Cocktails Flashcards
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Aviation
- 1½ ounces London dry gin
- ¾ ounce lemon juice
- 2 dashes maraschino liqueur
- 2 dashes Crème de Violette
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry or lemon peel
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Americano
- 1 ounce Campari
- 1 ounce sweet vermouth
- soda water
Preparation: Serve over ice.
Presentation: Glassware depends on amount of soda water; garnish with orange slice.
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Caipirinha
- 2 ounces cachaça
- juice of two lime quarters
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Preparation: Muddle sugar and lime quarters until sugar is dissolved. Add crushed ice and cachaça.
Presentation: Lowball glass, garnished with lime wedge.
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Champagne Cocktail
- Champagne or other sparkling wine
- Angostura bitters
- Sugar cube
Presentation: Champagne flute, garnished with lemon peel (discarded)
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Cosmopolitan
- 1 1/2 ounce vodka
- 1/2 ounce Triple Sec
- 1/2 ounce cranberry juice
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lime twist
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Daiquiri
- 2 ounces rum
- 3/4 ounce lime juice
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lime wedge/wheel
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French 75
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 3/4 ounce lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- Champagne
Preparation: Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice and strain into ice-filled glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne.
Presentation: Highball glass or flute, garnished with lemon twist
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French Martini
- 2 ounces vodka
- 1/2 ounce Chambord
- 2 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lemon twist
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Gibson
- 2 1/2 ounces gin
- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with pearl onion
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Gimlet
- 2 ounces Plymouth Gin
- 3/4 ounce lime juice
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with wedge of lime
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Greyhound
- 1.5 oz. Gin/Vodka
- 5 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Preparation: Serve over ice.
Presentation: Highball Glass
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John Collins
- 2 oz. Bourbon
- 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
- 1/2oz. simple syrup
Preparation: Shake and serve over ice.
Presentation: Highball Glass, Flag (cherry and orange slice)
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Kamikaze
- 1 oz. Vodka
- 1 oz. Triple Sec
- 1 oz. Lime Juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Lime Slice
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Kir Royale
- 3 ounces Champagne (Kir Royale)
- .33 ounce of Créme de cassis
Preparation: First pour the créme de cassis into a wine glass and top with the wine.
Presentation: Wine Glass
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Mai Tai
- 1 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
- 1 oz. Amber Martinique Rum
- 1/2 oz. Lime Juice
- 1/4 oz. Curaçao Liqueur
- 1/4 oz. Orgeat Syrup
Preparation: Shake with ice and strain.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish can include mint, limes, pineapples and umbrellas.
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Manhattan
- 2 oz. Rye Whiskey
- 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Cherry
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Margarita
- 2 oz. Tequila
- 3/4 oz. Cointreau (or Combier)
- 3/4 oz. Lime Juice
- Simple Syrup to taste (optional)
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into salt-rimmed glass, with or without ice.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Lime Wedge
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Mint Julep
- 2 oz. Bourbon
- 10-12 Mint Leaves
- 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Preparation: Add syrup and mint leaves to the base of the glass and muddle. Add crushed ice and 1 oz. of the bourbon the glass and mix with a bar spoon. Add more crushed ice and the rest of the bourbon to the glass, mixing again. Cap with crushed ice and garnish with two mint sprigs. Arrange the straws next to the mint sprigs.
Presentation: Silver or Pewter Julep Mug, Mint
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Mojito
- 1.5 oz. White Rum
- 3/4 oz. Lime Juice
- 2 tsp. Sugar
- 8-10 Mint Leaves
- Soda Water
Preparation: Muddle mint, lime and sugar, add ice and rum. Shake briefly and pour into a fresh glass.Top with fresh ice before adding the soda water.
Presentation: Lowball or Highball Glass, Mint Sprig
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Moscow Mule
- 2 oz. Vodka (originally Smirnoff’s)
- 1/2 oz. Lime Juice
- 4 oz. Ginger Beer
Preparation: Pour vodka and lime juice into ice-filled mug and top with ginger beer.
Presentation: Copper Mug, Lime Wedge
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Negroni
- 1 oz. Gin
- 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
- 1 oz. Campari
Preparation: Stir ingredients together with ice.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Orange Peel
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Old Fashioned
- 2 oz. Spirit(Typically American Whiskey)
- 2 Dashes of Bitters
- 1 Sugar Cube
Preparation: Add enough water to the sugar cube to dissolve with muddling. Add bitters and Spirits, stir with ice, and strain over fresh ice.
Presentation: Thick Bottomed Old Fashioned Glass
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Pimm’s Cup
- 2 oz. Pimm’s No. 1
- 1/2 oz. Lime Juice
- 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
- 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
- 1/2 oz. Gin
- Soda Water
Preparation: Muddle cucumber and simple syrup in tin. Add remaining ingredients, shake with ice, and fine-strain into a glass. Top with soda.
Presentation: Highball Glass, Cucumber Slice, Mint Sprig
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Pisco Sour
- 2 oz. Pisco
- 1 oz. Lime or Lemon Juice (or combination of both)
- 3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
- 1 Egg White
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
Preparation: Shake all ingredients except bitters with ice and strain into the glass. Garnish the glass with a dash of bitters.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass
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Rusty Nail
- 2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
- 1 oz. Drambuie
Preparation: Stir with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Twist
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Sazerac
- 2 oz. Sazerac Rye Whiskey
- 5 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
- Splash of Absinthe
- Half of a Sugar Cube
Preparation:
1. Chill the low ball glass with ice water.
2. Muddle the sugar cube and a splash of water in a mixing glass
3. Pour the icewater out of the lowball glass and add absinthe to rinse the glass. The residual water in the glass should cause the absinthe to loosh, and therefore become more aromatic. Add whiskey, bitters and the lemon peel to the mixing glass with the muddled sugar and bitters and stir with ice to chill.
4. Strain into the absinthe rinsed lowball glass.
Presentation: Lowball Glass
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Sea Breeze
- 2 oz. Vodka
- 4 oz. Cranberry Juice
- 2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice.
Presentation: Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
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Sidecar
- 1.5 ounces Cognac
- .75 ounce Lemon juice
- .75 ounce Cointreau
Preparation: Shake with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail coupe with a sugar rim
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Tom Collins
- 2 ounces London Dry gin
- 1 ounce Lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- Soda water to top
Preparation: Shake with ice and strain.
Presentation: Collins glass, lemon wheel and maraschino cherry
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Vesper
- 3 measures London Dry Gin
- 1 measure Vodka (preferably grain)
- 1/2 measure Lillet Blanc
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Lemon Peel
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Vieux Carré
- 1 oz. Rye Whiskey
- 1 oz. Cognac
- 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
- 1/4 oz. Bénédictine
- 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Peel
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Whiskey Sour
- 2 oz. Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
- 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
- 3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Preparation: Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Cherry, Half Orange Wheel
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White Russian
- 2 ounces vodka
- 1 ounce Kahlúa
- 1 ounce heavy cream
Preparation: Pour vodka and Kahlúa over ice in rocks glass. Finish by topping off with cream. Stir if desired.
