This fresh variation of the Ramos gin fizz cocktail is a great example of molecular bartending. You will need lime, elder flower cordial, gin, egg white, vanilla, sugar, cream, soda water, and a blow torch. Watch this video specialty drink-mixing tutorial and learn how to make an elder flower Ramos gin fizz cocktail.
Here's an expert guide for making a mojito. You'll need lime, brown sugar, crushed ice, mint, white rum, and soda water. Watch this video specialty drink-mixing tutorial and learn how to make a lovely Cuban mojito cocktail.
Ahh yes, the classic dry martini. Don't know how to make it? Watch this then. You will need vermouth, gin, and some olives for garnish. Sounds simple, but don't be fooled. This drink is all about technique. Watch this video cocktail-mixing tutorial and learn how to make a dry martini.
Delicioso! This specialty drink is a veritable fruit buffet cocktail! You will need limes, strawberries, agave nectar, tequila, and lychee liqueur. Watch this video beverage-mixing tutorial and learn how to make a Ciapirita de lychee cocktail
This Mexican cocktail is the spicy lover missing from every drinker's life. You will need cucumber, cilantro, lime, agave nectar, tabasco sauce, and tequila. Watch this video specialty drink-mixing tutorial and learn how to make an Amante Picante cocktail.
This new twist on a traditional margarita is delicious and different. Francesco mixes it up for you! You will need ginger, lime, pomegranate syrup, orange liqueur, and tequila. Watch this video specialty drink-mixing tutorial and learn how to make a ginger pomegranate margarita cocktail.
Seattle-based French bartender Christophe Rougny demonstrates how to make a perfect Lemon Drop Martini cocktail. You will need vodka, triple sec, lemon wedges, sugar, a muddler, a mixing glass, and a martini glass. Watch this video specialty drink-making tutorial and learn how to mix a delicious lemon drop martini.
Maybe Mary queen of Scots was crazy enough to merit being the namesake of the Crazy Mary cocktail, a Scotch whisky take on the Bloody Mary. You will need Scotch whisky, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, ground peppercorn, Tabasco sauce, salt, mixed vegetable and tomato juice. Learn how to mix a Crazy Mary cocktail by watching this video specialty drink-making tutorial.
The Pisco Sour is the national drink of Peru, and also of Chile. You will need Pisco brandy, lime juice, simple syrup, and an egg white. Learn how to mix the South American classic Pisco sour cocktail by watching this video beverage-making tutorial.
This instructional video takes you step by step in making an old fashioned--a classic cocktail still enjoyed today. Steps:
The use of egg white and cream in this version of the fizz creates a unique experience. Velvet with a citrus background and a bubbly pop, the Ramos Gin Fizz is a delightful drink. To mix this cocktail, you will need gin, lemon juice, lime juice, egg white, cream, and some strong arms. Learn how to mix up a Ramos Gin Fizz cocktail by watching this video beverage-making tutorial.
Rob "Riki Tiki" Roy goes back to the U.S.S.R. with these tried and true favorites: Black Russian, White Russian, and the Colorado Bulldog. Put on the Big Lebowski and drink like the Dude. You will need vodka, coffee liqueur, milk, Coca Cola, and a cherry garnish.
Once again the enigmatic Manuel from the popular program "Mixing with the Best" teaches us that there is more than one way to drink tequila. This simple mix will make you befriend Mexico's favorite son all over again. Mannie shows how to mix up a Joe Crow tequila cocktail. You will need tequila, lemonade, and lime juice.
The Orient Express is a lychee-flavored vodka-based cocktail with lychees, lychee liqueur, ginger, lemongrass and jasmine green tea. This specialty drink is a smooth original by BarDelicious bartender extraordinaire Steve Drew. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix an Orient Express cocktail.
Vodka, cucumber, mint, lime, soda water and sugar combine to make a really refreshing summer cocktail. Take a tour of the Oyster Bar in Nelson, New Zealand, and pick up a great drink recipe from their resident bartender. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a Mapito mojito-inspired cocktail.
Tequila, Bacardi 151, and a hollowed out lime make up the La Bomba shot cocktail. Follow along with bartender Natalie as she gives step by step directions for how to mix up this specialty drink shot. Watch this video beverage making tutorial and learn how to mix the La Bomba shot cocktail.
