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How To: Mix a Kamikazee vodka drink

Having a cocktail party and not quite sure what alcoholic beverages to serve up? Then watch this how to video to learn how to mix up a Kamikazee. For this you will need triple sec, bar mix, sugar, and of course vodka.

How To: Mix a Singapore Sling with gin

Having a cocktail party and not quite sure what alcoholic beverages to serve up? Then watch this how to video to learn how to mix up a Singapore Sling. For this drink you need a little bit of gin, slow gin, triple sec, orange juice and grenadine.

How To: Open a cold Champagne bottle

This is a very brief video demonstrating the correct way to open a bottle of sparkling wine. Always make the bottle is well chilled and pointing away from people's faces. Pour you champagne and enjoy.

How To: Make a lemon twist

Add a little zesty oil to your cocktail by making a lemon twist! It’s not just about a pretty twist of lemon peel; it’s about the lemon zest and the citrusy oil, and all of that nestling in your glass and interacting with your cocktail’s ingredients Make a lemon twist.

How To: Crush ice for cocktails

Go from solid cubes to melted shards by crushing ice for cocktails in this way. Some cocktails call for crushed ice rather than ice cubes. Crushed ice melts quicker, and makes more of a slushy drink that is perfect for summer coolers. Watch CHOW Kitchen Editorial Assistant Amy Wisniewski break it down. Crush ice for cocktails.

How To: Make a Baby Guinness

Learn how to make a Baby Guinness or "Little Beer" in this video. While a Baby Guinness is in no way beer, it does look like a small pint of Guinness. First you almost fill up a shot glass with Khalua. Then you fill the rest with Baileys and the resemblance to Guinness is startling.

How To: Make a passion fruit martini

This great party martini can be made by the pitcher so you can enjoy your party, or serve it up virgin style for a refreshing drink. Any way you make it, the passion fruit martini is going to be good. Make a passion fruit martini.

How To: Make a frozen daiquiri

The original daiquiri, a lime-and-rum drink invented in Cuba in the late 1800s, is named after a beach near the city of Santiago. Ah, what those sun-baked bathers would have given for this frosty version of the Cuban classic!

How To: Put a whole fruit inside a bottle

This how-to video teaches you the secret of real natural fruity liquor, by learning how it's possible to put an entire fruit inside a regular bottle. It's a really simple technique, and yet most people will be puzzled how you've managed to squeeze the fruit through the bottleneck! Any bottle will do, and most kinds of fruits will work great! Give it a try, just watch this instructional video!