POPULAR DRINKS MADE EASY:

Sex on the Beach

Half cranberry juice
Half pineapple juice
1 oz. vodka
3/4 oz. peach schnapps
Directions: Stir in highball glass.
 

Long Island Iced Tea

6 oz. cola
1/2 oz. gin
1/2 oz. light rum
1/4 oz. tequila
1/4 oz. triple sec
1/2 oz. vodka
1 tbsp. lemon juice
Directions: Shake and strain liquors and lemon juice into a collins glass (holds 10-14 oz.) filled with ice cubes. Fill with cola and garnish with a slice of lemon.
 

Kamikaze

1 oz. lime juice
1 oz. triple sec
1 oz. vodka
Directions: Shake and serve.

Lemon Drop

1/2 oz. tequila
1/2 oz. vodka
Directions: Moisten inside of glass with lemon slice. Coat glass with sugar before adding tequila and vodka.
 

Cosmopolitan

1 oz. Cointreau (French liqueur)
3 oz. cranberry juice
1 oz. lemon juice
3 oz. vodka
Directions: Add all ingredients with ice. Shake, strain and serve with a slice of lime.
 

Source: www.idrink.com

Cheap beer may be a college staple, but liquor lovers need not gulp keg beer and bear it.
Local bars offer a combined drink menu varied enough to suit just about anyone’s palate. Here, bartenders dish about what they’re pouring most.
Close to campus, at 1214 Kincaid St., Rennie’s Landing bartender Katie Dorst said the later it gets at night, the more orders she gets for a potent drink known as “Adios Motherfucker.” A variation on a Long Island Iced Tea, this drink contains vodka, gin, light rum and triple sec or tequila.
Cosmopolitans, Lemon Drops and Jagermeister shots are other popular choices at Rennie’s, she said.
“People drink a lot of Jager,” she said.
Around the corner and down the street from Rennie’s at Cafe Soriah, margaritas, vodka sours and screwdrivers are among the most frequently ordered drinks, Soriah bartender Dave Lawrence said.
Soriah, located at 384 W. 13th Ave., also offers many popular house specialty drinks, such as the Del Mar, a drink made with apple wine juice, the French orange liqueur Cointreau, and Pisco, a Chilean brandy.
At Jogger’s Bar & Grill, located at 710 Willamette St., vodka mixed with the energy drink Red Bull is a popular choice, as are standard well drinks, bartender Ty Boughton said.
Many patrons of the downtown karaoke bar are “sticking with the norm — they’re going with rum and Coke, vodka cranberry,” he said.
Long Island Iced Tea and Sex on the Beach, a drink usually made with vodka and fruit juice, are two of the most frequently ordered drinks at The Downtown Lounge, located at 959 Pearl St., bartender Heather Sang said.
Kamikazes made with fruit and Crater Lake Vodka drinks are popular at the Lava Lounge, bartender Robert Foley said. The chili margarita, a blended drink made with tequila infused with pineapples and jalapeños, is another top pick among his customers, he said. The Lava Lounge is located in the Ring of Fire restaurant, 1099 Chambers St.
At Turtles Bar and Grill, located at 2690 Willamette St., vodka drinks seem to sell best, manager and bartender Lacy Boney said. Some patron favorites include Cosmopolitans, Lemon Drops, and Disco Lemonade — a fruity concoction made with citrus vodka, fresh strawberries and lemonade.