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Cocktail recipes Flashcards

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Americano

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1 oz Campari
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Soda water

Build over ice in an half filled OF or HB depending on desired amount of soda

orange slice

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Black Russian

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1.5 oz Vodka
3/4 oz Kahlua

Build over ice in an OF

no garnish

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Collins

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2 oz Bourbon (John) or Gin (Tom)
3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz lime
soda

shake w/ ice, strain into HB filled w/ ice, top with soda

orange slice and a cherry

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Cosmopolitan

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1.5 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz cran
1/2 oz lime

shake with ice, strain into cocktail glass

lemon or lime twist

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Daiquiri

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2 oz rum
3/4 oz lime
3/4 oz simple

shake with ice, strain into cocktail glass

lime wedge/wheel

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Gimlet

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2 oz Plymouth gin
3/4 oz lime
3/4 oz simple

shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass

lime wedge

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Long Island Iced Tea

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1/2 oz. Vodka
    1/2 oz. Tequila
    1/2 oz. White Rum
    1/2 oz. Triple Sec
    1/2 oz. Gin
    3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
    1 oz. Simple Syrup
    1 oz. Coca-Cola

Shake or stir with ice, strain over ice in a HB, top with cola

lemon wedge

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Madras

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2 oz vodka
2 oz cran
2 oz orange

shake with ice, strain over ice filled HB

orange slice

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Kamikaze

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1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Lime Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain. 	Cocktail Glass, Lime Slice
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Seabreeze

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2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice. 	Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
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French 75

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1.5 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Champagne

Shake gin, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice and strain into ice-filled glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne. 	Highball glass, Lemon Twist
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Last Word

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3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain. 	Cocktail Glass
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Negroni

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1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari

Stir ingredients together with ice. 	Old Fashioned Glass, Orange Peel
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Vesper

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3 measures London Dry Gin
1 measure Vodka (preferably grain)
1/2 measure Lillet Blanc

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. 	Cocktail Glass, Lemon Peel
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Martini

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2.5 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth

Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. 	Cocktail Glass, Olives or Lemon Peel
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Margarita

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2 oz. Tequila
3/4 oz. Cointreau (or Combier)
3/4 oz. 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
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Paloma

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2 oz. Tequila
One-half Lime
Chilled Grapefruit Soda

Muddle lime in Highball glass. Rim with salt and add ice. Build the drink over the ice and stir gently. 	Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
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Alexander cocktail

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3/4 ounce VS Cognac
3/4 ounce white crème de cacao
3/4 ounce cream

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain. 	Cocktail coupe, garnished with grated nutmeg
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Stinger

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2 oz. Brandy
1 oz. white créme de menthe

Stir with ice in a mixing glass and strain. 	Cocktail coupe
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Pimm’s Cup

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2 oz. Pimm's No. 1
    1/2 oz. Lime Juice
    1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
    1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
    1/2 oz. Gin
    Soda Water
Muddle cucumber and simple syrup in tin. Add remaining ingredients, shake with ice, and fine-strain into a glass. Top with soda.  	Highball Glass, Cucumber Slice, Mint Sprig
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Boulevardier

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1 ounce bourbon
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain. 	Cocktail glass, garnished with orange twist
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Manhattan

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2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain. 	Cocktail Glass, Cherry
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Mint Julep

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2 oz. Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup

Add syrup and mint leaves to the base of the glass and muddle. Add crushed ice and 1 oz. of the bourbon 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
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Old Fashioned

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2 oz. Spirit(Typically American Whiskey)
2 Dashes of Bitters
1 Sugar Cube

Add enough water to the sugar cube to dissolve with muddling. Add bitters and Spirits, stir with ice, and strain over fresh ice. 	Thick Bottomed Old Fashioned Glass
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Sazerac

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2 oz. Sazerac Rye Whiskey
5 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Splash of Absinthe
Half of a Sugar Cube

Chill the low ball glass with ice water.

Muddle the sugar cube and a splash of water in a mixing glass

Pour the icewater out of the lowball glass and add absinthe to rinse the glass. The residual water in the glass should cause the absinthe to loosh, and therefore become more aromatic. Add whiskey, bitters and the lemon peel to the mixing glass with the muddled sugar and bitters and stir with ice to chill.

Strain into the absinthe rinsed lowball glass.
Lowball Glass

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Whiskey Sour

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2 oz. Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup

Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass. 	Old Fashioned Glass, Cherry, Half Orange Wheel
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Pina Colada

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1 oz. White Rum
1 oz. Cream of Coconut
3 oz. Pineapple Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice or blend until smooth. 	If blended, use a Hurricane glass, if shaken serve in a crushed ice filled mug or old fashioned glass.  Garnishes should be creative, and often include an umbrella.
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Hurricane

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2 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
    2 oz white rum
    1/2 oz over proof rum
    2 oz. Lemon Juice
    2 oz. Passion Fruit Syrup
Shake with ice and pour without straining. 	Hurricane Glass, Lemon Wheel
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Mai Tai

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1 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
    1 oz. Amber Martinique Rum
    1/2 oz. Lime Juice
    1/4 oz. Curaçao Liqueur
    1/4 oz. Orgeat Syrup
Shake with ice and strain. 	Old Fashioned Glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish can include mint, limes, pineapples and umbrellas.
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Mojito

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1.5 oz. White Rum
    3/4 oz. Lime Juice
    2 tsp. Sugar
    8-10 Mint Leaves
    Soda Water
Muddle mint, lime and sugar, add ice and rum.  Shake briefly and pour into a fresh glass.Top with fresh ice before adding the soda water.  	Lowball or Highball Glass, Mint Sprig
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Rob Roy

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2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. 	Cocktail Glass, Cherry
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Rusty Nail

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2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz. Drambuie

Stir with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. 	Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Twist
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God Father

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1.5 oz. Scotch Whisky
3/4 Amaretto

Pour ingredients over ice, and stir gently to mix. 	Old Fashioned Glass
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Bobby Burns

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1 1/4 ounces blended Scotch whisky
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
1 dash of orange bitters
1 dash of absinthe

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain. 	Cocktail glass, garnished with lemon twist
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Corpse Reviver No. 1

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1 1/2 ounces Cognac
3/4 ounce Calvados or apple brandy
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. 	Cocktail glass, garnished with lemon twist
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Corpse Reviver No. 2

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3/4 ounce gin
    3/4 ounce Cointreau
    3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
    3/4 ounce lemon juice
    1 dash absinthe
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into the glass.

Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry; the absinthe can be withheld and used to rinse glass

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Sidecar

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2 oz cognac
3/4 oz Lemon juice
3/4 oz triple sec

shake and strain into a cocktail glass

lemon or orange twist

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