Classic Cocktails Flashcards
4th Regiment
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
Abbey Cocktail
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
Absinthe Frappé
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
Adonis
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
Alexander Cocktail
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
Algonquin
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
Americano
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
Antibes
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
Aviation
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
Bamboo
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
Bee’s Knees
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
Bellini
Ingredients:
2 parts Prosecco
1 part white peach purée
Dash raspberry purée
Preparation: Pour Prosecco over purées in glass. Stir gently.
Presentation: Champagne flute
Bijou
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
Black Russian
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces vodka
3/4 ounce Kahlùa liqueur
Preparation: Pour ingredients over ice.
Presentation: Lowball glass
Blood and Sand
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)
Bloody Mary
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.
Bobby Burns
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
Boothby Cocktail
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
Boston Cocktail
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
Boulevardier
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
Bronx Cocktail
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)
Brooklyn Cocktail
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
Bull Shot
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
Caipirinha
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
