Classic Cocktails Flashcards
Matador
1.5oz Tequila
3oz Pineapple juice
1/2oz Lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice
Highball glass, Lime wedge
Bloody Mary
1.5oz Vodka 4oz Tomato Juice 1/2oz Lemon Juice 3 dashes Tabasco Sauce 3 dashes Worcestershire Sauce Salt & Cracked Black Pepper to taste 1/2tsp. Horseradish (optional)
Build the drink in an ice filled glass
Highball, celery stick
Bellini
2 parts Prosecco
1 part White Peach puree
dash Raspberry puree
Pour Prosecco over puree in glass. Stir gently
Champagne flute
Drink is better when made with fresh white peaches. named from the name of Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini ( c. 1430–1516): the cocktail is said to have been invented in Venice during a major exhibition of the artist’s work in 1948.
Boulevardier
1oz Bourbon
1oz Sweet Vermouth
1oz Campari
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, orange twist
Bourbon takes center stage in Negroni mold
Irish Coffee
1.5oz Irish Whiskey
1tsp. Brown Sugar
6oz Hot Coffee
Heavy Cream
Add Whiskey, Coffee, and Sugar to the mug. Top with cold cream
Coffee Mug
Last Word
3/4oz Gin
3/4oz Lime juice
3/4oz Green Chartreuse
3/4oz Maraschino Liqueur
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass
Mimosa
4oz Brut Champagne
2oz Orange juice
1 Barspoon Grand Marnier (optional)
Build all ingredients in the glass
Champagne flute
Blood and Sand
1oz Blended Scotch Whisky
3/4oz Sweet Vermouth
3/4oz Cherry Heering
1oz Orange Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail glass, orange twist
Named for a ’20s silent film starring Rudolph Valentino
Dark ‘n’ Stormy
2oz Gosling’s Black Seal rum
1/2oz Lime juice (optional)
Ginger Beer
Build ingredients over ice
Highball glass, lime wedge
Daiquiri
2oz Rum
3/4oz Lime juice
3/4oz Simple syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, lime wedge/wheel
Corpse Reviver #2
3/4oz Gin 3/4oz Cointreau 3/4oz Lillet Blanc 3/4oz Lemon Juice Absinthe (Glass rinse)
Rinse cocktail glass with Absinthe and discard the excess. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass
Cocktail glass, cherry
While there are a few version floating around, this is more than likely the expected recipe when a generic Corpse Reviver is ordered
Americano
1oz Campari
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Soda Water
Serve over ice
Lowball glass, orange slice
Precursor to Negroni
Mai Tai
1oz Dark Jamaican Rum 1oz Amber Martinique Rum 1oz Lime juice 1/2oz Curacao 1/4oz Orgeat syrup 1/4oz Rock candy syrup
Shake with crushed ice and pour without straining
Old fashioned glass, spent half lime (submerged), Mint sprig
The two rum combo is meant to replicate a rum which is no longer available
Moscow Mule
2oz Vodka (originally Smirnoff’s)
1/2oz Lime juice
4oz Ginger Beer
Pour Vodka and Lime juice into ice-filled mug and top with Ginger Beer
Copper mug, Lime wedge
Quality of Ginger beer is huge! Don’t let people steal yo mugzzz
Horse’s Neck
2oz Bourbon
2-3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Ginger Ale
Build the ingredients in an ice-filled glass
Highball glass, Lemon twist
The garnish is really its defining characteristic: the easy way to create the “horse’s neck” is to use a channel knife to make and extra long lemon twist, making sure a bit of length peeks out of the glass. For those a bit more ambitious, use a pairing knife to create a wider swath of lemon peel. Avoiding the pith, and pare the lemon like you would an apple, creating one continuous peel.
Champagne Cocktail
Champagne/Sparkling wine
Angostura Bitters
Sugar Cube
Place a cocktail napkin on top of the flute and adorn with sugar cube, liberally apply bitters to the said cube, fold the napkin in half and deposit the sugar in the flute, top with fizzy stuff, express the oils of a lemon peel over the surface of the drink and throw peel out
Champagne flute, lemon peel (discarded)
Greyhound
1.5oz Gin/Vodka
1/2oz Grapefruit
Serve over ice
Highball glass
Black Russian
1.5oz Vodka
3/4 Kahlua Liqueur
Pour ingredients over ice
Lowball glass
Not too interesting. Try a more flavorsome coffee liqueur like Galliano Ristretto
Kamikaze
1oz Vodka
1oz Triple Sec
1oz Lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, Lime slice
For those who like Margaritas without all that Tequila deliciousness
French 75
1.5oz Gin
3/4oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
Champagne
Shake Gin, Simple Syrup, and Lemon juice with ice and strain into ice-filled glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne
Highball glass, lemon twist
Created at Harry’s in Paris, owes its name to 75mm French artillery used in WWII
Cosmopolitan
1.5oz Vodka
1/2oz Triple Sec
1/2oz Cranberry juice
1/2oz Lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into cocktail glass
Cocktail glass, lime twist
Cheryl Cook’s name often bandied about when discussing the Cosmo’s origin. Working in south beach in the mid-1980’s, Cook based original recipe on the then-new Absolute Citron Vodka, triple sec, Rose’s lime cordial, and “just enough cranberry to make it oh so pretty pink”
Manhattan
2oz Rye Whiskey
1oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Stir all ingredient with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, Cherry
New York’s Manhattan Club claims the drink was made for Lady Randolph Churchill, Sir Winston’s mum in 1874. For a Perfect Manhattan, use 1oz Vermouth, half dry and half sweet. A dry Manhattan replaces sweet vermouth with the drier stuff entirely
Hemingway Daquiri
2oz White Rum (Havana Club) 3/4oz Lime juice 1/2oz Grapefruit juice 1/2oz Maraschino Liqueur 1/4oz Simple syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail class, lime wedge/wheel
Gin Fizz
2oz Gin
3/4oz Lemon juice
3/4oz Simple Syrup
Soda water
Combine Gin, Lemon, and Simple in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into an empty Collins glass, with no ice. Top with soda water
Collins glass
Fundamental difference between a fizz and a collins is the use or disuse of ice. Also a collins is built directly in the glass where a fizz is shaken. Some variations on the collins include: silver fizz (use of an egg white), golden fizz (use of an egg yolk), royal fizz (use of the whole egg), and the diamond fizz (substitute sparkling wine for soda water).
