The AAA House Classic Cocktails, and how to make them

We take cocktails seriously at AAA, so much so that we make sure the classics are absolutely perfect.

Perfect means simple.

But simple is different to easy.

Here are five of the greatest cocktails in the world along with the ingredients and steps to make them, we have mastered them:

1. Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
- 2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
- 1 sugar cube
- 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
- Few dashes plain water
- Orange twist, for garnish
- Maraschino cherry, for garnish

Instructions:
1. Place the sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass.
2. Saturate the sugar cube with bitters and add a few dashes of plain water.
3. Muddle until the sugar cube is dissolved.
4. Fill the glass with large ice cubes.
5. Add the whiskey and gently stir.
6. Garnish with an orange twist and a maraschino cherry.

2. Margarita
Ingredients:
- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz lime juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1 oz Cointreau or Triple Sec
- Salt for rimming the glass
- Lime wheel, for garnish

Instructions:
1. Rub the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with a lime wedge and dip it in salt.
2. In a shaker, combine the tequila, lime juice, and Cointreau.
3. Fill the shaker with ice and shake well.
4. Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
5. Garnish with a lime wheel.

3. **Mojito
Ingredients:
- 2 oz white rum
- 1/2 oz lime juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 2-4 fresh mint leaves
- Club soda
- Mint sprig, for garnish
- Lime wheel, for garnish

Instructions:
1. In a glass, muddle the mint leaves with the lime juice and simple syrup.
2. Fill the glass with ice and add the rum.
3. Top off with club soda.
4. Stir gently to combine.
5. Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wheel.

4. **Negroni
Ingredients:
- 1 oz gin
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- Orange twist, for garnish

Instructions:
1. Fill a mixing glass with ice.
2. Add the gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth.
3. Stir until well-chilled.
4. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
5. Garnish with an orange twist.

5. Martini
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 oz gin
- 1/2 oz dry vermouth
- Lemon twist or olive, for garnish

Instructions:
1. Fill a mixing glass with ice.
2. Add the gin and dry vermouth.
3. Stir until well-chilled.
4. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
5. Garnish with a lemon twist or an olive.

These cocktails are classics for a reason. They are beloved around the world for their balance of flavours and timeless appeal. 

You can enjoy one of these at AAA, hope we see you there.