Planning a party well in advance or throwing one together at the last minute just got a little easier. Two ingredient cocktails are simple to put together and all the tasty bells and whistles remain in the glass. Two ingredient cocktails keep entertaining fun, fabulous and flavorful.

Cocktails for crowds don’t have to be extravagantly detailed with lots of ingredients. Combining the right mix of spirits and mixers equals quality taste every time. Favorable flavors combine for sensational taste just as suitable personalities add sensational spark to a party.

Easy Two Ingredient Drink Recipes

Highball

The classic Highball is perhaps the easiest drink available at parties. Choose a few base spirits and several mixers such as juices, colas, tomato juice, etc. Designate a specific area for glasses, spirits and mixers, ice and jiggers. Guests can serve their own drinks from all the options available leaving you time to mingle without worry.

2 ounces Base Spirit of Choice

3 ounces Mixer of Choice

Place base spirit (Whiskey, Vodka, Rum, Tequila, etc…) in highball glass over fresh ice. Top with mixer (club soda, tonic, juice, etc…).

Common Highball drinks include Gin and Tonic, Cuba Libre, Screwdriver, Dark and Stormy, Collins drinks, Moscow Mule, etc.

Bull’s Eye

2-1/2 ounce Beer

2-1/2 ounce Tomato Juice

Cherry Tomato Garnish

Combine liquids in highball glass over fresh ice. Garnish with skewered cherry tomato.

Camparosa

2 ounces Campari

3 ounces Grapefruit Juice

Orange Slice Garnish

Combine liquids in highball glass over fresh ice. Garnish with orange slice.

Rye & Ginger

2 ounces Rye

3 ounces Ginger Ale

Place Rye in highball glass over fresh ice. Top with ginger ale. Stir.

Splificator

2-1/2 ounces Bourbon

1/2 ounce Club Soda

Place bourbon in an Old Fashioned glass with fresh ice. Top with club soda to desired taste.

Spritzer

4 ounces White Wine

Club Soda

Lemon Twist Garnish

Place wine in white wine glass with fresh ice. Top with club soda. Garnish with optional lemon twist.

Whisky Mac

1-1/2 ounce Scotch

1 ounce Ginger Wine

Place scotch in an Old Fashioned glass over fresh ice. Top with ginger wine. Stir.

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Cheri Loughlin is the Omaha writer and photographer behind www.intoxicologist.net and author of Cocktails with a Tryst: An Affair with Mixology and Seduction. You can email Cheri with comments and questions at str8upcocktails@gmail.com.

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