Cocktails Flashcards
Tom Collins
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
Gin Fizz
2 gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple
shake and strain
top with soda - no ice
Ramos Gin Fizz
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
Texas Fizz
1 1/2 plymouth 1/2 lemon 3/4 orange 1 tsp grenadine champagne
French 75
1 1/2 gin
3/4 lemon
1/2 simple
shake and strain, top with champagne
(95 with bourbon?)
Clover Club
1 1/2 gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 raspberry syrup
1 egg white
Gimlet
2 gin
3/4 lime
3/4 simple
shake and strain
Negroni
1 gin
1 sweet vermouth
1 campari
stir and strain
Last Word
3/4 gin
3/4 green chartreuse
3/4 lime
3/4 maraschino
Aviation
1 1/2 gin
1/2 lemon
2 tsp maraschino
1 tsp creme de violette
Bijou
1 gin
1 green chartreuse
1 sweet vermouth
orange bitters
Lemon twist
Monkey Gland
1 1/2 gin
1/2 orange
tsp grenadine
tsp absinthe
Pink Lady
1 1/2 london dry
1/4 grenadine
1 egg white - cherry garnish
White Lady
1 gin
1 cointreau
1 lemon - cherry garnish
Abbey
1 1/2 gin
3/4 orange
3/4 cocchi americano
2 dash bitters
Bronx
1 gin
1/2 sweet vermouth
1/2 dry vermouth
1/2 orange juice
Red Lion
1 gin
1 gran marnier
1/2 lemon
1/2 orange
Satan’s Whiskers
3/4 gin 3/4 dry vermouth 3/4 sweet vermouth 3/4 orange 1/2 gran marnier dash orange bitters
Vesper
1 1/2 gin
1/2 vodka
1/4 lillet
Corpse Reviver #2
3/4 gin 3/4 cointreau 3/4 lillet 3/4 lemon absinthe rinse
Southside
2 gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple
muddled mint
Parisienne
3/4 gin
3/4 noilly prat
2 dash creme de cassis
Dubonnet
1 1/2 gin
1 1/2 Dubonnet
bitters
Singapore Sling
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
20th Century
1 1/2 gin
3/4 lillet
3/4 creme de cacao
3/4 lemon
Tuxedo
gin dry vermouth OR sub fino sherry maraschino absinthe orange bitters
Manhattan
2 rye
1 sweet vermouth
angostura
Old Fashioned
2 bourbon
1 sugar cube
angostura
Improved Whiskey Cocktail
2 bourbon tsp maraschino dash absinthe dash ango + peychaud lemon twist
Irish Coffee
1 1/2 irish whiskey
1 tsp brown sugar
coffee and cream
Sazerac
(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
Paper Plane
3/4 bourbon
3/4 aperol
3/4 amaro nonino
3/4 lemon
Whisky Sour
2 whiskey
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple
Mint Julep
2 bourbon
muddled mint
1/2 simple
crushed ice, stir to frost, add more crushed ice
Whisky Smash
heavily iced julep
Ward 8
2 rye
1/2 lemon
1/2 orange
1/4 grenadine