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Certified Sommelier Fall 2017 > Classic Cocktails > Flashcards

Classic Cocktails Flashcards

1
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Americano

a precursor to Negroni

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Campari
Sweet Vermouth
Soda Water

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Bellini

try with fresh white peaches

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Prosecco
White Peace Puree
Raspberry Puree

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3
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Black Russian

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Vodka

Kahlua

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Boulevardier

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(bourbon instead of gin…similar to a Negroni)
Bourbon
Sweet Vermouth
Campari

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5
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Daiquiri (a classic sour)

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Rum
Lime Juice
Simple Syrup

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6
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Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
Lime Juice
Ginger Beer

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Dark ‘n’ Stormy

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7
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French 75

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(Created at Harry's in Paris, name from 75 mm French artillery used during WWI, can also sub gin for cognac)
Gin
Lemon Juice
SImple Syrup
Champagne
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8
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Gibson

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Gin
Dry Vermouth
Garnish: pearl onion

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9
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Gimlet

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(this is a gin cocktail, not a vodka cocktail. variation: two dashes Angostura bitters is a Bennet cocktail)
Plymouth Gin
Lime Juice
Simple Syrup

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10
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Grasshopper

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Green Creme de Menthe
White Creme de Cacao
Cream

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Greyhound

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Gin/Vodka

Grapefruit Juice

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Harvey Wallbanger

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Vodka
Galliano
Orange Juice

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13
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Hemingway Daiquiri

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White Rum
Lime Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Maraschino Liqueur
Simple Syrup
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Hurricane

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Dark Jamaican Rum
Lemon Juice
Passion fruit syrup

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Irish Coffee

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Irish Whiskey
Brown Sugar
Hot Coffee
Heavy Cream

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16
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Kamikaze

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Vodka
Triple Sec
Lime Juice

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17
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Long Island Iced Tea

A 
Vodka
Tequila
White Rum
Triple Sec
Gin
Lemon Juice
SImple Syrup
Coca-Cola
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18
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Mai Tai

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Dark Jamaican Rum
Amber Martinique Rum
Lime Juice
Curacao
Orgeat Syrup
Rock Candy Syrup
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Manhattan

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Rye Whiskey
Sweet Vermouth
Angostura Bitters

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20
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Margarita

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Tequila
Cointreau
Lime Juice
Simple Syrup

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21
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Classic Martini

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Gin

Dry Vermouth

22
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Mimosa

A 
Brut Champagne
Orange Juice
Grand Marnier (optional)
23
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Mint Julep

A

Bourbon
Mint Leaves
Simple Syrup

24
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Mojito

A 
(idea, swap soda water for bubble...don't overwork the mint)
White Rum
Lime Juice
Sugar
Mint Leaves
Soda Water
25
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Moscow Mule

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Vodka
Lime Juice
Ginger Beer

26
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Negroni

A

Gin
Sweet Vermouth
Campari

27
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Old Fashioned

A

Rye whiskey
Angostura bitters
Simple syrup

28
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Pina Colada

A

White rum
Cream of coconut
Pineapple juice

29
Q

Rob Roy

A

(a scotch based Manhattan)
Blended scotch whisky
Sweet vermouth
Angostura bitters

30
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Rusty Nail

A

Blended scotch whisky

Drambuie

31
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Sazerac

A

Sazerac Rye whiskey
Peychaud’s bitters
Absinthe
Sugar Cube

32
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Sea Breeze

A

(swapping cranberry for pineapple is a bay breeze)
Vodka
Cranberry
Grapefruit

33
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Sex on the Beach

A 
Vodka
Peach Schnapps
Chambord
Pineapple
Cranberry
34
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Singapore Sling

A 
Gin
Cherry heering
Benedictine
Cointreau
Pineapple juice
Lime juice 
Grenadine
Angostura bitters
Soda water
35
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Tequila Sunrise (use a pomegranate reduction instead of grenadine)

A

Tequila
Orange juice
Grenadine

36
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Tom Collins

A

Old Tom or London Dry Gin
Lemon Juice
Simple Syrup
Soda Water

37
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White Russian

A

Vodka
Kahlua
Heavy Cream

38
Q

Give three examples of bourbon producers

A

Jim Beam
Knob Creek
Maker’s Mark
Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey

39
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Give one example of a rye whiskey

40
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Give one example of a malt whiskey

41
Q

Give two examples of vodka

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Grey Goose

Ocean

42
Q

Give two examples of tequila

A

Herradura Anejo Tequila

Milagro Tequila

43
Q

Give one example of Irish whiskey

44
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Give two Scotch whiskey examples

A

Glenlivet 12 yr

Macallan 12 yr

45
Q

Give two examples of gin

A

Plymouth

Bombay Sapphire

46
Q

Give two examples of rum

A 
Koloa
Plantation (from Barbados, aged in Cognac casks)
47
Q

Sake example

A

Dassai 50 - (Junmai Ginjo)

Kubota

48
Q

Pale Ale

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Rogue Dead Guy

49
Q

IPA

A

Founder’s All Day IPA

50
Q

Porter

A

Atwater Vanilla Java Porter

51
Q

Stout

A

New Holland The Poet oatmeal stout

52
Q

Blonde

A

Bikini Blonde MBC

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