The best cocktails are found in a cocktail bar, not resto-bars which tend to serve a watered-down version of your favourite drink. Going by the Golden Ratio—2:1:1—a standard cocktail should have two parts of the spirit (vodka, whisky, gin, rum, tequila), one part something sweet (honey, agave, fruit syrup) and one part sour (lime, oranges, apple juice). Most cocktail bars, with their focus on mixology, tend to offer a motley collection of strong, experimental drinks that are worth sampling, but it’s always better when you play bartender yourself. First, you get to modify the ingredients you’d like in your favourite cocktail (replace the bitters with muddled fruit in your Old Fashioned!) and second, quantify its alcohol percentage according to your mood. Most importantly, you can whip up a cocktail that’s tailor-made for a particular event or season. With the latter in mind, here’s a roundup of the best cocktails you can whip up on a rainy day. After all, the monsoons are upon us.
7 best cocktails like Dark ‘N’ Stormy and Irish Coffee that will keep you warm during the monsoons
1. Dark ‘N’ Stormy
Ingredients
- 50 ml dark rum
- 25 ml fresh lime juice
- 5 ml sugar syrup (optional)
- 100ml chilled ginger beer
Method
- Pour the rum over a glass filled with chilled ice
- Add in the lime juice and sugar syrup (you can also add in some bitters if you like)
- Top it up with the chilled beer
- Garnish with a wedge of lime
2. Hot Toddy
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