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Cocktails Flashcards

1
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Tom Collins

A

2 gin/bourbon (John),
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple
shake and strain over ice, top with soda

invented by John Collins at Limmer’s in London (1820’s) - drink took the name Tom from ‘Old Tom’ Gin and and an 1870’s joke in American that one Tom Collins went around saying terrible things about people

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Gin Fizz

A

2 gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple

shake and strain
top with soda - no ice

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Ramos Gin Fizz

A 
1 1/2 gin
5 drops OFW
1/2 lime
1/2 lemon
egg white
heavy cream
simple

shake and strain
top with soda - grated nutmeg

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Texas Fizz

A 
1 1/2 plymouth
1/2 lemon
3/4 orange
1 tsp grenadine
champagne
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French 75

A

1 1/2 gin
3/4 lemon
1/2 simple

shake and strain, top with champagne

(95 with bourbon?)

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Clover Club

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1 1/2 gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 raspberry syrup
1 egg white

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Gimlet

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2 gin
3/4 lime
3/4 simple

shake and strain

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Negroni

A

1 gin
1 sweet vermouth
1 campari

stir and strain

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Last Word

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3/4 gin
3/4 green chartreuse
3/4 lime
3/4 maraschino

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Aviation

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1 1/2 gin
1/2 lemon
2 tsp maraschino
1 tsp creme de violette

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Bijou

A

1 gin
1 green chartreuse
1 sweet vermouth
orange bitters

Lemon twist

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Monkey Gland

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1 1/2 gin
1/2 orange
tsp grenadine
tsp absinthe

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Pink Lady

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1 1/2 london dry
1/4 grenadine
1 egg white - cherry garnish

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White Lady

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1 gin
1 cointreau
1 lemon - cherry garnish

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Abbey

A

1 1/2 gin
3/4 orange
3/4 cocchi americano
2 dash bitters

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Bronx

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1 gin
1/2 sweet vermouth
1/2 dry vermouth
1/2 orange juice

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Red Lion

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1 gin
1 gran marnier
1/2 lemon
1/2 orange

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18
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Satan’s Whiskers

A 
3/4 gin
3/4 dry vermouth
3/4 sweet vermouth
3/4 orange
1/2 gran marnier
dash orange bitters
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Vesper

A

1 1/2 gin
1/2 vodka
1/4 lillet

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Corpse Reviver #2

A 
3/4 gin
3/4 cointreau
3/4 lillet
3/4 lemon
absinthe rinse
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Southside

A

2 gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple
muddled mint

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Parisienne

A

3/4 gin
3/4 noilly prat
2 dash creme de cassis

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23
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Dubonnet

A

1 1/2 gin
1 1/2 Dubonnet
bitters

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24
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Singapore Sling

A 
2 gin, 
3/4 cherry heering
2 sp Benedictine
2 sp Cointreau
2 pineapple
3/4 lime
2 dash grenadine
1 dash ango
soda top
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20th Century

A

1 1/2 gin
3/4 lillet
3/4 creme de cacao
3/4 lemon

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26
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Tuxedo

A 
gin
dry vermouth OR sub fino sherry
maraschino
absinthe
orange bitters
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Manhattan

A

2 rye
1 sweet vermouth
angostura

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28
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Old Fashioned

A

2 bourbon
1 sugar cube
angostura

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29
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Improved Whiskey Cocktail

A 
2 bourbon
tsp maraschino
dash absinthe
dash ango + peychaud
lemon twist
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30
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Irish Coffee

A

1 1/2 irish whiskey
1 tsp brown sugar
coffee and cream

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31
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Sazerac

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(pre-chill serving glass to “loosh” the absinthe)
2 rye
5 dashes peychauds
absinthe rinse
sugar cube (muddle with water in mixing glass) - express a lemon twist and discard

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32
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Paper Plane

A

3/4 bourbon
3/4 aperol
3/4 amaro nonino
3/4 lemon

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33
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Whisky Sour

A

2 whiskey
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple

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34
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Mint Julep

A

2 bourbon
muddled mint
1/2 simple

crushed ice, stir to frost, add more crushed ice

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35
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Whisky Smash

A

heavily iced julep

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36
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Ward 8

A

2 rye
1/2 lemon
1/2 orange
1/4 grenadine

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37
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Scofflaw

A 
1 rye
1 dry vermouth
1/2 lemon
bsp grenadine
dash orange bitters
38
Q

Blackthorn

A 
2 irish whiskey
1 dry vermouth
2 dashes absinthe
2 dash orange bitters
orange twist
39
Q

Brooklyn

A

1 1/2 whiskey
1 1/2 dry vermouth
dash maraschino
dash amer picon

Orange twist

40
Q

Horse’s Neck

A

2 bourbon
ginger ale
dash angostura

41
Q

Presbyterian

A

2 scotch

ginger ale

42
Q

4th Regiment

A 
1 rye
1 sweet vermouth
peychaud’s
orange
celery

Lemon twist

43
Q

Old Pal

A

1 1/2 rye
3/4 campari
3/4 dry vermouth

Lemon twist

44
Q

Montecarlo

A

2 rye
1/2 benedictine
2 ango
lemon twist

45
Q

Brandy Alexander

A

3/4 cognac
3/4 creme de cacao
3/4 cream

46
Q

Japanese Cocktail

A 
2 Cognac
1/2 lime
1/2 orgeat
dash bitters
lime or lemon twist
47
Q

Port Flip

A 
1 cognac 
1 1/2 tawny port
1/4 simple
egg white and yolk
nutmeg

dry shake before shaking with ice

48
Q

Sidecar

A

2 brandy
1 lemon
1 cointreau
sugar rim

49
Q

Vieux Carre

A 
1 rye
1 cognac
1 sweet vermouth
1/4 benedictine
peychauds
angostura

(Hotel Monteleone)

