Hot Alcohol How-Tos


How To: Make a purple chongo drink
A purple chongo drink, better known as a "Jay Tee Splash" consists of 4 main ingredients. If you can afford it, Bombay gin is the best. Otherwise, just a basic Seagram's gin or grocery store gin is ok. Next, Ocean Spray Cran-grape, which is cranberry and grape juice. Last two ingredients are Minute Maid orange juice and of course, ice. Get a basic 8 oz. glass and fill half way with ice. Cover the ice with the gin, let it melt down a few minutes. Then you can fill the rest of the glass with th...

How To: Shotgun a can of beer using your teeth
This how to video demonstrates how to shotgun a beer! How is this different from all the other beer shotguning videos you ask. Well in this particular demonstrations you will see how to open a hole in any beer can with your teeth.

How To: Make a Cum Shot cocktail
American Bartenders School shows you how to build a Cum Shot shooter with Bailey's, butterscotch schnapps and whipped cream.

How To: Order drinks like a bartender
If you get looks of exasperation whenever you stammer out a drink order, take this crash course in bar-speak.

How To: Mix a Three Wise Men cocktail with Jim Beam, Jack Daniel's and Jonnie Walker
Want to make a Three Wise Men cocktail like a champion bartender? This clip will show you how it's done. With the proper technique, mixing the perfect drink can be easy. So easy, in fact, that this free video bartenders' guide can present an overview of the process in about a minute. For more information, including a full list of ingredients and complete instructions on how to mix this drink yourself, watch this video drink recipe.

How To: Mix a Rearbuster with Playmate Sara Jean
Playboy Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood shows us how to make a lesser known but incredible delicious drink, the Rearbuster. They taste so good that you will not stop drinking them and then fall on your "booty". That's why it's a "rearbuster".

How To: Carry Your Beer in Style with These DIY Wooden Six-Pack Holders
Nothing's better than a cold six-pack of your favorite beer—except maybe a cold six-pack of your favorite beer in a wooden caddy that you made yourself. With one of these, you can skip the paper ones they give you at the mix-and-match stations in grocery stores. Plus, it looks a lot better than cardboard.

HowTo: Infuse Your Booze Using Nitrous Oxide
Infusing liquor with different flavors (seeds, herbs, spiced, fruits, cocoa nibs, etc.) is easier than you may think. All you need is an iSi Cream Whipper (re: nitrous oxide).

How To: Cut a lemon twist for a cocktail
This is how the pro bartenders cut a proper lemon twist. You will need a knife, an ice pick, and of course, a lemon. Watch this video bartending tutorial and learn how to peel a pretty and decorative lemon peel twist.

How To: Mix a flaming absinthe Sazerac
The Sazerac is the oldest cocktail we know of and is in fact that first contail ever made. Invented in the mid 1800s, a Sazerac requires you to light up a sugar cube for show.

How To: Properly open, serve and store champagne and sparkling wine
Champagne is a delightful drink, but sometimes it can get a little scary - especially when the corks go flying! Here is how you can correcly store both opened and unopened bottles of champagne, and the proper way to serve it. Properly open, serve and store champagne and sparkling wine.

How To: Mix a Purple Hooter with vodka, sour mix and Chambord
Want to make a Purple Hooter cocktail like a champion bartender? This clip will show you how it's done. With the proper technique, mixing the perfect drink can be easy. So easy, in fact, that this free video bartenders' guide can present an overview of the process in about a minute. For more information, including a full list of ingredients and complete instructions on how to mix this drink yourself, watch this video drink recipe.

How To: Make limoncello with grain alcohol and simple syrup
In this tutorial, we learn how to make limoncello. First, peel a lemon and add them to a glass container, then add in 2 c of grain alcohol and stir it. Put a cap on it, then store it in a cool and dry place for two weeks. After two weeks, add in 1 oz of simple syrup, then shake it together and replace the cap. Store it again in a cool dry place for two more weeks. Shake this every couple of days and when finished, strain the mixture out into a glass. You can serve it plain or chilled, or make...

