101 Most Popular Cocktails Flashcards
Screwdriver
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Orange
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, Fill with OJ
Cape Cod
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, fill w/ cranberry
Sea Breeze
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime (or grapefruit)
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, fill w/ 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 cranberry
Bay Breeze
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, fill w/ 1/2 pineapple, 1/2 cranberry
Madras
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Orange
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, OJ, cranberry
Greyhound
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime (or grapefruit)
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, grapefruit
Variation: Salty Dog is a Greyhound with a salted rim on the glass
Black Russian
Glass: Rocks
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. Kahlua
White Russian
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. Kahlua, cream
Vodka Gimlet
Glass: Rocks or Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, Rose’s Lime Juice
Note: Served on the rocks or in a martini glass. Can also be served w/ fresh lime juice and simple syrup.
Moscow Mule
Glass: Copper Mug
Mixing Method: Roll
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 2 oz. Vodka, lime juice, ginger beer
Bloody Mary
Glass: Pint or Hurricane
Mixing Method: Roll
Garnish: Celery, green bean, lime, olive
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, Bloody Mary
mix, celery salt, Worcestershire sauce
Note: Bloody Mary mixes and additives
will vary from bar to bar
Cosmopolitan
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake and strain
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Citron vodka, ¾ oz.
triple sec, cranberry, lime juice
Lemon Drop Martini
Glass: Martini or shot
Mixing Method: Shake and strain
Garnish: Lemon wedge on a sugar rim Ingredients: 1½ oz. citron Vodka, ¾ oz. triple sec, lemon juice, simple syrup
Appletini
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake and strain
Garnish: Cherry or apple slice Ingredients 1½ oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. apple pucker, splash of sweet/sour
Chocolate Martini
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Chocolate syrup swirled in glass Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vanilla vodka, ¾ oz. Godiva liqueur, ½ oz., ½ oz. Baileys, cream
Note: Recipe varies
Kamikaze
Glass: Shot or cocktail
Mixing Method: Shake and strain
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ½ oz. triple sec, Rose’s Lime Juice
Chi Chi
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Blend
Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, pineapple, coco
Lopez or coconut flavoring, cream
Sex on the Beach
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Roll
Garnish: Flag
Ingredients: ¾ oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. peach schnapps, cranberry, OJ
Woo Woo
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Roll
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. peach schnapps, cranberry
Godmother
Glass: Rocks
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. amaretto
Gibson (Martini With an Onion)
Glass: Martini or Rocks
Mixing Method: Stir and strain
Garnish: Onion
Ingredients: 2.5 oz. Gin, dash of dry vermouth
Ramos Fizz
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Shake and strain
Garnish: Lemon or lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, heavy cream, egg white, lemon & lime juice, sugar, flower water
Pomtini
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & Strain
Garnish: Lemon or Lemon Twist
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Pomegranate Vodka, ½ oz. Triple Sec, 1½ oz. Pomegranate Juice, 1 oz. Pineapple Juice, 1½ oz. Champagne Float
Singapore Sling
Glass: Hurricane or Collins
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sloe gin, ¾ oz. Herring Cherry Liqueur, ½ oz. Benedictine, grenadine, pineapple, lemon juice, Angostura bitters
Negroni
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Stir & strain over ice
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: ½ oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, ¾ oz. Campari
Corpse Reviver #2
Glass: Martini or Coupe
Mixing Method: Stir & strain
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. Cointreau, ½ oz. Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, dash of absinthe
French 75
Glass: Champagne flute
Mixing Method: Shake and strain
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, lemon juice, ½ oz. Cointreau, champagne Note: Shake and strain gin, lemon juice and Cointreau, then fill with champagne
Tom Collins
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime or lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, soda, sweet/sour
Aviation
Glass: Martini or Coupe
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Lemon twist or cherry
Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ½ oz. maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, ½ oz. crème de violette
Bronx Cocktail
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Orange twist
Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, ¾ oz. dry vermouth, OJ
