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1
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What is an ancestral cocktail

A

the first cocktails

Spirit, sugar, bitters, water

Like sazerac and old fashioned

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Spirit forward cocktail

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Ancestral base, includes vermouth

traditional examples are Manhattan, Martini, Negroni, bijou

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3
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what is it in a Martinez

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Gin
Sweet vermouth
Luxardo
Orange bitters

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4
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Saratoga cocktail

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Whisky
Brandy
Vermouth
Bitters

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5
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Antibes

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2 oz gin
3/4 oz benedicine
1 oz grapefruit juice

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6
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What is in a horses neck

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2 ounces bourbon
2 to 3 dashes Angostura bitters
ginger ale

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7
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What’s in a French martini

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2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce Chambord
2.5 ounces pineapple juice

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8
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What’s in an aviation

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One and 1/2 ounce London dry gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
two dashes maraschino liqueur
2 dashes creme Yvette

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9
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What is in a Corpse Reviver #1

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One and 1/2 ounce cognac
3/4 ounce Calvados or Apple brandy
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

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what is in a corpse reviver #2

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3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce Cointreau
3/4 ounce Lillet blanc
3/4 ounce lemon juice
one dash absinthe

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11
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what is in a cardinale

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Dry gin
Campari
dry vermouth or riesling

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What is a Dubonnet cocktail

A

Manhattan with Gin instead of Rye

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13
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what is in a Vesper

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Three measures London dry gin
1 measure vodka
1/2 measure lillet blanc

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14
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what is in a painkiller

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2 ounces Pussers navy strength rum
2 ounces pineapple juice
1 ounce Coco Lopez
1 ounce orange juice
grated nutmeg

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What is in a Tipperary

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1 oz Irish whiskey
1 oz Sweet vermouth
1 ounce green Chartreuse

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16
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What is in a bamboo

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One and 1/2 ounce Fino sherry
one and 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
two dashes Angostura bitters
two dashes orange bitters

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17
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what is an Americano

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1 ounce Campari
1 ounce sweet vermouth
soda water

18
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Ingredients in pink gin

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2 oz plymouth gin

3-4 dashes angostura bitters

19
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blood and Sand cocktail

A

3/4 oz Scotch whiskey
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
3/4 ounce cherry herring
3/4 ounce OJ

20
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What is in a Boston cocktail

A

3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce apricot brandy
1/4 ounce lemon juice
1/4 ounce grenadine

21
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What is in a rob Roy

A

Perfect Manhattan with scotch

22
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What is a pousse café

name one

A

General term for layered cocktail
“coffee pusher:” consumed after coffee

B-52
buttery nipple
fuzzy navel

23
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Ingredients in a Satan’s whiskers

A

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Three-quarter ounce gin
three-quarter ounce dry vermouth
three-quarter ounce sweet vermouth
3/4 ounce orange juice
1/2 ounce Grand Marnier one dash orange bitters

24
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What is in a Boulevardier

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1 ounce bourbon
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari

25
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What is in a Champs-Elysées

A

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One and 1/2 ounce cognac
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce green chartreuse
1/2 ounce simple syrup
dash of Angostura bitters

26
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What is in a Dempsey cocktail

A

1 ounce gin
1 ounce apple brandy
2 dashes of grenadine
2 dashes of absinthe

27
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What is Death in the Afternoon cocktail?

A

Desired serve of absinthe

Ice-cold Champagne

28
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Corn n’ oil cocktail

A

2 ounces blackstrap rum, such as Cruzan
1/2 ounce velvet falernum
1/4 ounce lime juice
2–3 dashes Angustora bitters

29
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Clover Club cocktail

A

1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce raspberry syrup
1 egg white

30
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What is a Jack Rose cocktail?

A

1 1/2 oz. Applejack or apple brandy
3/4 oz. lime juice
3/4 oz. grenadine

31
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What is in a Tom and Jerry cocktail?

A

12 eggs
3 oz. over proof Jamaican Rum
1 1/2 Tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground all spice
granulated sugar

32
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What is in a stinger?

A

2 oz. Brandy

1 oz. white créme de menthe

33
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Absinthe Frappé (Cobbler)

A

1 1/2 ounces absinthe
1/2 ounce sugar syrup
6–8 mint leaves

34
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What is in a sherry cobbler?

A

3 1/2 ounces Amontillado Sherry
1/2 table spoon of sugar
2-3 orange slices

Served with straw

35
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What is HFC (Cocktails)

A

Highballs, Fizzes, & Collins

36
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What is in a Gin Gin mule?

A

1 1/2 ounce London Dry Gin
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce lime juice
Ginger beer
10 mint leaves

37
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What is in a john collins

A

2 ounces bourbon or gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Chilled club soda

38
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What is in a delmonico cocktail

A

2 ounces bourbon or gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Chilled club soda

39
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What is in a Naked and Famous

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3/4 oz. Mezcal
3/4 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
3/4 oz. Aperol
3/4 oz. Lime juice

40
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What is in a Bijou

A

Gin
Green Chartreuse
Sweet vermouth
orange bitters

When these ingredients are kept separate its called an “Amber dream”

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