Tequila, Grand Marnier, sweet and sour mix, lime juice, and blue curacao make up the Herradura blue margarita cocktail. Follow along with the bartender as he gives step by step directions for how to mix up this new twist on a classic drink. Watch this video beverage making tutorial and learn how to mix the Herradura blue margarita cocktail.
Leave nothing but a wasted mushroom cloud behind to float around in that empty brain. Malibu rum, blue curacao, pina colada mix, and half and half make up the sweet and pretty Adam Bomb cocktail. Follow along with bartender Adam as he gives step by step directions for how to mix up this potently alcoholic drink. Watch this video beverage making tutorial and learn how to mix the Adam Bomb cocktail.
Watch this ceramics tutorial video to learn how to make a drinking vessel for raku firing by throwing off the hump. This helpful how-to video contains detailed instructions best for intermediate potters who have never used the technique of throwing off the hump before.
Instead of using pre-made mixes or sweet and sour, this drink-making video tutorial shows how to mix up a traditional margarita. Learn the original recipe and how to make a margarita like they did back in the day.
Anthony heads down to Loretto, KY, and brings back a classic Maker's Mark Manhattan! Learn how to mix this classic cocktail by watching and following along with this drink-making video tutorial.
Tired of Cosmopolitans? This unusual cocktail adds a new twist on the run-of-the-mill Cosmo, by replacing vodka with Maker's Mark bourbon whisky. Learn how to mix the Samuels cocktail by watching and following along with this drink-making video tutorial.
Want to gross out your friends with a magic trick that makes it look like you pierced your chin with a drinking straw? Well, here goes. This is a really simple prop trick. You need a pre cut straw.
In this how to video, Dr. Tea lets us in on the health secrets of tea. What makes tea healthy, helps maintain beautiful skin, and how does it help us lose weight. Watch and learn.
Check out this video to learn how to make and drink jasmine green tea with flowers. Use one and a half teaspoon of tea leafs for your jasmine tea.
With tips from this video, learn how to make a homemade teabox. Use scrapbooking, dictionary print, and dried violets for the top. This is a great gift for a friend who likes to drink tea.
This is a great coffee art design (latte art) design that is sure to impress your friends and customers. It was actually the design we used on the cover of our first book, bean there, drunk that… Enjoy!
This recipe couldn't be simpler. Sara Jean Underwood, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, makes the Rolls Royce of tequila drinks, Gran Patron on the Rocks.
Sara Jean Underwood,Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007, teaches us what goes into the delicious exotic drink Tequila Seabreeze.
Learn how to make a great tasting drink with an interesting name - the Slow Comfortable Screw. You'll need Southern Comfort and Sloe Gin.
Watch this video and learn beginner information for drink mixing and cocktails. This video explains the tools of the trade like glass and metal shakers.
This is a two part video on how to brew up a big batch of Kombucha - a slightly medicinal, slightly alcoholic, and very unique drink from Russia. In part 1 of the video Tim brews the tea and mixes in the Kombucha mother.
WELOVEBEAUTY gets an insider beauty tip on how not to leave a lipstick mark behind on your drinking glass from LA Celebrity Makeup Artist, Mary Klimek.
Bartender Chris Bokelberg teaches bartending lessons in Bottoms Up.
Chris shows how to make one of the most popular cocktails ordered at restaurants and bars. The rum and coke and the screwdriver are drinks that are easy to make and please a lot of customers when served the proper way.
Invented in 1948 at Harry's Bar in Venice, the Bellini's name honors the sheer pink shades in the work of Italian painter Giovanni Bellini. It's also a great drink to celebrate slightly lesser art forms—like, say, brunch.
With its psychedelic name and shocking color, an Electric Lemonade might be a mind-blowing potion dreamed up by some mad hippie scientist—but who cares? It's a great drink to light up your summer night.
An excellent dessert drink, the Sombrero is basically a White Russian with one less alcoholic ingredient—and a south-of-the-border name.
How to cheat on a final exam using several methods - the calculator method, "the sweet toot," the drink bottle method, and the iPod method.
A bartender shows you how to mix an Amaretto Sour drink.