HowTo: Turn Vodka into Gin
Not Martha takes another stab at making homemade, "bathtub" gin (see previous). Try her latest modification, and report back in the comment section below, please! This variation omits the heavy orange zest flavoring in the first recipe.

How To: Heat up & serve warm brandy
In this video from ExtremeBartending, you can learn how to heat up and serve warm brandy, a classic drink, which is particularly nice to sip on a cold night. The video offers three separate ways to achieve your warm brandy, using hot water in a brandy snifter to warm the glass, and then pouring in the brandy, putting hot water in a separate glass, and then resting your brandy snifter on that, or finally, a bold method that actually involves setting the brandy on fire!

How To: Crush a beer can on your head
Can’t eat fire or swallow a sword? Be the life of the party and impress your drunken friends by crushing a beer can on your head.

How To: Pour a Black and Tan beer with Bass and Guinness
This video tutorial will show you how to pour a Black and Tan beer with Bass and Guinness. If you don't know what a Black & Tan is, a Black & Tan is a beer made by the coupling of a pale ale (or bitter, or mild) with a dark beer such as a stout or porter. Keep in mind, there is no one, official, Black and Tan.

How To: Mix a guava-tini guava martini cocktail
This is a very delicious, refreshing cocktail. Watch this video mixology tutorial and learn how to mix up this bartending recipe. To make the guava-tini guava martini, you will need mint, lime juice, vodka, guava nectar, and grapefruit juice.

How To: Serve the perfect Stella Artois beer
Are you looking for a nice, tasty beer? Stella Artois is a global lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926. It is one of the world's best-selling beers and is enjoyed in more than 80 countries. Its full, characteristic flavor and high quality is assured through a superior brewing process and by using the finest ingredients available. In this video clip, learn how to serve the perfect Stella Artois Beer.

How To: Cork a wine bottle
Watch this quick demonstration and learn how to cork a homemade bottle of wine.

How To: Make a Hawaii Five-O Cocktail
A long cocktail made with rum and pineapple juice. Sit back and enjoy drinking your Hawaii Five-O cocktail.

How To: Make a Saffron Vodka Martini cocktail
Expert cocktail maker Tony prepares a saffron vodka martini - a bold new cocktail mixed in the elegant surroundings of the famous Duke's Hotel, Mayfair. Make a Saffron Vodka Martini cocktail.

How To: Quickly eliminate beer foam
You want to limit anything that gets in the way of drinking your beer, so use these tips to get rid of that extra foam.

How To: Make hooch or prison alcohol
This video alcohol-brewing tutorial shows how to make hooch. Bring that cozy feeling of hard-time in prison to your own home, or get ready for an upcoming jaunt in jail. Even if you're just really cheap and looking to get really drunk on the cheap, this video is for you. You'll need water, brown bread, orange juice, sugar, and a bottle to store it in. Watch this instructional video and learn how to make some hooch.

How To: Make a Miami Vice Cocktail
Do you want this refreshing Miami Vice at home? This simple guide can help you make this refreshing summer cocktail with ease. If you like rum, piña colada and the taste of strawberries, you can't not mix this.

How To: Make a vodka and Sprite in seconds
Have you ever wanted to have a drink while relaxing in the TV. room? This video will show you how to make a delicious alcoholic drink that is extremely easy. Take a bottle of Vodka and a bottle of Sprite. Open the vodka and pour as much as you want into the glass. It really matters on how much you feel like drinking tonight. Typically you will want to pour a one to three ratio of vodka to sprite. So keep about two thirds of the glass empty for the sprite. Enjoy!

