Classic Cocktail Compendium Flashcards
Dry Vodka Martini
3.0 oz Vodka
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer and/or lemon twist garnish
Slightly Dirty Martini
2.75 oz Vodka
.25 oz olive brine
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer garnish
Dirty Vodka Martini
2.5 oz Vodka
.75 oz olive brine
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer garnish
Extra Dirty Vodka Martini
- 25 oz Vodka
- 0 oz olive brine
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer garnish
Gin Martini
2.5 oz gin
.5 oz dry vermouth
Up stir into martini glass
3 olives on skewer and/or lemon twist garnish
Traditional Gin Martini
2.0 oz gin
1.0 oz dry vermouth
3 dash orange bitters (from japanese dasher bottle)
Up stir into martini glass
Lemon twist garnish
Slightly Dirty Gin Martini
2.75 oz Gin
.25 oz olive brine
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer garnish
Dirty Gin Martini
2.5 oz Gin
.75 oz olive brine
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer garnish
Extra Dirty Gin Martini
- 25 oz Gin
- 0 oz olive brine
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
3 olives on skewer garnish
Gibson Martini
2.5 oz Gin
.5 oz dry vermouth
Up stir into martini glass
3 pickled onions on skewer garnish
Vesper Martini (James Bond Martini)
1.5 oz Gin
1.0 oz Vodka
.5 oz cocchi americano
Up shake into martini glass (do not fine strain)
Lemon twist garnish
Aperol Spritz
Build into white wine glass with 5 ice cubes 1.5 oz aperol 2.0 oz club soda 2.0 oz prosecco Orange slice garnish
Amaretto Sour
1.5 oz amaretto
0.75 oz rye whiskey
0.75 oz lemon juice
0.25 oz simple syrup
1 egg white
Dry Shake
Up Shake into coupe
Bitters / lemon peel garnish
Aviation
2.0 oz Gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz split of luxardo maraschino liqueur and simply syrup (⅜oz & ⅜oz)
1 teaspoon Creme de Violet
Up shake into coupe
Cherry garnish
Collins (any spirit)
2.0 oz spirit (gin, whiskey, etc.)
.75 oz lemon juice
.5 oz simple syrup
Put 4 ice cubes & 2 oz club soda into a collins
Sliver shake & pour into collins over ice/soda
Lemon Wedge garnish
Corpse Reviver #2
.75 oz gin .75 oz cocchi americano .75 oz cointreau .75 oz lemon juice Rinse coupe with .25oz absinthe
Up shake into absinthe rinsed coupe
No Garnish
Cosmopolitan
1.5 oz Vodka .75 oz Cointreau .75 oz lime juice .75 oz cranberry juice .25 oz simple syrup
Up shake into coupe
Lime wedge garnish
Eastside
2.0 oz gin or vodka
1.0 oz lime juice
0.75 oz simple syrup
3 cucumber slices
8 mint leaves
Up shake into coupe
Mint sprig sticking out of cucumber leaf garnish
El Diablo
2.0 oz Tequila .75 oz ginger syrup .5 oz lime juice .25 oz Creme de Cassis Put 4 ice cubes & 2.0 oz club soda into a collins
Sliver shake into collins over ice and club soda
Lime wedge garnish
Espresso Martini
1.5 oz vodka
1.0 oz espresso
.5 oz Demerara 2:1 syrup
Up Shake into Coupe
Espresso Bean Garnish
Fizz (Gin)
2.0 oz spirit (gin, whiskey, etc.) .5 oz lemon juice .5 oz lime juice .75 oz simple syrup .5 oz egg white 1.5oz heavy cream
Sour shake into collins with 2 ice cubes in it
Let sit / settle
Top with club soda
Bitters & lemon twist & cherry skewer garnish
French 75
1.0 oz gin
.5 oz lemon juice
.25 oz simple syrup
Sliver shake into a coupe
3.0 oz prosecco
Lemon twist garnish
Gimlet / Daiquiri
2.0oz Gin / Rum
1.0 oz lime juice
.75 oz simple syrup
Up shake into coupe
Lime wedge garnish
Gold Rush / Bees Knees
2.0 oz Bourbon / Gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz honey syrup
Gold Rush: Rocks shake into DBL Rocks with ice
Bees Knees & Daisy:
Up shake into coupe
Lemon wedge garnish
Hemingway Daiquiri
2.0 oz White Rum
.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz split of luxardo maraschino liqueur and simple syrup (⅜oz & ⅜oz)
.5 oz grapefruit juice
Up shake
Grapefruit slice garnish
Honeysuckle
2.0 oz Tequila
.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz honey syrup
Up shake into coupe
Lime wedge garnish
Last Word
.75 oz Gin
.75 oz Green Chartreuse
.75 oz split of luxardo maraschino liqueur and simple syrup (⅜oz & ⅜oz)
.75 oz lime juice
Up shake into coupe
Cherry at bottom of coupe garnish
Lemondrop
- 5 oz Vodka
- 75 oz Cointreau
- 75 oz lemon juice
- 5 oz simple syrup
Up shake into a coupe with a sugar rim
Long Island
.5 oz Vodka .5 oz Gin .5 oz Rum .5 oz Cointreau .75 oz lemon juice .5 oz simple syrup
Rocks shake over a collins with 4 ice cubes
Top coca-cola
Lemon wedge garnish
Margarita
2.0 oz Tequila or Mezcal
1.0 oz Cointreau
.75 oz lime juice
Offer a salt rim
Rocks shake into DBL Rocks with ice
Lime wedge garnish
Margarita Tommy’s
2.0 oz Tequila or Mezcal
1.0 oz lime juice
.75 oz agave syrup (1 part agave nectar : 1 part water)
Offer a salt rim
Rocks shake into DBL Rocks with ice
Lime wedge garnish
Mint Julep
2.5 oz Whiskey
.5 oz simple syrup
8-10 mint leaves
Sliver shake and dirty dump into DBL Rocks Fill with crushed ice Add straw Top off crushed ice Garnish with lush mint sprig
Mai Tai
1.25 oz Diplomatico Rum
1.25 oz Clement VSOP Rhum
1.0 oz lime juice
.5 oz orgeat
.5 oz dry curacao
Sliver shake into collins Fill Crushed Ice Add Straw Top crushed ice Lime wheel & mint sprig garnish
Mojito
2.0 oz white rum
1.0 oz lime juice
.75 oz simple syrup
8 mint leaves
Add .5 oz club soda to a collins glass
Sliver shake and dirty dump into collins over club soda Fill with crushed ice Add straw Top off crushed ice Garnish with lush mint sprig
Mule (any spirit)
2.0 oz spirit (ie. vodka (moscow), whiskey (kentucky), dark rum (dark n stormy) etc.)
