Make your own cocktails
Christmas is fast approaching and if you want to be this season’s ‘host with the most’,
you should check out the Supercocktails site.
It boasts over 15,000 mixed drink recipes, along with detailed instructions on their preparation and even what kind of glass to serve them in.
You can look for recipes in a range of categories including alcoholic drinks, beer and ale drinks, cocktails, liqeur recipes, non-alcoholic drinks, punch recipes, shot recipes, tea and coffee drinks, and more.You can also search by ingredients you already have on hand or your favourite alcohol.
Each recipe has a full nutritional breakdown including a calorie count — not that you’re going to be drinking any of these concoctions for their nutritional value — so if you’re watching your waistline, you can see how many laps of the block you’re up for to work it off the next day. You’ll also find a rating for each drink by those who’ve given it a go.
You’ll also find some great bartending tips that will really help you impress your guests and there’s a glossary of bartending terms that will assist you in your drinks preparation.
If you have a killer cocktail that you want to share, you can submit it to the site for consideration. And if you want to keep up to date with new additions to the site, subscribe via RSS. If you sign up to the site (it’s free) you can also keep a list of all your favourite recipes from the site for easy reference.
Unfortunately, there are very few pics on the site for inspiration, so you’ll have to use the ingredient list for each drink to conjure up how they’ll taste.
If you want a second opinion on your cocktail creations, I’m always available for consultative purposes!
Gail Lipscombe has worked for some of Australia's hottest tech magazines for over 10 years. In her blog, she focuses on demystifying technology, gadgets and the web for average consumers.