Perfect Martini
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Stir & strain
Garnish: Olives or lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, ¾ oz. dry vermouth
Last Word
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. Green Chartreuse, ¾ oz. maraschino liqueur, lime juice
White Lady
Glass: Martini or Coupe
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Lemon Twist
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, ½ oz. Cointreau, egg white, lemon juice
Bees Knees
Glass: Martini or Coupe
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: 2 oz. gin, honey water, lemon juice
Vesper
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Stir & strain
Garnish: Lemon Twist
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, ¾ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. Lillet Blanc
Mojito
Glass: Pint or Collins
Mixing Method: Muddle, Shake and Roll
Garnish: Mint and Limes (in drink)
Ingredients: 2 oz. Light rum, simple syrup, limes, mint, soda water
Blue Hawaiian
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. Rum, 1 oz. vodka, ½ oz. blue curacao, pineapple, sweet & sour mix
Dark & Stormy
Glass: Pint or collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 2 oz. Goslings dark rum, ginger beer
Daiquiri
Glass: Multiple options
Mixing Method: Blend or shake & strain
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Rum, lime juice, simple syrup
Pina Colada
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Blend
Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag
Ingredients: 2 oz. Rum, pineapple, coco Lopez, cream
Hurricane
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag
Ingredients: ¾ oz. Dark rum, 1 oz. light rum, passion fruit syrup, lime juice Note: Float dark rum on top
Mai Tai
Glass: Hurricane or collins
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. Light rum, ½ oz. orange curacao, ½ oz. orgeat syrup, pineapple, OJ, lime juice, ¾ oz. dark rum Note: Float dark rum on top
Zombie
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. Light rum, ¾ oz. dark rum, ¾ oz. apricot brandy, pineapple, OJ, simple syrup, lime juice, ½ oz. Bacardi 151 Note: Float dark rum and 151 on top
Rum Runner
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. Light rum, ¾ oz. dark rum, ½ oz. crème de banana, ½ oz. blackberry brandy, grenadine, Rose’s Lime Juice
Bahama Mama
Glass: Hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Malibu rum, ¾ oz. dark rum, coco Lopez, red punch
Caipirinha
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Muddle, shake & roll
Garnish: Limes (already in drink)
Ingredients: 2 oz. cachaça, limes, 1 oz. simple syrup
El Presidente
Glass: Martini or Coupe
Mixing Method: Stir & strain
Garnish: Orange peel
Ingredients: 2 oz. Rum, ½ oz. dry vermouth, dash of grenadine
Scorpion
Glass: Collins or hurricane
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. light rum, ½ oz. brandy, ½ oz. orgeat, OJ, lemon juice, ½ oz. Bacardi 151 float
Painkiller
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Nutmeg
Ingredients: 2 oz. rum, pineapple, coco Lopez, OJ
Cuba Libre
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. light rum, fill with Coke
Jamaican Me Crazy
Glass: Bucket or pint
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Pineapple flag
Ingredients: 1 oz. light rum, ½ oz. Malibu, ½ oz. banana liqueur, cranberry, pineapple
Margarita
Glass: Margarita, bucket, pint, Collins
Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 2 oz. Tequila, 2 oz. lime juice, 1 ½ oz. agave nectar
Note: Margaritas are often made with triple sec and sweet/sour as well
Paloma
Glass: Margarita, bucket, pint, Collins
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over blend
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 2 oz. Tequila, 2 oz. lime juice, 1 ½ oz. agave nectar, 2 oz. grapefruit, splash of soda water
Tequila Sunrise
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Orange & cherry
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, OJ, grenadine
Tequila Sunset
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Cherry
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, OJ, ¾ oz. blackberry brandy
El Diablo
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Cherry
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, ½ oz. crème de cassis, lime juice, ginger beer
Bloody Maria
Glass: Pint or Hurricane
Mixing Method: Roll
Garnish: Celery, green bean, lime, olive
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, Bloody Mary mix, celery salt, Worcestershire sauce
Note: Bloody Mary mixes and additives will vary from bar to bar
Sazerac
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Muddle, stir, strain
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: 2 oz. Rye Whiskey, sugar cube, Peychaud’s bitters, absinthe
Mint Julep
Glass: Copper mug or bucket
Mixing Method: Muddle, shake & strain
Garnish: Mint sprig
Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon, sugar, mint, water
Old Fashioned
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Muddle, roll
Garnish: Orange peels
Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon or rye, sugar, Angostura bitters, splash of soda
Note: Classic version is orange or peel only. Modern version is orange slices and cherries muddled.
