New York Cocktail
One of many popular drinks served in a party or a bar is a cocktail drink. It is a kind of mixed drink generally made with alcoholic beverages like whiskey, gin, rum, vodka after mixing with another drink other than water. These cocktails generally contain one or more types of liqueurs, fruit juices, sauce, honey and many other ingredients and flavors. Many of the popular cocktail recipes are made using whiskey. One of these cocktail recipes may be considered a specialty of New York City and is appropriately called New York Cocktail.
It is basically a whiskey and lemon cocktail and is a sweet, thick drink. Canadian whiskey is preferred for preparing such a cocktail because it is perfect, light blended for making a drink which not too sweet nor very full-bodied.
To prepare such a cocktail, you would require the following ingredients:
- 2 ounces of blended whiskey
- 1 ounce of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of superfine sugar
- ½ teaspoon of grenadine
- Lemon twist for garnishing
To prepare the cocktail, all the ingredients are to be poured into cocktail shaker with ice cubes and then to be shaken well. Finally, the drink could be garnished using lemon twist.
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