COSMOPOLITAN,DAIQUIRI & WHISKEY SOUR

Whiskey Sour, Margarita, Daiquiri. have something fundamental in common: they're all sours. Sours are fundamental cocktails. Take a base spirit, add citrus, and polish it off with a sweetener, usually (but not always) triple sec. Tweak the balance as you will, but sours made well are always delicious. Sours are fundamental cocktails, and the Cosmopolitan is, simply stated, the best Vodka Sour around.
COSMOPOLITAN

Ingredients

• Ice
• 1 1/2 ounces citrus-flavored vodka
• 1/2 ounce triple sec (Cointreau, preferably)
• 1/2 ounce cranberry juice
• 1/4 ounce lime juice (fresh, fresh, fresh; no Rose's)
• Orange twist, for garnish

Procedures

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, triple sec, cranberry, and lime, and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with orange twist.

DAIQUIRI

Two things you'll probably notice about this daiquiri:
1. It's not frozen.
2. It's not laden down with strawberries, bananas, mangoes or what have you.
.No, this is the daiquiri at its purest, its original, its most authentic.

Ingredients

2 ounces light rum (you can also use gold rum, but dark rum can be too heavy)
3/4 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice (about 1/2 of a lime)

1 teaspoon sugar
Procedures
Pour sugar and lime juice into a cocktail shaker and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add the rum and fill shaker with ice; shake well for 10 seconds and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

TIME FOR WHISKEY SOUR
Ingredients

2 ounces whiskey
1 ounce fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1 egg white (optional)
Procedures

Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake for 10 seconds (if using the egg white, give it a little extra muscle and a little extra time). Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, or into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a cherry, a slice of orange, or everything or nothing at all.