Classic Cocktails Flashcards
Martini
Stirred, Up
Gin
Dry Vermouth
Lemon Twist or Olive Garnish
Dry - Very Little Dry Vermouth Perfect - both Dry and Sweet Vermouth Dirty - Olive Juice Gibson - Cocktail Onion Garnish Gimlet - Sweetened Lime Juice instead of Vermouth
Manhattan
Stirred, Up
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Cherry for Garnish
Dry - w/ Dry Vermouth
Perfect - both Sweet and Dry Vermouth
Rob Roy - Scotch
Metropolitan - Brandy
Negroni
Stirred, Rocks
1 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 1/2 oz Campari
1 1/2 oz Gin
Orange Slice or Twist for Garnish
Old Fashioned
Stirred, Rocks
1 Sugar Cube 2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters 2 Orange Slices 3 oz Bourbon Cherry for Garnish
French 75
Shaken, Champagne flute
1 oz Gin or Cognac
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
Top with Champagne
Moscow Mule
Shaken, Rocks
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Lime Juice
Top with Ginger Beer
Lime Wedge for Garnish
Aviation
Shaken, Up
2 oz Gin 1/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur 1/2 oz Lemon Juice Dash of Creme de Violette Flamed Lemon Peel for Garnish
Dark and Stormy
Rocks
2 oz Rum
3 oz Ginger Beer
Lime wedge for garnish
Cosmopolitan
Shaken, Up
1 1/2 oz Vodka or Citrus Vodka 1 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz Lime Juice 1/4 oz Cranberry Juice Orange Peel for Garnish
Sazerac
Stirred, Rocks
3 oz Rye Whiskey 3/4 oz Cane Syrup Peychaud's Bitters Absinthe rinse Lemon Twist for Garnish
Daiquiri
Shaken, Up
1 1/2 oz Light Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/4 oz Cane Syrup
Margarita
Shaken, Up or Rocks
1 1/2 oz Tequila 1/2 oz Cointreau 1 oz Lime Luice Lime wedge for garnish Salt or Sugar to rim the glass (optional)
Mint Julep
Muddled, Crushed Ice
Leaves from 4-5 Mint Sprigs
2 sugar cubes or 1/2 oz Cane Syrup
2 1/2 oz Bourbon
Mint Sprig for Garnish
Fizz
Shaken, Rocks
2 oz Gin or Whiskey Dash of Lemon or Lime Juice 1/2 tsp Fine Sugar Soda Water Egg White (Optional)
New Orleans Ramos Fizz - Add and Orange Flower Water (Lemon and Lime Juice)
