BAR smarts Classic 25

Question 1

Bellini

Answer 1

Bellini 1.5 oz white peach puree
4 oz Perrier-Jouët champagne
(optional .5 oz peach liqueur)

Put peach in bottom of mixing glass, no ice. Slowly add PJ while gently stirring, dragging peach up sides. Strain into champagne flute.
(Optional: float 0.5 oz peach liquer)

Question 2

Aviation

Answer 2

2oz beefeater gin
.5oz maraschino liqueur
.5oz lemon juice

Shake/strain coupe.

Question 3

Blood and Sand

Answer 3

.75 oz Chivas Regal scotch
.75 oz Cherry Heering
.75 oz sweet vermouth
.75 oz orange juice

Shake, cocktail glass, orange peel

Question 4

Caipirinha

Answer 4

2 oz cachaça
1.5 barspoons sugar (or .75 oz simple)
1/2 lime, quartered.

Muddle sugar and lime, add cachaça and ice, shake, pour (no strain) into chilled rocks glass.

Question 5

Collins

Answer 5

1.5 oz gin, bourbon, or vodka
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice
club soda

Shake, collins with ice, top with soda. Cherry and orange slice.

Question 6

Cosmopolitan

Answer 6

1.5 oz lemon vodka
.75 oz Cointreau
.25 oz lime juice
1 oz cranberry juice

Shake, chilled cocktail glass, orange peel

Question 7

Daiquiri

Answer 7

1.5 oz white rum
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lime juice

Shake, cocktail glass, garnish with lime wheel.

Question 8

Gimlet

Answer 8

2.5 oz Beefeater gin
.5 oz Rose’s (preserved lime)

Shake, cocktail glass (or old fashioned with ice), lime wedge IN the drink?

Question 9

Gin fizz

Answer 9

1.5 oz Beefeater gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
club soda

Shake, highball (no ice), top with soda, no garnish

Question 10

Irish coffee

Answer 10

1.5 oz Jameson’s whiskey
1 oz simple syrup (or brown sugar)
4 oz coffee
unsweetened whipped cream

Build, float cream

Question 11

Mai tai

Answer 11

2 oz aged rum (Jamaican)
.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz orange curaçao
1 tsp orgeat

Shake, old fashioned with ice, garnish with lime wheel, mint sprig, and sonya orchid.

Question 12

Manhattan

Answer 12

2 oz Wild Turkey rye or bourbon
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura

Stir, cocktail glass, cherry (or sometimes twist of lemon)
(Perfect Manhattan uses .5 sweet and .5 dry vermouth)

Question 13

Margarita

Answer 13

2 oz Avión silver tequila
1 oz Cointreau
.75 oz lime juice
(optional: 0.5 oz simple syrup)
coarse salt
lime wedge (for rimming glass)

Shake, cocktail glass with salt rim, lime or no garnish.

Question 14

Dry martini

Answer 14

1.5 oz Beefeater London Dry gin
1.5 oz dry vermouth
1-2 dashes orange bitters

Stir, twist of lemon or orange

Question 15

Extra dry martini

Answer 15

3 oz Beefeater gin or Absolut vodka
1/8 oz dry vermouth

Stir gin with vermouth-seasoned ice, cocktail glass, olive.

Question 16

Mint julep

Answer 16

2.5 oz straight bourbon or rye (or Martell VSOP cognac)
1 oz simple (or 2 teaspoons superfine sugar)
2-4 sprigs of mint

Sugar and 6 mint leaves in highball and lightly press. Add half of spirits and fill with crushed ice. Swirl to frost. Add more ice and rest of liquor. Garnish with 3 sprigs of mint. Add straw.

Question 17

Mojito

Answer 17

1.5 oz rum
.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz simple syrup
1 mint sprig and 4 mint leaves
club soda

Muddle mint and syrup, add lime, rum and shake, highball glass with ice, top with soda. Mint garnish

-or- build in a highball glass.

Question 18

Negroni

Answer 18

1 oz gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth

Build, old fashioned with ice, orange peel / slice (optional splash of soda)
-or-
Stir, cocktail glass, orange peel

Question 19

Old fashioned

Answer 19

2 oz bourbon or rye
3 dashes Angostura
1 tsp sugar
splash water or soda

In old fashioned glass, muddle sugar and bitters in water, add whiskey and ice, stir. Lemon peel.

Question 20

Muddled old fashioned

Answer 20

2 oz bourbon
3 dashes Angostura
1 tsp sugar
2 orange slices
2 maraschino cherries
splash water or soda

In old fashioned glass, muddle sugar, bitters, one orange, one cherry, soda. Remove orange rind and add bourbon, ice and Stir. Garnish with additional orange slice and cherry.

Question 21

Pisco sour

Answer 21

1.5 oz pisco
1 oz lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
1 egg white
Drops of Angostura bitters

Dry shake, Shake, cocktail glass, garnish with Angostura

Question 22

Rob Roy

Answer 22

2 oz Chivas Regal scotch
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dash Angostura (or Orange)

Stir, cocktail glass, cherry (or orange twist)

Question 23

Sazeracp

Answer 23

2 oz rye
2 dashes Peychaud's
splash absinthe (Pernod 68)
0.5 oz simple syrup (or 1 sugar cube and water)
Lemon twist

Chill 1 old fashioned glass. In other, combine rye, simple and bitters, stir. Dump ice from first glass. Splash absinthe and swirl. Dump absinthe. Strain second glass into first glass and twist lemon peel over top.

Question 24

Sidecar

Answer 24

1.5 oz cognac (Martell VS, VSOP)
.75 oz cointreau
.5 - .75 oz lemon juice

Shake, cocktail glass with sugar rim, orange peel.

Question 25

Stinger

Answer 25

2 oz cognac (Martell VS, VSOP, or Cordon Bleu)
1 oz white creme de menthe

Shake, cocktail glass -or- old fashioned glass with crushed ice. - One of the only drinks that is shaken and 100% pure liquor.

Question 26

Whiskey sour

Answer 26

1.5 oz bourbon or rye
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice

Shake, old fashioned glass (or sour glass), orange slice and cherry.

Question 27

Bloody Mary

Answer 27

1.5 oz Absolut vodka
2 dash Worcestershire
4 dash Tobasco
Pinch of salt & pepper
.25 oz fresh lemon juice
4 oz tomato juice

Combine in mixing glass. Roll into tin and back. Strain into iced goblet. Garnish: wedge lemon, lime. Improvise.
(Ferdinand Petiot)

Question 28

Hot toddy

Answer 28

2oz glen lover single malt scotch or redbreast Irish whiskey
1 bs dem or .25 honey
1 strip of thin cut lemon peel
2-4 oz water

Question 29

Caiprioska

Answer 29

2 oz vodka
1.5 barspoons sugar or .75 simple syrup
half lime, quartered

Question 30

Silver fizz

Answer 30

1.5 oz gin
.75 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
egg white
club soda

Dry shake, shake, strain into a highball, no ice. No garnish