Ice cubes
The glass filled with ice cubes and the drink poured over. The usual serve for a long drink and for anything on the rocks: the cubes keep it cold and let it down slowly as it is drunk.
Served this way
Air MailA French 75 gone Caribbean, with rum and honey
Alabama FizzThe South Side lengthened with soda
Alabama SlammerSloe gin, Southern Comfort and amaretto over orange juice
Amaretto SourA bitter-almond sour, sweet and sour and soft
AmericanoA Milano Torino stretched long with soda, bitter and easy
Aperol SpritzItaly's well known apéritif - bitter orange, prosecco and soda
Bay BreezeVodka with cranberry and pineapple, tall and sweet
Black RussianVodka and coffee liqueur over ice, and nothing more
Bloody MariaA Bloody Mary on blanco tequila, with lime in place of the lemon
Bloody MarySavory, spiced, and the definitive morning drink
Campari SpritzThe spritz at its most bitter - Campari, not Aperol
GaribaldiCampari and orange juice, and nothing else
Gin Basil SmashGin smashed with basil until it turns grass green
GreyhoundTwo parts grapefruit to one of spirit, tart and long
Horse's NeckCognac and ginger ale under a long spiral of lemon peel, the official pour
John CollinsThe Tom Collins made dry, with London gin instead of Old Tom
Long Island Iced TeaFive spirits and a splash of cola, tasting of neither
Lynchburg LemonadeTennessee whiskey, triple sec and lemon, topped with fizz
Moscow MuleVodka, lime and spicy ginger beer, long and cold in a copper mug
Negroni SbagliatoA Negroni gone fizzy - prosecco where the gin should be
Planter's PunchJamaican rum, lime and cane sugar
Red SnapperA Bloody Mary made with gin
Rusty NailScotch and Drambuie over ice, no fuzz
ScrewdriverVodka and orange juice, named for what stirred it
Singapore SlingTall, fruity and deceptively strong
Suffering BastardCairo's hangover cure - brandy, gin and ginger beer
Tom CollinsThe original hard lemonade, made sweet with Old Tom gin
Tommy's MargaritaA Margarita with agave syrup in place of the orange liqueur
Virgin MaryThe Bloody Mary without the vodka, and seasoned just as hard
Whiskey SourBourbon, lemon and sugar under a cap of foam
White RussianA Black Russian with cream poured over the back of a spoon