The Tequila Sunrise is another orange juice based cocktail, like the Screwdriver,  the Orange Blossom and the Harvey Wallbanger. The long-standing appeal of these drinks is actually the orange juice - it hydrates your body and provides Vitamin C to prevent or reduce hangover effects, but you still get your alcohol kick, too. They're a ...

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The Orange Blossom is a classic Prohibition-era cocktail. It's one of those cocktails with the power to make you feel like it's a sunny day on the beach, wherever you are and whatever the weather's like. The flavor is orange juice with just a hint of gin. Most recipes call for gomme syrup as the ...

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Whether or not you celebrate U.S. Independence Day today, this is a fun drink. This gorgeous layered shooter cocktail is called the Fourth of July. It's pictured here with vodka on top, but you can also layer cream on top for a true white effect. (Here's how to pour a layered cocktail.) The overall flavor of ...

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The Pink Lady was popular in the 1950s. It's pink and fluffy with egg froth on the top, so on first sight you might expect it to be cloyingly sweet, but it's actually drier than most modern cocktails. The classic recipe just uses gin, grenadine, cream and an egg white, but one of the variations ...

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