Triple Sec Cocktails
Triple sec is orange-flavored liqueur that varies greatly in quality. Cointreau and Combier are two of the oldest and most trusted premium brands available, and there are many that are considerable lower in both price and quality. This liqueur is often clear-colored, though some with a brandy base may be golden.
Sec translates from French to mean 'dry' and triple sec is often thought to mean triple dry, though in this sense it often means that the liqueur is triple distilled.
- Angel's Delight
- Apple Sour
- Baja Gold
- Banana Daiquiri
- Beachcomber
- Berry White
- Between the Sheets
- Big Bamboo
- Boston Sidecar
- Brazilian Rose
- Campari Cosmo
- Chapel Hill
- Creamsicle
- El Pepino
- Global Warmer
- Gummi Bear Margarita
- Harbor Light
- Highland Margarita
- Limey Cocktail
- Long Island Iced Tea
- Lynchburg Lemonade
- Margarita
- Margarita (frozen)
- Margarita Jelly Shot (shooter)
- Maya Magic
- Melon Patch
- Miami Iced Tea
- Mimosa
- Old Lay
- Orange Margarita
- Orange Martini
- Packers Punch
- Passion Pearl
- Peach Margarita
- Pineapple Mojito
- Pink Flamingo
- Poinsettia
- Prickly Pear Margarita
- Pumpkin Shandy
- Pumpkin Spice
- Raspberry Margarita
- Scorpion
- Shamrocker
- Shamrock Smoothie
- Strawberry Margarita
- Tequila Sunrise Margarita
- Time for a Change
- Toronha
- Touchdown Tea
- Very Berry Cosmo
- Watermelon Margarita
- Zesty Irishman
- Zombie Punch
Cointreau Cocktails
Cointreau (pronounced kwahn-troh is a brand name for the most well-known premium triple sec liqueur. It's exceptional smoothness and crisp orange flavor makes it ideal for cocktails and this is why it is often called for by name. The recipes below fall into this category, listing Cointreau as the suggested orange liqueur. 80 proof (40% alcohol/volume)
- Bloody Margarita
- Candy Corn Oranges (shooter)
- Cherry Blossom Tini
- Chocolate and Orange Martini
- Clementine Crush
- Cosmopolitan
- Delilah
- Departini
- Dulce de Tequila
- Embassy Cocktail
- Flirtini
- French 75
- Golden Dream
- Harbaugh Bloody Sunday
- Japanese Slipper
- Lemon Drop
- Madison Avenue
- Oriental Cocktail
- Pineapple Chili Margarita
- p.i.n.k. Ribbon
- Pink Flamingo
- Poinsettia
- Sage Lady
- Sgropin Cocktail - from Kyle Phillips, About.com Italian Food Guide
- Sidecar
- Something Positive Cocktail
- Summer Breeze
- Velvet Hammer
- Winter Hill
Combier Cocktails
Combier is the 'other' premium triple sec that claims to have been the first of its kind. This French liqueur was first produeced in 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Combier and is not as well known in the United States because it only recently became available here. It is distilled three times and flavored with three varieties of bitter and sweet oranges. Combier Original has a neutral spirit base and Royal Combier blends the original with V.S.O.P. Cognac. Combier Original: 80 proof (40% alcohol/volume, Royal Combier: 76 proof (38% alcohol/volume) Visit the Combier website
- Emboldened Cherry Blossom - Combier Liqueur d'Orange
- Rouge Noir - Combier Orange Liqueur
- Royal Smash - Combier Royal Orange Liqueur
