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Classic Cocktails Flashcards

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4th Regiment

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1 ounce rye whiskey

1 ounce sweet vermouth

1 dash each orange bitters, Peychaud’s bitters, and celery bitters

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.

Presentation: Lemon peel

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Abbey Cocktail

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1 1/2 ounces gin

3/4 ounce orange juice

3/4 ounce Cocchi Americano

2 dashes bitters

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe, garnished with cherry

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Absinthe Frappé

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1 1/2 ounces absinthe

1/2 ounce sugar syrup

6–8 mint leaves

Preparation: Muddle mint at the bottom of the glass, add absinthe and sugar syrup on top, and pack full with crushed ice.

Presentation: Frappé, absinthe, or Old Fashioned glass, garnished with mint and served with a straw

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Adonis

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Ingredients:

2 ounces Fino Sherry

1 ounce sweet vermouth

2 dashes orange bitters

Preparation: Stir all ingredients briefly in a mixing glass with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe, garnished with orange twist

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Alexander Cocktail

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Ingredients:

3/4 ounce VS Cognac

3/4 ounce white crème de cacao

3/4 ounce cream

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe, garnished with grated nutmeg

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Algonquin

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces rye

3/4 ounce dry vermouth

3/4 ounce pineapple juice

2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters (optional)

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe; bitters can be incorporated in the drink or reserved to garnish the foamy surface

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Americano

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Ingredients:

1 ounce Campari

1 ounce sweet vermouth

Soda water

Preparation: Serve over ice.

Presentation: Glass dependent on amount of soda water, garnish with orange slice

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Antibes

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Ingredients:

2 ounces gin

3/4 ounce Bénédictine

1 ounce grapefruit juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass.

Presentation: Old Fashioned glass, garnished with orange slice

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Aviation

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces London Dry Gin

3/4 ounce lemon juice

2 dashes Maraschino liqueur

2 dashes Crème Yvette

Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry or lemon peel

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Bamboo

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces London Dry Gin

3/4 ounce lemon juice

2 dashes Maraschino liqueur

2 dashes Crème Yvette

Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry or lemon peel

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Bee’s Knees

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces gin

3/4 ounce honey

3/4 ounce lemon juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with twist of lemon

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Bellini

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Ingredients:

2 parts Prosecco

1 part white peach purée

Dash raspberry purée

Preparation: Pour Prosecco over purées in glass. Stir gently.

Presentation: Champagne flute

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Bijou

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Ingredients:

1 ounce gin

1 ounce green Chartreuse

1 ounce sweet vermouth

Dash orange bitters

Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe, garnished with a twist of lemon

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Black Russian

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces vodka

3/4 ounce Kahlùa liqueur

Preparation: Pour ingredients over ice.

Presentation: Lowball glass

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Blood and Sand

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Ingredients:

3/4 ounce Scotch whisky

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

3/4 ounce Cherry Heering

3/4 ounce orange juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with orange twist (flamed)

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Bloody Mary

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces vodka

4 ounces tomato juice

1/2 ounce lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon horseradish

3 dashes Tabasco sauce

3 dashes Worcestershire sauce

Salt, to taste

Cracked black pepper, to taste

Celery salt, to taste

Preparation: Build the drink in a mixing glass and roll with ice to mix and chill.

Presentation: Highball glass. The celery stick is mandatory, but everything else is optional.

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Bobby Burns

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Ingredients:

1 1/4 ounces blended Scotch whisky

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

1 dash of orange bitters

1 dash of absinthe

Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lemon twist

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Boothby Cocktail

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounce whiskey (bourbon or rye)

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

2 dashes Angostura’s bitters

2 dashes orange bitters

1 ounce Champagne

Preparation: Stir the first four ingredients into the glass and top with Champagne.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe, garnished with orange peel

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Boston Cocktail

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Ingredients:

3/4 ounce gin

3/4 ounce apricot brandy

1/4 ounce lemon juice

1/4 ounce grenadine

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe, garnished with lemon twist

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Boulevardier

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Ingredients:

1 ounce bourbon

1 ounce sweet vermouth

1 ounce Campari

Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with orange twist

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Bronx Cocktail

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Ingredients:

1 ounce gin

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce orange juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with orange slice (optional)

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Brooklyn Cocktail

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey

1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth

Dash Maraschino liqueur

Dash Amer Picon bitters

Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Served up or on the rocks, garnished with lemon twist, orange twist, or both

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Bull Shot

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces vodka

3 ounces beef broth

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

Salt, to taste

Preparation: Build the drink in an ice-filled glass. Stir gently.

Presentation: Highball glass, garnished with lime wedge

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Caipirinha

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Ingredients:

2 ounces cachaça

Juice of two lime quarters

2 teaspoons sugar

Preparation: Muddle sugar and lime quarters until sugar is dissolved. Add crushed ice and cachaça.

Presentation: Lowball glass, garnished with lime wedge

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Cape Codder

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces vodka

4 ounces cranberry juice

1/4 ounce lime juice

Preparation: Pour ingredients over ice.

Presentation: Highball glass, garnished with lime wedge

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Champagne Cocktail

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Ingredients:

Champagne or other sparkling wine

Angostura bitters

Sugar cube

Preparation: See below.

Presentation: Champagne flute, garnished with lemon peel (discarded)

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Champs Élysées

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces Cognac

1/2 ounce lemon juice

1/2 ounce green Chartreuse

1/2 ounce simple syrup

Dash of Angostura bitters

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lemon twist

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Clover Club

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces gin

3/4 ounce lemon juice

3/4 ounce raspberry syrup

1 egg white

Preparation: Shake and strain into the glass. Double shaking or a dry shake may be used to create better texture.

Presentation: Cocktail coupe

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Collins

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Ingredients:

2 ounces bourbon or gin

3/4 ounce lemon juice

3/4 ounce simple syrup

Chilled club soda

Preparation: Shake the spirit, lemon juice, and syrup with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with club soda.

Presentation: Highball or Collins glass, garnished with orange slice or cherry

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Corn ‘n’ Oil

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Ingredients:

2 ounces blackstrap rum, such as Cruzan

1/2 ounce velvet falernum

1/4 ounce lime juice

2–3 dashes Angustora bitters

Preparation: Build over ice.

Presentation: Old Fashioned glass, garnished with lime wedge

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Corpse Reviver No. 1

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces Cognac

3/4 ounce Calvados or apple brandy

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

Preparation: Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lemon twist

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Corpse Reviver No. 2

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Ingredients:

3/4 ounce gin

3/4 ounce Cointreau

3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc

3/4 ounce lemon juice

1 dash absinthe

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into the glass.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry; the absinthe can be withheld and used to rinse glass

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Cosmopolitan

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce Triple Sec

1/2 ounce cranberry juice

1/2 ounce lime juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lime twist

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