of soda.  Garnish with a fresh raspberry."  -DrinkoftheWeek.com
1 1/2 oz. Stoli Raspberry Vodka
1/2 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
Splash Soda
 
Chocolatini
"Wet rim of a Martini glass and dip in cocoa. Combine Vodka and Godiva Liqueur in a coctail shaker with ice. Shake well to chill liqueur's. Strain into the Martini glass. If you've got an extra Hershey's kiss lying around use it as a garnish"  -DrinkoftheWeek.com
2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
Cocoa Powder
 
Choker
"Stir ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass." -Drink Nation
2 oz. Scotch
2 tsp. Pernod
2 Dashes Bitters
 
Cinnamon Kiss
"Fill rocks glass with ice.  Add ingredients and stir."  -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
1 1/2 oz. Cinnamon Schnapps
1/2 oz. Grenadine
 
Citros Cosmopolitan
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with a lime spiral.
2 Parts Stoli Citros
1 Part Cranberry Juice
1 Part Hiram Walker Triple Sec
2 Parts Lime Juice
 
City Slicker
"In a shaker halof filled with ice pour in the Brandy, Triple Sec and Lemon Juice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass."  -DrinkoftheWeek.com
2 oz. Brandy
1 1/2 oz. Triple Sec
2 oz. Lemon Juice
 
Clear Blue Sea
Mix ingredients with ice in a Collins glass.
2.5 oz. Sour Watermelon Pucker
1.5 oz. Everclear
Sprite
 
Clear Lemonade
Mix with ice in a Collins glass.
2 1/2 oz. Everclear
Lemonade
 
Clover Leaf Cocktail
Shake all ingredients (except mint) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with mint and serve. -Habersham Drinks Magazine
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/4 ounce grenadine
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 egg white
1 mint sprig
 
Coco Loco
"Shake.  Strain into chilled glass." -Bartender's Black Book
1 oz. dark rum
1 oz. light rum
1/2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz, banana liqueur
1/2 oz. pineapple juice
1/2 oz. sugar syrup
1/2 oz. cream of coconut
 
Coconut Cream Pie
"Combine all ingredients into a shaker with ice and strain into cocktail glass." -The Webtender (contributed by: David Fohrenkamm)
1 oz. Vanilla Schnapps
1 oz. Malibu Rum
3 oz. Cream
 
Coconut Daiquiri
"Blend with ice and pour into a 10 oz. stemmed glass." -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
1 1/2 oz. Rum
3 oz. Sweetened Lemon Juice
dash Lime Juice
3 oz. Cream of Coconut
 
Coconut Grove
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
1 1/2 oz coconut rum
1 oz creme de banana
1 oz white rum
4 oz pineapple juice
1 tsp lemon juice
 
Coffee Hummer
"Combine all ingredients ina blender with a scoop of crushed ice.  Blend for 30 seconds and pour into a 10oz. stemmed glass."  -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
1 oz. Coffee Liqueur
1 oz. Rum
2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
 
Collins
"This is a drink with 1/2 oz. of gin, vodka, bourbon, rum, or brandy.  The name differs with the liquor used.  A sweet-sour mix is used or 1 to 3 oz. of sweetened lemon juice.  This is well shaken with ice.  Next it is strained into a tall Collins glass and the glass is then filled with club soda." -Harvey Collins Drink Guide
1/2 oz. Gin, Vodka, Bourbon, Rum, or Brandy
1 to 3 oz. Sweetened Lemon Juice or Sweet & Sour Ready Mix
Club Soda
 
Colonial Cocktail
"Shake all ingredients (except olive) with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Add the olive and serve." -The Webtender
1 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
1 tsp Maraschino Liqueur
1 Olive
 
Coney Island
"Fill glass with ice."  "Fill with soda water.  Stir." -Bartender's Black Book
1 oz. peppermint schnapps
1 oz. dark crème de cacao
 
Confucious Confusion
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
1.5 oz. Raspberry Vodka
.5 oz. Sake
1 oz. Cranberry Juice
splash Sprite
 
Corkscrew
"Fill glass with ice."  "Stir.  Strain into chilled glass." -Bartender's Black Book
1 oz. rum
1/2 oz. peach schnapps
1/2 oz. dry Vermouth
 
Cosmopolitan
Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass.  Garnish with an orange peel.
1 1/2 oz lemon Vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz cranberry juice
 
Country Club Cooler
"Pour grenadine and 2 oz. carbonated water into a Collins glass and stir. Add ice cubes and dry vermouth. Fill with carbonated water and stir again. Add the twist of lemon peel and the orange spiral so the end dangles over rim of glass." -The Webtender
2 oz. Dry Vermouth
Carbonated Water
1/2 tsp Grenadine
1 Orange Spiral
1 twist of Lemon Peel
 
Countrypolitan
Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker with cracked ice.  Shake vigorously, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. -Habersham Drinks Magazine
1 3/4 oz. bourbon
1/2 oz. Cointreau or imported triple sec
1/2 oz. fresh-squeezed, strained lime juice
1/2 oz. unsweetened cranberry juice
 
