art 1: Primary Task

Within the Discussion Forum area, write in no less than 150 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Cocktails, mixed drinks, and straight drinks are made from brandy, whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, cordials, and other liquors or spirits. The character and structure of the drink often determine to which drink family it belongs. To make and serve mixed drinks or cocktails properly, one must have a knowledge of popular drinks.

Popular drink families include:

• The Martini Family 
• The Manhattan Family
• Sours
• Tropical Drinks
• Cream Drinks
• Shooters and Shots
• Blended Drinks

Chose from drink families above to assist for your paper submission

• Select (3) drink families.
• Discuss the typical ingredients of the drink family.
• Present some examples of the most popular drinks in each of the families. 
• For each drink family, provide some popular or interesting alternatives in case your customers are not sure of what they want to drink.