How To: Mix a Ron's wet p*ssy cocktail
Peach vodka, peach schnapps, blackberry schnapps, cranberry juice, and sweet and sour mix make up the most grossly named delicious cocktail. This specialty drink is incredibly embarrassing to order, but maybe make it at home following the directions in this step by step mixing guide. Watch this video beverage making tutorial and learn how to mix Ron's wet pussy cocktail.

How To: Open a bottle of beer using a pen
Chances are you're not always going to have a beer bottle opener in your house. For times when you have a huge party waiting to get their social lubrication on, make use of what's lying around the house. Check out this tip video to learn how to open a bottle of beer using a pen.

How To: Make a Dr. Kevorkian cocktail with vodka and Dr. Pepper
Want to make a Dr. Kevorkian cocktail like a champion bartender? This clip will show you how it's done. With the proper technique, mixing the perfect drink can be easy. So easy, in fact, that this free video bartenders' guide can present an overview of the process in about a minute's time. For more information, including a full list of ingredients and complete instructions on how to mix this drink yourself, take a look.

How To: Mix a Cocaine Lady cocktail
Learn how to mix a Cocaine Lady cocktail from a hot girl in this instructional bartending video! Ingredients:

How To: Make tequila from agave nectar
In Mexico, there are a lot of kinds of agave, and depending on the type of agave you can make different drinks. Blue agave is the only kind used to make tequila. The harvested agave stalks are then steamed in an oven for a day, and then cooled for another day. The stalks are then fermented. No need to add any sugar. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make tequila from agave nectar. Make tequila from agave nectar.

How To: Make a Backhand Panther cocktail
Simon Adams and VideoJug demonstrate how to make a Backhand Panther cocktail. A fiery cocktail that invigorates and gives energy to those who dare - not for those wanting to relax, but for those who want to party! Remove the hulls from 4 strawberries and place 3 into the cocktail shaker. Pour over with a dash of sugar syrup. Now use a muddle stick (or the back of a fork) to press the ingredients together. Add the ice, enough to half fill the shaker. Finally, measure out and pour in 25ml of ra...

How To: Mix a French Kiss with vodka, Chambord, Grand Marnier & whipped cream
Want to make a French kiss cocktail like a champion bartender? This clip will show you how it's done. With the proper technique, mixing the perfect drink can be easy. So easy, in fact, that this free video bartenders' guide can present an overview of the process in about a minute's time. For more information, including a full list of ingredients and complete instructions on how to mix this drink yourself, take a look.

How To: Make a krautini martini cocktail with sauerkraut juice
To make your own Krautini (i.e. a Sauerkraut Martini), you will need the following ingredients: fresh cabbage, sea salt, an olive, and vodka.

How To: Make spiked fruit punch
This all-occasion recipe for fruit punch is a real crowd pleaser. Learn how to make alcoholic fruit punch with this recipe video.

How To: Make the perfect lemon twist as a cocktail garnish
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, says CHOW. This is an important technique for bartenders. Learn how to make the perfect lemon twist as a cocktail garnish.

How To: Do tin basics for flair bartending
This instructional video demonstrates the following flair bartending trick: understand tin basics.

How To: Mix a Gorilla Fart cocktail shot
What better way to learn how to mix a drink than from a hot girl! This bartending how-to video teaches a cocktail recipe for a Gorilla Fart shot. You will need Bacardi 151 rum, Southern Comfort, and Jack Daniels bourbon whiskey. Follow along with this video mixology lesson and find out how to make a Gorilla Fart cocktail shooter. Get your (alcoholic) drink on.

How To: Cut an orange garnish for a cocktail
Learn how the pros cut an orange garnish. Bartender Blake shows a simple way to cut a wedge of orange that fits easily on a martini glass. Watch this video bartending tutorial and learn how to make an orange garnish for a cocktail.

How To: Make a Redneck Bottle Opener Out of a Nail & Scrap Wood
There are many, many ways to open a beer. You can use a piece of paper, a water bottle, or, if you're feeling tough, you can even use your forearm. But why do that when you can make your own bottle opener for nothing?