Classic Cocktails & Recipes

Question 1

Aviation

Answer 1

2 oz gin
.5 oz maraschino liqueur
.5 oz lemon juice
.25 oz creme de violette (dash)

Question 2

Boulevardier

Answer 2

(rye Negroni)

1.25 oz rye
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth

Question 3

Brandy Crusta

Answer 3

1.5 oz brandy
.25 oz maraschino liqueur
.25 oz Cointreau
.25 oz lemon juice

• shake & strain into sugar-rimmed cocktail glass
• garnish with twist

Question 4

Corpse Reviver

Answer 4

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Question 5

French 75

Answer 5

(Tom Collins with champagne instead of soda)

1.5 oz London dry gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup

• shake & strain
• top with champagne

Question 6

Pisco Sour

Answer 6

2 oz Pisco
1 oz lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
1 egg white
-shake & strain
- put several dashes of bitters on foam

Question 7

Caipirinha

Answer 7

1) muddle a quartered half lime with .75 oz simple syrup or 1.5 barspoons sugar in a rocks glass
2) add ice and 2 oz cachaca

*can be built in glass or shaken & poured into rocks glass

**Caipirissima is rum, Caipiroska is vodka

Question 8

Rickey

Answer 8

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Question 9

Whiskey Sour

Answer 9

1.5-2 oz bourbon or rye
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice

-shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass or a special sour
glass
-garnish with a flag

Question 10

Daisy

Answer 10

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orange liqueur
lemon juice
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• shake & strain into cocktail glass
• top with soda

Question 11

Collins

Answer 11

1.5 oz gin, bourbon, or vodka
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice

• shake & strain into iced collins glass
• top with soda
• garnish with flag

*Tom is gin, John is bourbon

**original was John Collins & was made with genever gin

Question 12

Smash

Answer 12

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Question 13

Fizz

Answer 13

1.5 oz gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup

• shake& strain into highball glass
• top with soda
• a proper fizz is never served with ice
• *difference b/n collins & fizz is glass size & ice
• **if made with egg white, it’s a Silver Fizz

Question 14

Sling

Answer 14

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Question 15

Toddy

Answer 15

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Question 16

Daiquiri (Hemingway)

Answer 16

1.5 oz white rum
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lime juice

-shake & strain

Question 17

Mai Tai (Trader Vic’s)

Answer 17

2 oz aged rum (preferably Jamaican)
.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz orange curacao
1 teaspoon orgeat

• shake well & strain into iced double old fashioned glass
• garnish with lime wheel, mint, & a sonya orchid

Question 18

Margarita

Answer 18

2 oz silver tequila
1 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz lime juice
.25 oz agave

• shake & strain into salt-rimmed, iced bucket
• garnish with lime wedge

Question 19

Cosmopolitan (Dale de Groff/Rainbow Room recipe)

Answer 19

1.5 oz citron vodka
.75 oz Cointreau
.25 oz lime juice (squeeze)
1 oz cranberry juice

• shake & strain
• garnish with orange peel

Question 20

Sidecar

Answer 20

1.5 oz VS or VSOP cognac
.75 oz Cointreau
.5-.75 oz lemon juice

• shake & strain
• garnish with orange peel

Question 21

Mojito

Answer 21

1) muddle 4 mint leaves, .75 oz simple syrup, & .75 oz lime juice in a highball glass
2) add 1.5 oz white rum, fill glass with ice, & top with <2 oz soda
3) garnish with mint

Question 22

Paloma

Answer 22

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Question 23

Ward 8

Answer 23

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Question 24

Blood & Sand

Answer 24

1 oz scotch
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz cherry heering
1 oz orange juice

• shake & strain
• garnish with orange twist & brandied cherry

Question 25

Bellini

Answer 25

1.5 oz peach puree 4 oz champagne .5 oz peach liqueur float (optional)

Question 26

Bloody Mary (original)

Answer 26

``` 1.5 oz vodka 2 dashes Worchestershire sauce 4 dashes Tabasco sauce pinch salt & pepper dash celery salt fresh horseradish .25 oz lemon juice 4 oz tomato juice ```

Question 27

Daiquiri (original)

Answer 27

1) stir .5 teaspoon superfine sugar with juice of half a lime 2) add 2 oz rum 3) shake & strain?

Question 28

Gimlet

Answer 28

2.5 oz gin .5 oz Rose's or Angostura lime juice - shake & strain into cocktail glass or into iced old fashioned glass - garnish with lime wedge

Question 29

Irish Coffee

Answer 29

1.5 oz Jameson's 1 oz simple or brown sugar syrup 4 oz coffee -top with whipped cream

Question 30

Manhattan

Answer 30

2 oz rye or bourbon 1 oz sweet vermouth 2 dashes Angostura bitters - stir & strain - garnish with cherry (some prefer twist) *dry Manhattan made with dry vermouth & garnished with twist

Question 31

Dry Martini (original 1895 recipe)

Answer 31

1.5 oz London dry gin 1.5 oz French dry vermouth 1-2 dashes orange bitters - stir & strain - garnish with orange or lemon twist

Question 32

Classic Extra Dry Martini (from 1950's on)

Answer 32

3 oz London dry gin or vodka 1/8 oz dry French vermouth - season ice with vermouth, then strain off - add liquor, stir, & strain - garnish with pitted Spanish olive (not pimento)

Question 33

Mint Julep

Answer 33

1) gently bruise 1 mint sprig with 1 oz simple syrup or 2 teaspoons superfine sugar in a highball glass 2) add 1.5 oz bourbon and fill with crushed ice 3) swirl with spoon until glass is frosted 4) top off with crushed ice & add 1 oz bourbon 5) garnish with mint

Question 34

Negroni

Answer 34

1 oz London dry gin 1 oz Campari 1 oz sweet vermouth - combine in iced old fashioned glass & stir - garnish with orange peel or slice * can also be served straight up * * Count Negroni topped his with soda

Question 35

Old-Fashioned (original)

Answer 35

1) muddle 1 sugar cube or 1 tsp sugar, 3 dashes Angostura bitters, & splash soda (<1 tsp) until syrup forms 2) add 2 oz bourbon or rye & ice, & stir 3) garnish with a lemon twist

Question 36

Old-Fashioned (muddled, circa 1915)

Answer 36

1) in an old fashioned glass muddle 1 orange slice, 1 cherry, 1 tsp sugar, 3 dashes Angostura bitters, & a splash soda 2) remove the orange rind 3) add 2 oz bourbon, ice, & splash soda or water 4) garnish with fresh orange slice & a cherry

Question 37

Sazerac

Answer 37

1) prepare glass for absinthe rinse 2) muddle 3-4 dashes Peychaud's bitters with sugar cube or .5 oz simple syrup in mixing glass 3) add 2 oz rye, ice, & stir 4) strain into glass after rinsing with absinthe 5) garnish with lemon twist *originally made with Sazerac de Forge et Fils, the favorite cognac of the day

Question 38

Stinger

Answer 38

2.25 oz VS or VSOP cognac .75 oz white creme de menthe -shake & strain over crushed ice in old fashioned glass or serve straight up