Classic Drinks

Question 1

Bellini

1940-1950

Answer 1

1 1/2 oz white peach purée
4 oz sparkling wine

In a mixing glass, slowly add bubbles to the purée while gently stirring. Strain into a champagne flute

Question 2

Blood and Sand

1920-1930

Answer 2

1 oz blended scotch
1 oz fresh orange juice
3/4 oz Cherry Heering
3/4 oz sweet vermouth

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Question 3

Bloody Mary

1920-1930

Answer 3

1 1/2 oz vodka
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
4 dashes Tabasco sauce
Pinch salt and pepper
1/4 oz lemon juice
4 oz tomato juice

Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass and roll back and forth to mix. Strain into an iced highball glass.

Question 4

Caipirinha

1930-1940

Answer 4

2 oz cachaça
3/4 oz simple syrup
1/2 lime, quartered

Middle lime and simple syrup. Add cachaça, shake and pour into a chilled rocks glass.

Question 5

Collins (Tom, John, or Vodka)

1820-1830

Answer 5

1 1/2 oz (gin, bourbon, or vodka)
1 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz lemon juice
Club soda

Shake spirit, syrup, lemon with ice. Strain into an iced highball and fill with soda. Garnish with a flag (orange and cherry)

Question 6

Cosmopolitan

1980-1990

Answer 6

1 1/2 oz citrus vodka
3/4 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz lime juice
Splash cranberry juice

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Question 7

Daiquiri

1900-1910

Answer 7

1 1/2 oz white rum
3/4 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz lime juice

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime.

Question 8

Aviation Cocktail

1910-1920

Answer 8

2 oz gin
1/2 oz maraschino liqueur
3/4 oz lemon juice
Dash crème de violette

Shake and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Question 9

Gimlet

1890-1900

Answer 9

2 1/2 oz gin or vodka
1/2 oz sweetened lime juice

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or an iced rocks glass. Garnish with a lime.

Question 10

Irish coffee

1940-1950

Answer 10

1 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
4 oz coffee
1 Demerara sugar cube
Top lightly with unsweetened whipped cream

Question 11

Mai Tai

1940-1950

Answer 11

2 oz aged rum (Jamaican)
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz orange Curaçao
1 teaspoon orgeat syrup

Shake and strain into an iced old fashioned glass. Garnish with a lime wheel and a spring of mint.

Question 12

Manhattan

1870-1880

Answer 12

2 oz rye whiskey
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes angostura bitters

Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass, or an iced rocks glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Question 13

Margarita

1930-1940

Answer 13

2 oz tequila
3/4 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup

Shake and strain into a cocktail glass, rimmed with salt, or an iced highball.

Question 14

Martini

1950-1960

Answer 14

2.5 oz gin or vodka
1/2 oz dry vermouth

Shake and strain, or stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an olive or a twist.

Question 15

Mint julep

1790-1800

Answer 15

1/2 oz simple syrup
2 sprigs fresh mint
2 oz bourbon

Gently bruise mint in the simple syrup. Add bourbon and stir until very cold. Garnish with another sprig of mint.

Question 16

Monitoring

1920-1930

Answer 16

1 1/2 oz white rum
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
4-6 mint leaves 
Club soda

Muddle mint leaves in syrup, add lime juice and rum. Shake and pour into a highball glass then top with club soda. Garnish with a mint sprig and lime.

Question 17

Negroni

1910-1920

Answer 17

1 oz gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth

Combine all ingredients into a shaker glass. Stir and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange peel.

Question 18

Old fashioned

1910-1920

Answer 18

2 oz. bourbon
3 dashes angostura bitters
1/2 oz simple syrup
Orange slice
Maraschino cherry

Muddle cherry, orange, syrup and bitters in an old fashioned glass. Remove orange rind, and bourbon and ice and stir. Garnish with a fresh orange slice and cherry.
Old fashioned old fashioned no muddled fruit only orange peel.

Question 19

Piano sour

1920-1930

Answer 19

1.5 oz pis I
3/4 lemon juice
3/4 simple syrup
1 egg white
Several drops angostura bitters

Shake first 4 ingredients and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with several drops of bitters on top of foam.

Question 20

Rob Roy

1890-1900

Answer 20

2 1/2 oz blended scotch whiskey
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
Dash angostura bitters

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Question 21

Sazerac

1870-1880

Answer 21

2 oz rye whiskey
3 dashes peychaud's bitters
1 dash angostura bitters
1/2 oz simple syrup
Splash of absinthe or herbsaint 

Take 2 rocks glasses, chill one while preparing the drink in the other. Splash absinthe or herbsaint into the second glass, swirl, then dump. Add rye, syrup, and bitters, and stir. Toss ice from first glass and strain.

Question 22

Sidecar

1920-1930

Answer 22

1 1/2 oz brandy or cognac
3/4 oz Cointreau
1/2 lemon juice

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass with a sugared rim. Garnish with a lemon slice.

Question 23

Stinger

1890-1900

Answer 23

2 1/2 oz brandy or cognac
1/2 oz white crème de me the

Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or iced rocks glass.

Question 24

Whiskey sour

1850-1860

Answer 24

2 oz whiskey
1 oz simple syrup
3/4 lemon juice

Shake and strain into an iced highball glass. Garnish with a flag.