.75 oz ginger syrup
.5 oz lime juice
.25 oz simple syrup
Fill collins with ice and 2.0 oz club soda (collins for dark n stormy)
Sliver shake into collins over ice & club soda
Lime wedge garnish
Paloma
1.5 oz tequila
1.5 oz grapefruit juice
.5 oz lime juice
.25 oz cointreau
.25 oz simple syrup
Fill collins with ice and 2.0 oz club soda
Sliver shake into collins over ice & club soda
Grapefruit slice garnish
Penicillin
1.75 oz blended scotch .25 oz laphroaig 10yr 1.0 oz lemon juice 0.75 oz ginger syrup 0.25 oz honey syrup
Rocks shake into tumbler with ice
No garnish
Sidecar
- 0 oz cognac
- 75 oz cointreau
- 75 oz lemon juice
- 25 oz simple syrup
Up Shake into coupe with sugar rim
Orange twist garnish
Sours (any spirit)
2.0 oz spirit as requested (whiskey, pisco…etc.)
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
.5 oz egg whites
Sour shake into coupe
Bitters & orange twist garnish
Manhattan
2.0 oz Rye Whiskey
1.0 oz Sweet Vermouth
6 dash angostura bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
Up stir into coupe
Express oils from a lemon peel over drink
Cherry garnish
Negroni
- 0 oz Gin
- 0 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 0 oz Campari
Rocks stir into Single Rocks with big ice cube
Orange twist garnish
Old Fashioned
2.0 oz Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
1 teaspoon Demarara 2:1 syrup
12 dashed Angostura bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
Rocks stir into Single Rocks with big ice cube
Lemon twist and orange twist garnish
White Negroni
- 0 oz Gin
- 0 oz Bianco Vermouth
- 0 oz Salers Aperitif
Rocks stir into Single Rocks with big ice cube
Grapefruit twist garnish
Perfect Manhattan
2.0 oz rye whiskey
.5 oz dry vermouth
.5 oz sweet vermouth
6 dash angostura bitters (from japanese dasher bottle)
Up stir into coupe
Express oils from a lemon peel over drink
Cherry garnish
Rob Roy (Manhattan w/ Scotch)
2.0 oz Scotch Whiskey
1.0 oz Sweet Vermouth
6 dash angostura bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
Up stir into coupe
Express oils from a lemon peel over drink
Cherry garnish
Sazerac
2.0 oz Rye Whiskey
1 teaspoon Demarara 2:1 syrup
9 dashes Peychaud bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
3 dashes Angostura bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
Rinse inside of a Single Rocks with Absinthe
Up stir into Absinthe-rinsed Single Rocks
Express oils from lemon peel
No garnish
Cameron’s Kick
2.0 oz Bourbon
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz orgeat
Rocks shake into DBL Rocks with ice
No garnish
Infante
2.0 oz Tequila
.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz orgeat
Rocks shake into DBL Rocks with ice
Grated nutmeg garnish
Pegu Club
1.5 oz Gin
.75 oz Cointreau
.75 oz lime juice
6 dash Angostura bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
Pimm’s Cup
1.5 oz Pimms .5 oz Gin .75 oz lemon juice .5 oz ginger syrup .25 oz simple syrup
Dirty dump shake into beer glass=
Top with ginger ale
Straw, lemon wedge, cucumbers, lush mint sprig garnish
Vieux Carre
1.0 oz Rye Whiskey
1.0 oz Cognac
1.0 oz Sweet Vermouth
.25 oz Benedictine
6 dash Angostura bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
6 dash Peychaud bitters (from Japanese dasher bottle)
Rocks stir into tumbler with big ice cube
Lemon twist garnish
