Cocktails Flashcards
4th Regiment
Equal parts Rye Whiskey and Sweet Vermouth with a dash of three different bitters (Peychaud’s, Orange, Celery)
1.5oz rye whiskey
1.5oz sweet vermouth
1 dash celery bitters
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
lemon twist garnish
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a Lemon Twist (or Orange)
Abbey Cocktail
Excellent Brunch Cocktail made with London Dry Gin, Orange Juice, Lillet or Cocchi Americano, Orange or Agnostura Bitters, and a cherry for garnish.
1.5oz London Dry Gin
3/4oz Orange Juice
3/4oz Lillet or Cocchi Americano or Dry Vermouth
2 dashes bitters (Orange or Angostura)
Cherry garnish
Shake and Strain into a cocktail glass with a cherry garnish.
Absinthe Frappé
1.5oz Absinthe
1/2oz simple syrup
6-8 mint leaves
Muddle mint on the bottom of a frappe, absinthe, or old fashioned glass and top with absinthe, simple syrup and pack with crushed or “cobbled ice”.
What makes a cocktail a frappé?
By definition a frappé cocktail is any cocktail served chilled but in reality is often a cocktail that is served with crushed or cobbled ice or even served from a blender.
What makes a cocktail a cobbler?
A cobbler is a cocktail that is typically shaken and served in a collins glass over crushed or “cobbled ice” with a straw and fruit as a garnish.
Cobblers became famous in the 1830s when ice became more readily available. The Sherry Cobbler is quite possibly the first shaken cocktail ever produced.
Adonis
Perfect aperitif style cocktail. Named after the first successful Broadway musical of the same name. This is the sweet vermouth variation of a Bamboo. Equal parts Fino or Manzanilla Sherry and Sweet Vermouth plus 2 dashes of Orange Bitters.
1.5oz fino or manzanilla sherry
1.5oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
orange peel garnish
Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with orange peel
Bamboo
Equal parts Fino or Manzanilla Sherry and Dry Vermouth with 2 dashes each Angostura and Orange Bitters. Dry Vermouth take on an Adonis.
1.5 oz fino or manzanilla sherry
1.5oz dry vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Stir and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with orange and/or lemon twist. It’s important that this cocktail is served chilled but NOT diluted. Chilling of both the cocktail glass and the mixing glass is recommended prior to stirring.
Brandy Alexander
Equal parts VS Cognac/Brandy, White Creme de Cacao, and Heavy Cream
3/4oz VS Cognac or brandy
3/4oz white crème de cacao
3/4oz heavy cream
Shake and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with grated nutmeg
What are the two variations to the Brandy Alexander known as the No. 1 and the other which is known as Alexander’s Sister?
No. 1:
2 parts gin plus 1 part each creme de cacao and cream shaken and strained into a cocktail glass. Garnished with nutmeg
Alexander’s Sister:
Equal parts gin, creme de menthe, and cream shaken and strained into a cocktail glass. No additional garnish.
Algonquin
1.5oz rye whiskey
3/4oz dry vermouth
3/4oz pineapple juice
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters (optional)
lemon peel or pineapple garnish
Shake and strain the ingredients and serve into a cocktail glass. Bitters can be incorporated and shaken or applied to the top after straining.
Americano
Named after the first non-American boxer, Primo Carnera, to win the US heavyweight boxing championship. Also thought to be named after the flurry of American expats to Italy during prohibition that favored the cocktail.
1.5oz Campari
1.5oz sweet vermouth
soda water
orange slice garnish
Combine Campari and sweet vermouth into an ice-filled glass, stir to combine, and top with soda water. Garnish with orange slice.
Antibes
Supposedly first concocted by Ernest Hemmingway in the town of the same name where he, F Scott Fitzgerald, and Pablo Picasso frequented on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice. It is said that he made this instead of a Daiquiri because he didn’t have any rum.
2oz gin
1oz Grapefruit Juice
3/4oz Benedictine
orange slice garnish
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass and garnish with orange slice
Aviation
2oz London Dry gin
3/4oz lemon juice
1 bar spoon Maraschino Liqueur
1 bar spoon crème de violette
cherry or lemon peel garnish
Shake all ingredients, double strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with cherry or lemon peel
A Blue Moon, Moonlight, and Casino are variations of what classic cocktail? What does each entail?
Aviation
Blue Moon is made without Maraschino
Moonlight is made with lime juice and Cointreau instead of lemon juice and Maraschino
Casino is made by replacing creme de violette with 2 dashes of orange bitters.
Bee’s Knees
1.5oz Gin
3/4oz honey
3/4oz lemon juice
lemon twist garnish
Shake all ingredients and strain into cocktail glass and garnish with lemon twist. Important to note that the honey must be diluted with an equal part of hot simple syrup or hot water depending on desired level of sweetness.
Bellini
2 parts Prosecco
1 part white peach purée
1 dash raspberry purée
Pour purees into a Champagne flute and top with Prosecco and stir gently.
What are three variations of the Bellini?
Rossini: made with strawberry puree instead of peach
Tintoretto: made with pomegranate juice
Puccini: made with half peach puree half mandarin juice
Bijou
Equal parts Gin, Chartreuse, and Sweet Vermouth plus a dash of Orange Bitters.
1oz Gin
1oz Green Chartreuse
1oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash orange bitters
lemon twist garnish
Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
What is the name of the variation on the Bijou that is layered instead of stirred?
Amber Dream
Black Russian
1.5oz Vodka
3/4oz Kahlua liqueur
Pour ingredients over an ice-filled lowball.
If a guest would like Dirty, Tall, or Australian Black Russian what is this?
Black Russian served in a highball topped with Cola.
Black Magic
Black Russian with a squeeze of lemon
Black Irish Russian
Black Russian topped with a head of Guiness
White Russian
2oz vodka
1oz Kahlua
1oz cream
1/2oz fresh-brewed coffee (optional)
Shake and pour into an ice-filled lowball