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TNT (or Prairie Fire)

1.5 oz (45 mL) of tequila, splash of Tabasco sauce. Pour tequila into a shot glass. Splash in a couple drops of Tabasco sauce. Variations: Angel's Tit - substitute vodka for the tequila; Heart of Fire - whiskey for the tequila; Hellfire - add a cinnamon flavoured liqueur (such as Hot Damn or Goldschlager); General Sherman - Southern Comfort for the tequila.

Tailspin

3/4 oz (20 mL) sweet vermouth, 3/4 oz (20 mL) gin, 3/4 oz (20 mL) green Chartreuse, 1 dash orange bitters, 1 twist lemon peel, 1 cherry. Its flavour has been described as "a cross between a Bijou and a Negroni".

Tamagozake

Pour 1 cup (250 mL) of sake and a beaten egg into a small saucepan. Heat the mixture over a low flame, stirring continuously. Remove from heat before it comes to the boil. Mix in one to two teaspoons (5-10 mL) of sugar. It should appear a little thick and creamy.

Teknekt (or Teknert)

Mix a half cup (125 mL) of tea with a half cup (125 mL) of moonshine and adding sugar. Sometimes the moonshine is replaced with rum. The name is probably from Scandinavia, where "knert" means (approximately) "add a dose of moonshine".

Tequila Manhattan

1.5 oz (45 mL) gold tequila, several dashes sweet vermouth, 1 slice of lime. The tequila and vermouth is mixed with cracked ice in a shaker or blender and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. It is garnished with the lime slice. Dry vermouth can be used as a substitute for the sweet variety, depending on taste, or a combination of sweet/dry vermouth can be used.

Tequini Martini

1 1/2 oz (45 mL) tequila, 1/2 oz (15 mL) dry vermouth, 1 dash Bitters, 1 twist of lemon peel, 1 olive. Stir tequila, vermouth and bitters with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Add the twist of lemon peel, top with the olive, and serve.

Tequila Slammer

1/2 tequila, 1/2 lemon-lime flavoured soft drink. When the two ingredients are in the shot glass, take a folded paper towel and put over the top. Slam the shot glass on the table, bar, etc. Make sure the drink fizzes. Turn up and drink while its still fizzing.
Tequila Sunrise
2 oz (60 mL) tequila, 4 oz (120 mL) orange juice, 1 oz (30 mL) grenadine. Mix the tequila and orange juice in a mix glass with ice cubes, then pour it over in a highball glass with crushed ice cubes. Then top with grenadine, making it sink gradually down in the glass, making the illusion of a sunrise.

Texas Tea

1 oz (30 mL) Vodka, 1 oz (30 mL) Gin, 1 oz (30 mL) Rum, 1 oz (30 mL) Triple-sec, 1 oz (30 mL) Tequila. Stir over rocks into pint glass. Add 1 oz (30 mL) Dr. Pepper, top with lime and/or lemon.
Three Dollar Shoes

Three Wise Men

2/3 oz (20 mL) Jack Daniel's Whiskey, 2/3 oz (20 mL) Jim Beam Whiskey, 2/3 oz (20 mL) Johnnie Walker Scotch (Red Label). Pour ingredients into a shot glass and shoot.

Three Wise Men Go Hunting

1/2 oz (15 mL) Jack Daniels Whiskey, 1/2 oz (15 mL) Jim Beam Whiskey, 1/2 oz (15 mL) Johnnie Walker Scotch (Red Label), 1/2 oz (15 mL) Wild Turkey Bourbon. Pour into a shot glass and shoot.

Ti'Punch

50 mL white agricultural rum, 10 mL cane syrup (cane sugar also works), 1/2 lime. Pour rum, then cane juice. Squeeze lime juice, then drop lime into drink. Stir. The Ti'Punch is a rum-based mixed drink that is especially popular in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana and other French-speaking Caribbean states. It is usually served as an apéritif before starting a meal, both as a matter of tradition and because the drink itself is strongly alcoholic. A popular tradition is that of chacun prépare sa propre mort (roughly, each prepares his own death), where instead of serving the mixed drink, the bartender or host will simply place out the ingredients, and everyone will prepare the drink according to their own taste. Opinions differ as to whether it should be served with or without ice, but most agree that the "real" ti'punch should be served without ice.