Gibson
2.5oz Gin
1/2oz Dry Vermouth
Stir ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, pearl onion
Aviation
1.5oz London dry gin
1/2oz Maraschino Liqueur
3/4oz Lemon Juice
1 Barspoon Creme de Violette
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Cocktail glass, Cherry (Maraschino, Amarena, Brandied Cherry) or Lemon peel
Name indicates the desired color of the cocktail–a light blue that should be reminiscent of the sky. A drier variation, the Casino, swaps a few dashes of Orange bitters for the violet liquer
Martinez
1oz Genever
2oz Sweet Vermouth
1/4oz Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes Booker’s or Angostura Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, twist of Lemon or Orange
Generally credited as the forerunner to the dry Martini
Long Island Iced Tea
1/2oz Vodka 1/2oz Tequila 1/2oz White Rum 1/2oz Triple Sec 1/2oz Gin 3/4 Lemon juice 1oz Simple Syrup 1oz Coca-Cola
Stir all ingredients with ice
Highball Glass, Lemon twist
Popular among bro’s
Harvey Wallbanger
1oz Vodka
1/2oz Galliano
4oz Orange juice
Pour Vodka and Orange juice in a ice-filled glass. Float Galliano on top
Highball glass, Orange slice
Old Fashioned
2oz Rye Whiskey
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 bar spoon Simple Syrup
Stir and strain over fresh ice
Old fashioned glass, Orange peel
Mint Julep
2oz Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2oz Simple syrup
Add Simple and Mint leaves to the base of the glass and muddle. Add crushed ice and 1oz of Bourbon to the glass and mix with a bar spoon. Add more crushed ice and the rest of the bourbon to the glass, mixing again. Cap with crushed ice and garnish with two mint sprigs. Arrange the straws next to the mint sprigs.
Silver or Pewter julep mug, Mint
The cocktail’s name is supposedly derived from the Arabic julab, or “rose water.” When adding the mint sprigs for garnish, “wake” them by whacking them against your hand.
Margarita
2oz Tequila
3/4oz Cointreau (or Combier)
3/4oz Lime juice
Simple Syrup to taste (optional)
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into salt rimmed glass, with or without ice
Cocktail glass, Lime wedge
“Tommy’s Margarita” uses Agave nectar in place of the Orange liqueur
Bee’s Knees
1.5oz Gin
3/4oz Honey
3/4oz Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, twist of lemon
Important to augment honey in a way that makes it mixable, as it will lock up completely when it comes into contact with the ice
Cable Car
1.5oz Captain Morgan spiced rum
3/4oz Marie Brizard Orange Curacao
1oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple syrup
Rim the glass with cinnamon and sugar. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, orange twist
A modern day favorite from Tony Abou-Ganim, think of this as a rum-based Sidecar
Hurricane
4oz Dark Jamaican Rum
2oz Lemon juice
2oz Passion fruit syrup
Shake with ice and pour without straining
Hurricane glass, Lemon wheel
Negroni
1oz Gin
1oz Sweet Vermouth
1oz Campari
Stir ingredients together with ice
Old fashioned glass, Orange peel
For a brunch friendly alternative, omit the Gin and lengthen with Prosecco to create a Negroni Sbagliato
Grasshopper
1oz Green Creme de Menthe
1oz White Creme de Cacao
1oz Cream
Shake all ingredients over ice and strain
Cocktail glass
Mojito
1.5oz White Rum 3/4oz Lime juice 2tsp. Sugar 8-10 Mint leaves Soda water
Muddle Mint, Lime, and Sugar, add ice and rum, and top with soda
Highball glass, Mint sprig
Try swapping the soda water for bubbly!
Martini (Classic)
2.5oz Gin
1/2oz Dry Vermouth
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass
Cocktail glass, Olives or Lemon peel
Bobby Burns
2oz Blended Scotch
1/4oz Benedictine
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, lemon twist
Caipirinha
2oz Cachaca
Juice of two lime quarters
2tsp. Sugar
Muddle sugar and lime quarters until sugar is dissolved.. Add crushed ice and Cachaca
Lowball glass, lime wedge
Taste as you go to make sure everything is in balance
Cape Codder
1.5oz Vodka
4oz Cranberry juice
1/4 Lime juice
Pour over ice
Highball glass, lime wedge
Allegedly named after MA’s Cape Codder Resort. Omit the lime juice to make a Cape Cod
Gimlet
2oz Plymouth Gin
3/4oz Lime juice
3/4oz Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain
Cocktail glass, wedge of lime
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Madras
2oz Vodka
2oz Cranberry juice
2oz Orange juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice
Highball glass, Orange slice
Sweeter variation of a Sea Breeze
