Duos and Trios is a family of mixed drinks. A duo contains a base spirit and a liqueur, while a trio additionally contains a creamy ingredient. This family of drinks is named in Gary Regan's The Joy of Mixology. While there is tremendous variation in the ingredients among the members of this family, the defining feature is that they are sweet due to the liqueur. Commonly used creamy ingredients are cream, crème de cacao, and Irish cream. In scuba diving, the word cocktail also means a hazard with diving with some rebreathers: it means a caustic solution resulting from water reaching and dissolving the absorbent. ... For other uses of Cream, see Cream (disambiguation). ... Crème de cacao is a sweet chocolate liqueur flavored primarily by the cocoa bean and the vanilla bean. ... Carolans Irish Cream For the novel of the same name, see Irish Cream (novel). ...

List of Duos and Trios

• ABC Cocktail - Amaretto, Baileys Irish cream, and Cognac or Absinthe, Bourbon, and Cointreau

• Alexander - equal parts gin, creme de cacao, and half and half, mixed in a cocktail shaker with ice, and poured into a cocktail glass. Sometimes topped with grated nutmeg or cinnamon. The Alexander is the ancestor of the Brandy Alexander.
• Apple Martini
   IBA 
  or Appletini - vodka, apple liqueur, and Cointreau
• B and B - brandy and Bénédictine
• Black Russian
   IBA 
  - vodka and coffee liqueur
• Black Tooth Grin - A shot Crown Royal, a shot of Seagram's 7, and just enough Coca-Cola to make it black. Created by Dimebag Darrell of Pantera.

• Bloody Aztec - tequila, cream, creme de cacao, and red food coloring
• Blue Hawaiian - rum, Blue Curacao, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice
• Brandy Alexander - Brandy, dark creme de cacao, and cream or half-and-half.
• Chocolate Martini - vodka, chocolate liqueur, creme de cacao, and cream or half-and-half.
• Choking Hazard - equal parts Canadian Club whisky, and NyQuil cough syrup, layered in a shot glass, and topped with whipped cream.
• Colorado Bulldog - vodka, Kahlua, cream, and a splash of Coca-Cola Garnish with hazelnuts if desired.
• Cognac Alexander - Cognac, dark creme de cacao, and cream or half-and-half.
• Dubonnet Cocktail - gin and red Dubonnet
• Ectoplasm - vodka, rum, nutmeg, cream, and lemon juice
• French Connection - Amaretto and Cognac
• Godchild - Amaretto, vodka and cream or half-and-half
• Godfather - Amaretto and Scotch
• Godmother - Amaretto and vodka
• Grasshopper - green créme de menthe, white créme de cacao, and cream
• Irish Flag - green creme de menthe, Bailey's Irish cream, and whiskey, layered in a shot glass
• Mind Eraser - vodka, Kahlua, and tonic water over ice; gulped through a large straw in one shot
• Mudslide - Malibu rum, Kahlua, Irish cream, and cream.
• Orange Tundra - creme soda, orange juice, kahlua, and vodka
• Panama - Cognac, white creme de cacao, and cream
• Pink Squirrel - creme de noyaux, white creme de cacao, and cream
• Polish Martini - bison grass vodka (such as Zubrowka), honey liqueur, and apple juice
• Red Lotus - Lichido, cranberry juice, and vodka
• Rat Bastard - 3 parts B&B & 1 part Irish Mist served over crushed ice in a large snifter.
• Royal Widow - Crown Royal and Disaronno
• Rusty Nail
   IBA 
  - Scotch and Drambuie
• Scrap Wrench - bourbon and ginger ale
• Stinger - brandy and white creme de menthe
• Tarnished Apple - Hot apple cider and Makers Mark
• Traffic Lights - Absinthe, Tequila and Red Aftershock
• White Russian
   IBA 
  - vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream
• Widow's Cork - Jameson Whiskey and Disaronno

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Appletini

Main article: Appletini

The appletini, also known as the apple martini, is a cocktail containing vodka and either apple juice, apple cider, or apple liqueur. ...

B and B

B and B is a type of cocktail, made from equal parts brandy and Bénédictine. It is typically served on the rocks, but can also be served straight. The producers of Bénédictine also market a ready-mixed version of the drink known as B and B.
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Panama

Panama Cocktail is a sweet Cognac-based cocktail popular during the early 20th century. It is sometimes confused with a drink called a "Brandy Alexander". The difference is that the Panama is made with light creme de cacao and the Brandy Alexander is made with dark creme de cacao.
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Rusty Nail

A Rusty Nail is a cocktail made from mixing Drambuie and Scotch. Many prefer less Drambuie to decrease the sweetness. It has a fairly biting and hot taste that is counterbalanced with the honeyed, herbal overtones of the Drambuie. It can be served in an old-fashioned glass on the rocks, neat, or "up" in a stemmed glass. It is most commonly served over ice. A Rusty Nail served without ice is sometimes called a Straight Up Nail. If someone adds their cigarette butt, it is referred to as a "coughin' nail." An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... Wikibooks Bartending has a page on the topic of Cocktails A cocktail is a style of mixed drink made predominantly with a distilled beverage, such as vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, or tequila, mixed with another drink other than water. ... Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. ... An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... Drambuie (dram boo ee or dram byoo ee) is a honey- and herb-flavoured golden scotch whisky liqueur made from aged malt whisky, heather honey and a secret blend of herbs and spices. ...

Stinger

A Stinger is a cocktail made with brandy and white creme de menthe, shaken and served in a cocktail glass. The origins of this drink are unclear, but it is mentioned in bartender's recipe books as far back as Tom Bullock's Ideal Bartender, published in 1917. The 1957 film Kiss Them For Me, starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield, features several scenes in which the main characters enjoy Stinger cocktails.
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See also

• Mixed drink shooters and drink shots
• List of cocktails

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External References

• Dubonnet Cocktail on CocktailDB
• Rusty Nail on CocktailDB
• Stinger on CocktailDB