50
Q

Stinger

A

2 brandy

1 creme de menthe

51
Q

Champs Elysees

A 
1 1/2 cognac
1/2 lemon
1/2 green chartreuse
1/2 simple
angostura
52
Q

Savoy Corpse Reviver

A

Brandy
Fernet
Creme de Menthe

layered

53
Q

Pousse Cafe

A

1 maraschino
1 curacao
1 cognac

54
Q

Pepa

A

cognac
vodka
dry vermouth
angostura

55
Q

Between The Sheets

A

3/4 cognac
3/4 rum
3/4 cointreau
3/4 lemon

56
Q

Jack Rose

A

2 Lairds
1/2 lime
1/2 lemon
3/4 grenadine

57
Q

Daiquiri

A

2 rum
3/4 lime
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple

58
Q

Mai Tai

A 
2 aged dark rum
3/4 lime
3/4 curaçao
1 tsp orgeat 
lime & mint sprig
59
Q

Zombie

A

1 1/2 gold rum
1 1/2 jamaican aged rum
1 lemon hart 151

3/4 lime
1/2 falernum
Don’s mix (grapefruit juice and cinnamon syrup)
1 tsp grenadine
dash pernod
dash angostura
60
Q

Caipirinha (Cachaca)

A

2 cachaca
2 lime quarters
1 tsp sugar

muddle, add ice and spirit

61
Q

Mojito

A 
1 1/2 rum
3/4 lime
2 tsp simple
mint (8-10 leaves)
top with soda
62
Q

Queen Park Swizzle

A 
2 gold rum
3/4 lime juice
1/2 demerara
dash angostura
muddled mint

swizzle with crushed ice

63
Q

Dark n’ Stormy

A

2 Gosling’s Rum
1/2 lime
top with ginger beer

64
Q

El Presidente

A

1 1/2 rum
3/4 bianco vermouth
1/2 curaçao
1 tsp grenadine

stir and strain

65
Q

Hurricane

A 
2 jamaican rum
2 white rum
1/2 overproof rum
2 lemon
2 passion syrup

shake and pour NO STRAIN

66
Q

Fog Cutter

A 
2 rum
1 brandy
1/2 gin
1 lemon
1 orange
1/2 orgeat
cream sherry float
67
Q

Cuba Libre

A

rum and coke

68
Q

Pina Colada

A

1 rum, 1 coconut cream, 3 pineapple

69
Q

Bloody Mary

A 
1 1/2 vodka
4 tomato juice
1/2 lemon
bar sp horseradish
3 dash tobasco
3 dash worcestershire
salt
pepper
celery salt
70
Q

Cosmo

A

1 1/2 vodka
1/2 triple sec
1/2 cranberry
1/2 lime

71
Q

Gypsy Queen

A

vodka
benedictine
angostura

72
Q

Godmother

A

1 vodka, 1 amaretto

73
Q

White Russian

A

2 vodka
1 kahlua
splash heavy cream

74
Q

Black Russian

A

2 vodka

1 kahlua

75
Q

Greyhound (Italian)

A

1 1/2 vodka
1/4 campari
5 grapefruit

76
Q

Sea Breeze

A

2 vodka
4 cranberry
2 grapefruit

77
Q

Madras

A

2 vodka
2 cranberry
2 orange

78
Q

Cape Codder

A

1 1/2 vodka
4 cranberry
1/4 lime juice

79
Q

Blood and Sand

A

3/4 scotch
3/4 sweet vermouth
3/4 cherry heering
3/4 orange

80
Q

Hot Toddy

A 
2 scotch
4 cloves
lemon
honey/sugar
hot water
81
Q

Rusty Nail

A

2 scotch

1 drambule

82
Q

Godfather

A

1 1/2 scotch

3/4 amaretto

83
Q

Bobby Burns

A

1 1/2 scotch
3/4 sweet vermouth
dash orange
dash absinthe

84
Q

Modern

A 
1 1/2 scotch
1 1/2 sloe gin
1/4 lemon
1 bsp simple
dash absinthe
dash orange bitters
85
Q

Margarita (1930)

A

2 Tequila
3/4 Lime
1/2 Agave
1/2 Triple Sec

lime, salt rim

86
Q

Paloma

A

2 Tequila
1/2 a lime (muddled)
grapefruit soda
salt rim

87
Q

Prado

A 
1 1/2 tequila
3/4 lemon
1/4 maraschino
1/4 grenadine
1/2 whipped egg white
88
Q

Tequila Sunrise

A

1 1/2 tequila
3 Orange
1/2 grenadine

89
Q

Adonis

A

2 fino
1 sweet vermouth
orange bitters

90
Q

Bamboo

A

1 1/2 fino
1 1/2 dry vermouth
angostura
orange bitters

91
Q

Sherry Cobbler

A

3 oz amontillado
tsp simple - muddle orange and simple

add sherry top with ice
garnish with orange and mint

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