How to Make Pick Me Up Cocktails

Prairie oyster

Gather ingredients. You'll need 1 raw egg yolk, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper to taste and 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce (or other hot sauce you like).

Crack the egg first. Tip the egg yolk into the glass without breaking it. (If you can manage that with a hangover, you're on the mend!)

Pour in the teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce and 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Drink it down in one go. If you're lucky, you'll chase away that hangover. Have some rest.

See How to make a prairie oyster for more variations.

Mimosa

Pour equal parts of champagne and orange juice into a champagne flute. For champagne: Cava or Prosecco are both great options. Opt for a sparkling wine that is not too sweet, as the sweetness of the orange juice combined with the sweetness of the wine could overpower the drink. Chill the orange juice and champagne beforehand. Lukewarm mimosas are not as dapper as chilly ones.

Add a splash of Triple Sec liqueur (optional). While most people think of a mimosa as simply containing orange juice and champagne, a true mimosa contains a splash of Triple Sec to fortify the drink.

Stir gently and garnish with mint or fresh fruit. Serve. For a great way to incorporate fruit into the mimosa while chilling the drink, freeze some fruit — raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple, the list goes on — and then place them in the drink right before serving. They will act as ice cubes and keep your drink cool for you while you sip.

See How to make a mimosa and How to make mimosas with twist for more variations.

Red eye

Assemble ingredients. You'll need even amounts of beer and tomato juice, both chilled.

Pour the two ingredients into a beer glass.

Stir with a swizzle stick.

Serve. Do not bother with a garnish––this is a pick-me-up, not a fancy cocktail.

See How to make a red eye for more variations.

Bloody Mary

Cover the rims of a few glasses with lime juice. Just run one lime wedge around the rims of the glasses.

Dip the rims of the glasses in coarse salt. The salt will stick to the lime juice and will coat the rims.

Combine the ingredients in a tumbler. Place 4 oz. of vodka, 1 cup of tomato juice, 2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce, 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, 2 oz. of dill pickle juice, a dash of Tabasco sauce, 1/2 teaspoon horseradish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and a dash of pepper in a tumbler.

Shake all the ingredients in the tumbler. This will combine them well. Shake the tumbler for at least 15-20 seconds.

Fill the glasses with ice.

Pour the beverage into the glasses.

Serve. Place a stalk of celery in each glass for garnish.

See How to make a bloody Mary for more variations.

Mint julep

Gather ingredients. You'll need 60ml bourbon, 5ml sugar syrup, 5ml water, 5 mint leaves and ice.

Crush mint leaves with the sugar syrup and water in a highball glass. This will let the mint flavor flow.

Add the bourbon. Add the ice.

Stir for 30 seconds. When the glass frosts, it's ready to serve.

See How to make a mint julep for a variation.

Corpse reviver

Gather the ingredients. You'll need 30ml brandy, 15ml Calvados, 15ml vermouth and ice.

Pour all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.

Shake well.

Strain into a serving glass. No need for a garnish.