Tequila cocktails are among my favorites. Maybe it's because tequila gives me such an easy-going good feeling. Maybe it's the way tequila blends with so many flavors so smoothly. The Shady Lady is a tequila cocktail with a difference: grapefruit juice. So many tequila cocktails involve lime, lemon or orange, but grapefruit juice is more unusual. ...

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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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In a couple of days, it'll officially be summer. One of the great summertime mixed drinks is the margarita, which comes in so many varieties you could have a substantially different one every day for well over a month. To prove it, I've collected links to 49 different margarita recipes. (We could get into a ...

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The Long Island Iced Tea is one of the all time greats. It's a stealth drink, like the Zombie. It goes down so easy, the high alcohol content sneaks up on you. It's also a great pre-mixer to make in pitchers and serve at parties. Summertime is an ideal time to serve the Long Island ...

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If you've ever looked at the margarita list at a chain Mexican restaurant, you know there are endless variations on this classic drink. And as far as I'm concerned, they're all pretty damn good! The classic recipe is incredibly simple, and it tastes wonderful. You can't go wrong with it. But you can also tweak ...

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