Cowboy Martini
"In a cocktail shaker crush the mint with the sugar syrup and lemon juice.  Add the gin and shake well with crushed ice.  Strain into a chilled martini glass.  Garnish with a sprig of mint." -knowyourcocktails.com
50ml Gin
6 Fresh Mint Leaves
Dash of Lemon Juice
Dash of Sugar Syrup
 
Cranberry Margarita
Blend ingredients and pour into a margarita glass.
1.5 oz. Tequila
1.5 oz. Triple Sec
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
1 oz. Lime Juice
1.5 oz. Sour Mix
2 cups Ice
 
Cranberry Mist
Fill a tall glass with crushed ice.  Add a measure of Irish Mist.  Top up with cranberry juice.  Add a squeeze of lime and stir.
Irish Mist
Cranberry Juice

 

 
Cranberry Screw
Mix with ice in an Old Fashioned glass.
1 1/2 oz. Cranberry Vodka
Orange Juice
 
Creamsicle
"Stir and serve in a shot glass." -Harvey Collins' Drink Guide
1/2 oz. Kahlua
1/4 oz. Orange Juice
1/4 oz. Cream
 
Cream Soda
Mix ingredients with ice in a Collins glass.
1 oz spiced rum
ginger ale
 
Creole Bloody Mary
"Place the ice in an old-fashioned glass, then add the remaining ingredients, through the black pepper.  Stir well, then squeeze the lime into the glass.  Garnish with a spiced green bean and serve." -Habersham Beverage Drinks Magazine
3/4 cup ice cubes
1 1/2 oz. vodka
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp celery salt
2 drops Tabasco
1/2 cup tomato juice
1 tsp Worcestershire
pinch of black pepper
lime wedge
spiced green bean
 
 
Creole Splash
"Pour the Rum into a hi-ball or a collins glass filled with ice. Fill the glass with pineapple juice and orange juice, stir and add a splash of grenadine, the orange twist and the maraschino cherry." -DrinkoftheWeek.com
2 oz. Spiced Rum
Pineapple Juice
Orange Juice
Splash of Grenadine
Orange Twist
Maraschino Cherry
 
Cricket
"Fill with milk or cream.  Shake.  Serve or strain into chilled glass." -Bartender's Black Book
1 oz. Rum
3/4 oz. Crème de Menthe
3/4 oz. Crème de Cacao
 
Cruzan Vanilla Cheesecake Martini
Mix ingredients with ice in a shaker.  Strain into a martini glass.
-Contributed by Ronnie Lusk
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Cranberry Juice
2oz. Cruzan Vanilla Rum
 
Cuba Libre
"Cut the lime into eights and place into an old-fashioned glass with the sugar cubes and muddle.  Fill the glass with crushed ice and top with Cachaca.  Stir and serve with a straw." -Knowyourcocktails.com
50ml Cachaca
1 Lime
2 Brown sugar cubes
 
Cuban Lemur
Mix with ice in a Collins glass.
4 oz Bacardi 151 rum
4 oz Coke
3 slices limes
 
Cucumber Lime Elixir
This is the winning cocktail from the Bar Chef's Mix-Off Competition, which was part of the 16th Annual Taste of vail festival.
"Peel and deseed 4 cucumbers. Combine the cucumbers, simple syrup, water, and lime juice in a blender. Blend thoroughly and strain through a sieve. Add the gin to an ice-filled collins glass and top off with cucumber mixture. Garnish with lemongrass." -Mike Baugh (Restaurant Kelly Liken)
4 Cucumbers
1 cup Simple Syrup
1 cup Water
juice from 4 Limes
1 1/2 oz. Tanqueray No 10 (per drink)
Lemongrass Garnish
7-Up
 
Cucumber Melon VoMo (Vodka Mojito)
"In a tall glass, muddle cucumber slices and honeydew with level vodka. Fill with ice. Add fresh sweet and sour and top with Sprite. Garnish with a piece of cucumber." -Wine Enthusiast
*a part simple syrup, 2 parts fresh lime juice
3 slices of Cucumber
2 pieces of Honeydew
1 1/4 oz. Level Vodka
2 oz. Fresh Sweet & Sour*
Sprite
Cucumber (for garnish)
 
Cuervopolitan
Pour all ingredients (except orange wedge) into a cocktail shaker half full with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Squeeze in the juice from the orange wedge.
2 parts Jose Cuervo Especial
1 part orange liqueur
1/2 part cranberry juice
Juice of 1/2 lime
Dash of orange bitters
Orange wedge
 
CV Bentley
Combine ingredients in an ice-filled glass.  Stir and garnish with a lemon wedge.
1 1/2 Parts Courvoisier VSOP
1/2 Part Lemon Juice
1 Part Simple Syrup
4 Parts Ginger Ale
 
CV Bite
Serve over ice in a highball glass and garnish with a lime twist.
1 Part Courvoisier VSOP
1 1/3 Parts Hiram Walker Green Apple Schnapps
1/2 Part Lime Juice
1/2 Part Simple Syrup