Tinto De Verano

1 bottle (750 mL) of red wine, 500 mL of lemonade, lots of ice. Pour the wine and lemonade into a pitcher and throw in lots of ice. If you feel like a stronger drink, add a shot of rum, or a vermouth such as martini. Pour into tall glasses and garnish with a twist of lemon. Tinto de Verano is a refreshing wine based cocktail similar to sangria which is very popular in Andalucia. The name translates as red wine of summer, and it is commonly drunk in summer. It is very refreshing, and is commonly served in beachside chiringuitos. It is also often home-made, or indeed bought ready-bottled from supermarkets. In the Costa del Sol it is common for locals to drink tinto verano while tourists drink sangria. Notes: The wine should be full bodied, but does not need to be expensive, a cheap tempranillo will do; the lemonade used should not be too sweet or taste strongly of lemon, but rather should be as close as possible to Spanish gaseosa or casera, which is carbonated water with a hint of artificial lemon flavouring and a hint of artificial sweetener. A stronger or sweeter lemonade such as Fanta, or traditional Americal lemonade will not do. If this kind of lemonade is unavailable, it can be replaced with carbonated water some sugar and a little lemon. Sprite would work, though it is not ideal, diet or lite sprite would work well. Tinto verano can be served with fruit, which makes it very similar to sangria.

Tom Collins

Cracked ice, 1.5 oz (45 mL) gin, juice of one lemon (about 1 oz [30 mL]), 1 tsp (5 mL) fine sugar or sugar syrup, club soda. Garnish. Fill a Collins glass up about two-thirds with ice. Add sugar, lemon juice and gin. Stir well. Top off glass with club soda. A garnish, such as a maraschino cherry, is optional. Variations include using (unsweetened) lime juice instead of lemon juice; skipping the sugar in the above recipe, and using lemon-lime soda instead of club soda; and using "Collins mixer" soda (essentially slightly sweet lime soda) om place of the lime juice, sugar and club soda.

Tombstone

1 part barley wine, 2 parts cider. It is popular in England, especially in Gloucestershire.

Trader Vic's Rum Fizz

1 1/2 oz (45 mL) light rum, 1 oz (30 mL) lemon juice, 2 tsp (10 mL) sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 oz (15 mL) chilled cream soda, grated orange rind. Shake juice, sugar, egg and rum with ice. Strain and top with cream soda. Polish off with grated orange rind. This is a Gin Fizz (qv) made with egg yolk instead of egg white. A Royal Fizz uses both. Give the drink its fizz with champagne instead of soda water and you've got a Diamond Fizz. And although the most popular Fizzes were anchored with gin, most any spirit can be worked into the routine.

Tucker Death Mix

1 litre grain alcohol (such as Everclear), 1 quart (1 L) Gatorade (Tucker says that lemon-lime is the "only true flavour"), 1 can Red Bull. Each batch makes slightly more than 2 litres of the 86 proof Tucker Death Mix, similar in alcohol content to a hard liquor such as vodka or rum. It was invented and popularised by Tucker Max as a way to quickly become inebriated. Variation: A variation of the Tucker Death Mix that appears in drinksmixer.com and freedrinkrecipes.com replaces 250 mL of grain alcohol with a second can of Red Bull, substituting alcohol content for flavour and caffeine. The volume produced is still the same but the alcoholic content is reduced to 32.4% (65 proof). Note: drinksmixer.com has the alternative composition listed as being 59 proof, which is presumably a miscalculation. The origins of the alternative composition of TDM are not known; however, it is worth noting that since Tucker Max was the eponymous originator of the beverage, the original proportions with higher alcohol content appearing on his website should be technically considered more correct.

Turbo Shandy

Equal measures lager and alcoholic lemonade. The brand is not important although it is often made with Stella Artois and Smirnoff Ice. Dangerously effective.