Recipe

• Guinness stout
• Brut champagne

39. Billionaires Margarita

This cocktail is a recent invention that appears to have originated in Texas within the last few years. A mixture of sugar, Grand Marnier cognac, tequila and lime juice, it is served over crushed ice in a salt-encrusted glass and garnished with a lime wedge.

Recipe

• 5 oz. crushed ice
• 1 oz. Cuervo Reserva de la Familia
• 0.5 oz. Grand Marnier
• 2 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 wedge lime(s)

40. Beer Buster

Another modern invention without much history, a Beer Buster is made by adding two dashes of Tabasco sauce into a shot of your favorite vodka and topping it off with a bottle of beer in a tall, frosty mug. The spicy kick makes it a fun novelty, especially if you’re enjoying your drink with a savory snack.

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41. Blue Hawaiian

Also known as the Swimming Pool Cocktail, the Blue Hawaiian includes Curaçao, rum, pineapple juice, creme of coconut and, sometimes, vodka. It is a vacation staple and is usually served frozen with a paper umbrella poking jauntily from the glass.

Recipe

• 1 oz light rum
• 1 cherry
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
• 1 oz cream of coconut (try Coco Real Cream Of Coconut)
• 1 slice pineapple

42. Lemondrop

Lemondrops are sometimes referred to as a lemon martini and come with some interesting variations. Using vodka as a base, lemon juice and simple syrup makes for a basic lemondrop. Additions such as triple sec, citrus schnapps or rimming the glass with sugar or salt, depending on taste, can make a lemondrop anywhere from candy-sweet to strikingly sour.

Recipe

• 1 1/2 shots Absolut® vodka
• 1 1/2 shots Cointreau® orange liqueur
• 1 lemon wedge
• Ice
• Sugar

43. Sangria

Named after the romance language words for ‘bloodletting,’ true sangria is made only in Spain and Portugal. Sangria made elsewhere is usually marketed under ‘aromatic wine’ or similar language. It is popular in many countries in Central and South America, especially during the hot summer months.