Manhattan
Glass: Martini or rocks
Mixing Method: Stirred & strained in martini glass or on the rocks
Garnish: Cherry
Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters
John Collins
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lime & cherry on a pick
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Bourbon, sweet/sour, soda water
Lynchburg Lemonade
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Jack Daniels, ¾ oz. triple sec, lemon juice, 7-up
Boulevardier
Glass: Rocks
Mixing Method: Stir
Garnish: Orange twist
Ingredients: ½ oz. rye whiskey, ½ oz. Campari, ½ oz. sweet vermouth
Rusty Nail
Glass: Rocks
Mixing Method: Stir
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. Drambuie
Godfather
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Stir
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. amaretto
Rob Roy
Glass: Martini or rocks
Mixing Method: Stir and strain
Garnish: Cherry
Ingredients: 2 oz. Scotch, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters
Aggravation
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. Kahlua, cream Note: Float cream on top
Blood and Sand
Glass: Martini or coupe
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Cherry or lemon twist
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Scotch, ½ oz. sweet vermouth, ½ oz. cherry Herring, OJ
Brandy Alexander
Glass: Martini or snifter
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Nutmeg
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Brandy, ¾ oz. dark crème de cacao, cream
Hot Toddy
Glass: Coffee mug or handled glass
Mixing Method: stir
Garnish: Lemon or lemon twist
Ingredients: 2 oz. Brandy, lemon juice, honey, hot water
Side Car
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Lemon sugar-rimmed glass
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Brandy, ¾ oz. Cointreau, lemon juice, simply syrup
Stinger
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Stir & strain
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Brandy, ¾ oz. white crème de menthe
Long Island Iced Tea
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, coke
Note: Original Long Island adds tequila
Texas Tea
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, ½ oz. bourbon, sweet/sour, Coke
Tokyo Tea
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon, cherry
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz., melon liqueur, sweet/sour
Long Beach Iced Tea
Glass: Collins or pint Mixing
Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, cranberry
Adios Mother Fucker (AMF)
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, ½ oz. blue curacao
Black Widow
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, ½ oz. Chambord
Georgia Peach Iced Tea
Glass: Collins or pint
Mixing Method: Shake & roll
Garnish: Lemon
Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. peach schnapps, OJ, cranberry
Boiler Maker
Glass: Pint or beer mug
Mixing Method: Drop
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Whiskey, beer Note: Drop shot of whiskey into beer
Americana
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build and stir
Garnish: Orange peel
Ingredients: 1oz. Campari, 1 oz. sweet vermouth, soda water
Pisco Sour
Glass: Marini or coupe
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients: 2 oz. Pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, dash of bitters
Orgasm
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: None
Ingredients: ½ oz. Grand Marnier, ½ oz. Bailey’s, ½ oz. Cointreau
Screaming Orgasm
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ½ oz. amaretto, ½ oz. crème de cacao, ½ oz. triple sec, cream
Alabama Slammer
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice
Garnish: Orange slice
Ingredients: 1 oz. Southern Comfort, ½ oz. amaretto, ½ oz. sloe gin, OJ, sweet/sour
Grasshopper
Glass: Martini or hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend
Garnish: Mint sprig
Ingredients: 1 oz. White crème de cacao, 1 oz. green crème de menthe, cream
Fuzzy Naval
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Orange slice
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Peach schnapps, OJ
Harvey Wallbanger
Glass: Bucket
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Orange slice
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. Galliano, OJ
Irish Coffee
Glass: Coffee mug
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: Whipped cream
Ingredients: 2 oz. Irish whiskey, coffee Note: Modern version uses ½ irish whiskey, ½ Bailey’s
Pimm’s Cup
Glass: Collins
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Cucumber
Ingredients: 2 oz. Pimm’s Cup, muddled cucumber, lemon juice, lemon-lime soda
French Martini
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake, strain & float
Garnish: Pineapple wedge
Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. Chambord, pineapple, champagne
Note: Float champagne on top
Creamscicle
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Orange slice
Ingredients: 1 oz. Vanilla vodka, ½ oz. triple sec, ½ oz. amaretto, pineapple, OJ, simple syrup, cream
Kir
Glass: Champagne flute
Mixing Method: Pour
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: Champagne, 1 oz. crème de cassis
Kir Royale
Glass: Champagne flute
Mixing Method: Pour
Garnish: Lemon twist
Ingredients: Champagne, 1 oz. Chambord
Mimosa
Glass: Champagne flute
Mixing Method: Pour
Garnish: Orange peel
Ingredients: Champagne, OJ
Bellini
Glass: Champagne flute
Mixing Method: Pour & stir
Garnish: Peach or orange peel
Ingredients: 2 oz. peach nectar, Champagne
Mudslide
Glass: Bucket or hurricane
Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend
Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. Kahlua, ¾ oz. Bailey’s, cream
Nutty Irishman
Glass: Rocks or shot
Mixing Method: Build
Garnish: None
Ingredients: 1 oz. Bailey’s, 1 oz. Frangelico
Espresso Martini
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Espresso beans or Lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 oz. vanilla vodka, ½ oz. Bailey’s, ½ oz. Kahlua, espresso shot
French Kiss
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: Raspberries or lemon twist
Ingredients: 1 oz. vodka, ½ Chambord, ½ oz. Grand Marnier, whipped cream
Pink Squirrel
Glass: Martini
Mixing Method: Shake & strain
Garnish: None
Ingredients: ¾ oz. crème de noyaux, ¾ oz. white crème de cacao, cream
