Presidential Cocktails

Happy President's Day! Today we honor our Presidents, current and past, with some of their favorite drink recipes. While Truman drank his bourbon and FDR drank his scotch or brandy straight, a few of our presidents preferred their spirits shaken or stirred. Mix one up tonight in honor of our country's great leaders!

Herbert Hoover: Gibson
-2 ounces gin
-1/4 - 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
Shake ingredients in a shaker with ice, strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with cocktail onions

Gerald Ford: Gin and Tonic
-2 ounces Gin
-3 ounces Tonic Water
Pour the gin and the tonic water into a lowball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Richard Nixon: Rum and Coke
-4 ounces white rum
-8 ounce Coca-Cola
Pour ingredients into an Old-Fashioned glass with ice and serve

Lyndon Johnson Scotch and Soda
-2 ounces Scotch
-Club Soda
Pour the Scotch in a highball filled with ice, and top with club soda.