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
Blood and Sand
Equal parts Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Cherry Heering, and Orange Juice
3/4oz Scotch
3/4oz sweet vermouth
3/4oz Cherry Heering
3/4oz Orange Juice
cherry garnish
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry
Bloody Mary
The most variable cocktail in the book. Everyone makes their own different recipe but the most common ingredients are tomato juice, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, tobasco, horseradish, salt, celery salt, and black pepper to taste with a celery stick.
Pour ingredients into a ice filled highball and stir. Celery stick is the mandatory garnish but many add much more than that.
1.5oz vodka
4oz tomato juice
1/2oz lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon horse radish
3 dashes Tobasco
3 dashes Worcestershire
salt, celery salt, and black pepper to taste
celery stick garnish (mandatory)
Bobby Burns
Craddock’s Recipe (Savoy Cocktail Book)
2oz Blended Scotch or Highland Malt Whisky
3/4oz Sweet Vermouth
1/2oz Benedictine
Lemon Twist Garnish
Crocket’s Recipe (Old Waldorf Bar Days)
1.25oz Blended Scotch
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Orange Bitters
1 dash Absinthe
Lemon Twist Garnish
Stir ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Traditionally served with a shortbread cookie.
Boothyby Cocktail
1.5oz whiskey (Bourbon or Rye)
3/4oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
2 dashes Orange Bitters
1oz Champagne
Orange Peel Garnish
This Manhattan variant with Champagne requires the first four ingredients stirred in a mixing glass with ice, strained into a cocktail glass and topped with Champagne. Garnished with orange peel.
Boston Cocktail
3/4oz gin
3/4oz apricot brandy
1/4oz lemon juice
1/4oz grenadine
lemon twist garnish
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
Boulevardier
1oz bourbon
1oz sweet vermouth
1oz campari
orange twist garnish
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Essentially a negroni made with bourbon.
Bronx Cocktail
2oz gin
1/2oz sweet vermouth
1/2oz dry vermouth
1oz fresh orange juice
orange twist garnish
Shaken with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with orange twist
What variation of the Bronx Cocktail includes an egg white addition to the recipe?
Golden Bronx
Brooklyn Cocktail
1.5oz rye whiskey
1.5oz dry vermouth (sweet was used in the original)
dash Maraschino Liqueur
dash Amer Picon bitters
lemon and/or orange twist garnish
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain. Served up or on the rocks with lemon and/or orange twist. Cherry sometimes used in lieu of both.
Bull Shot a.k.a. Bloody Bull Shot
1.5oz vodka
3oz beef broth
1/2oz lime juice
salt to taste
Build in an ice-filled highball and stir. Garnish with lime wedge. Some add Tabasco, Worcestershire, celery salt, tomato juice, and pepper to make it more akin to a Bloody Mary.
Caipirinha
2oz cachaça
2 limes muddled
1-2tsp superfine sugar (to taste)
Muddle two limes in a shaker and add 1-2tsp (to taste) sugar add ice, shake and pour unstrained into a lowball glass.
Cape Codder
1.5oz Vodka
4oz Cranberry Juice
1/4oz Lime Juice
lime wedge
Pour into an ice-filled highball, stir, and garnish with lime. Omit the lime juice to make a Cape Cod
What is the difference between Cape Codder and Cape Cod?
Cape Cod is a Cape Codder without the lime juice.
Champagne Cocktail
4oz Chilled Champagne
1 sugar cube
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
lemon peel expressed and then discarded
Place a sugar cube on a napkin over the top of a Champagne glass and pour 3-4 dashes of bitters on the sugar cube. Fold the napkin and deposit the sugar cube into the bottom of the glass. Top with Champagne, express oils from a lemon peel and discard peel.
Champs Elysée
1.5oz cognac
1/2oz lemon juice
1/2oz simple syrup
1/2oz Green Chartreuse
1 dash Angostura bitters
lemon twist
Shake the first 5 ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
What are three cocktails that use Green Chartreuse?
Bijou
Last Word
Champs Elysé
Clover Club
1.5oz gin
3/4oz lemon juice
3/4oz raspberry syrup
1 egg white
Dry shake all ingredients to emulsify and then add ice, shake, and strain into cocktail glass. Chambord may be used instead of raspberry syrup in a variation.
Garnish with raspberry
Collins
2oz gin
3/4oz lemon juice
3/4oz simple syrup
chilled soda water
lemon slice and cherry
Shake the first three ingredients and strain into an ice-filled highball, top with soda, and garnish with a lemon slice and cherry.
What is the difference between a Tom Collins and a John Collins?
John Collins uses bourbon whiskey instead of gin and is garnished with an orange/cherry instead of lemon/cherry.
Corn ‘n’ Oil
2oz blackstrap rum (Cruzan)
1/2oz Velvet Falernum
1/4oz lime juice
2-3 dashes Angostura
lime wedge
Build over ice in a highball and garnish with lime wedge
Corpse Reviver No. 1
1.5oz Cognac
3/4oz Calvados or apple brandy
3/4oz sweet vermouth
lemon twist
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with lemon twist
Corpse Reviver No. 2
3/4oz gin
3/4oz Cointreau
3/4oz lemon juice
3/4oz Lillet Blanc
1 dash absinthe (rinse)
cherry garnish
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with cherry.
What is a Kentucky Corpse Reviver?
Corpse Reviver No. 2 with Bourbon instead of Gin.
Cosmopolitan a.k.a. Cosmo
1.5oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2oz cranberry juice
1/2oz lime juice
lime twist garnish
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lime twist
Daiquiri
2oz rum
3/4oz lime juice
3/4oz simple syrup
lime wedge wheel garnish
Shake all ingredients and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wheel wedge.
Dark ‘n’ Stormy
2oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
1/2oz lime juice
ginger beer
lime wedge garnish
Build the drink over ice in a highball and garnish with lime wedge.
Death in the Afternoon
1/4oz to 1/2oz Absinthe
Champagne
Pour desired serve of absinthe in a champagne flute and top with champagne until the beverage turns cloudy or gives off the louche effect.
What causes absinthe to louche or turn cloudy?
The louche effect or the cloudy effect that absinthe shows when water is added is due to ingredients in the spirit that are insoluble in water, mainly fennel and star anise that fall out of solution when the spirit is hydrated. enough.
Delmonico
3/4oz gin
1/2oz cognac
1/2oz dry vermouth
1/2oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
lemon twist
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
Dempsey Cocktail
2.5oz gin
1oz apple brandy
2 dashes grenadine
2 dashes absinthe
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Named after heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey.
Dubonnet Cocktail
1.5oz gin
1.5oz Dubonnet Rouge
1 dash of bitters
lemon twist
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with lemon twist.
El Presidente
1.5oz rum
3/4oz dry vermouth
1/2oz Curaçao
1 barspoon Grenadine
Stir with ice an strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with orange peel and maraschino cherry (optional)