Cocktails Flashcards
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Vin doux Naturel (VDN)
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Produced by adding grape spirit to fermenting must to arrest fermentation
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Vin de Liqueur (VDL)
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Made by adding grape spirit to must before fermentation takes place
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Pineau des Charentes
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Sweet aperitif wine made by adding Cognac to unfermented grape juice (grapes from cognac)
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Floc de Gascogne
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Year old Armagnac is added to unfermented grape juice (grapes from Armagnac)
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Brandy
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Distillation of fermented juice of fresh grapes without the addition of any other spirits
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What are some Aniseed based spirits
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Pernod, Pastis and Ouzo
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Campari
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Italian bitters, red, served as an aperitif with an orange
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Fernet Branca
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Made in Italy and France, dark brown, strong flavor, digestif or “pick me up”
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Aquavit
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Danish schnapp, caraway flavored, serve ice cold
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Amaretto
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Brown Italian liqueur tastes of marzipan
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Benedictine
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French golden liqueur , secret recipe of brandy and 27 ingredients
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Chartreuse
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French, green or yellow, secret recipe made by Carthusian monks in Grenoble and Tarragon
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Cointreau
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French, colorless, distilled from oranges
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Curacao
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various colors, Dutch version of Cointreau
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triple sec
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Clear variety of Curacao
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Galliano
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Italian herb flavored yellow liqueur
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Grand Marnier
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French, cognac base, orange flavored
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Midori
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Japanese melon flavored liqueur
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Sambuca
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Italian colorless liqueur licorice flavor
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White Lady
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Gin, Cointreau, Lemon Juice
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Americano
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Campari, Sweet vermouth, soda water
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Black Velvet
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Champagne and Guinness even parts
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Champagne Cocktail
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glass of Champagne, tsp Cognac, sugar cube, bitters
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Horse’s Neck
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Brandy, gingerale, lemon peel
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White Lady
Gin, cointreau, lemon juice (Gin version of a sidecar)
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Mai Tai
White rum, gold rum, curacao, orgeat, grenadine, lime juice
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Sidecar
Brandy, cointreau, lemon juice
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What is the definition of Brandy according to the EU
Distillation of wine--not pomace- with an ABV of at least 36% a minimum oak aging period of six months
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What are the six defined regions of production of Cognac
Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, Fins Bois, Bons Bois and Bois Ordinaires
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What type of soil is in Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne
Soft chalk, the preferred soil for Cognac
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What is the main grape used in the production of Cognac
Ugni Blanc (St. Emilion), 98% vineyard acreage in Cognac AOP
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Brouillis
spirit of 28-32% alcohol that is produced from the first distillation of cognac (from copper Charentais pot still)
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Bonne Chauffe
second distillation of Cognac
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Tete, coeur, secondes,queue
Heads, heart, second cuts, tails of bonne chauffe
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What forests do the oak casks that Cognac is aged in come from
Limousin, sometimes Troncais
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What percent of the eau-de-vie must come from the named area in order for Cognac to be labeled under an individual region
100%
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Where does Fine Champagne come from
This type of Cognac is distilled entirely from wines produced in the Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne regions (at least 50% from Grande Champagne)
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What are the three regions of Armagnac AOC
Haut-Armagnac, Bas-Armagnac, Armagnac-Tenareze
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Baco blanc
The only hybrid grape authorized in any French AOC/AOP appellation.
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What is the type of still used in Armagnac production
Copper continuous still 95% of the time (can be distilled twice in a Charentais pot still)
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Coupage
The blending of one wine to another to enhance its qualities
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Two main producers of Armagnac
Larresingle and Chateau Laubade
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Explain Brandy de Jerez production
Distilled in copper stills, or alquitaras, from wines based on Airen and Palomino grapes. Used American oak sherry casks make up the solera, very consistent blend.
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How long are Solera Gran Reserva brandies aged for
Average ten years
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Domecq, Emilio Lustau, Osborne
Major Brandy de Jerez producers
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What are Marc, grappa and bagaceira and where are they each from
Pomace spirits, produced from remnants left after pressing grapes. France, Italy and Portugal respectively
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Giannola Nonino
First producer to distill single varietal, Picolit, for grappa
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Riserva, stravecchia, vecchia, invecchiata
Wood aged colored examples of Grappa
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What is Calvados
An eau de vie distilled from apple and pear cider and produced in Normandy, distilled twice in a copper pot still and aged a minimum of two years in oak casks
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Which region of Calvados always produces by continuous distillation
Domfrontais
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Mirabelle, Quetsch, Prunelle, Slivovitz
Types of plum eau de vie
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Boukha
Fig eau de vie, national drink of Tunisia
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How many times is Irish whiskey distilled
three times in a pot still, minimum aging of three years
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What are the aging requirements for blanco, reposado and anejo tequilas
60 days to one year in oak casks, 1 to three years in cask, three years or more in cask
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What is mezcal
Distilled liquor from fermented agave, mostly in the state of Oaxaca
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Agave tequiliana
Blue agave
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Agave americana
Maguey, main agave used for Mezcal production
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Cherry Heering
Fruit Liqueur from Denmark
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Sloe Gin
Fruit liqueur flavored like sloe berries with a sweet gin base, from England
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What are some whiskey based liqueurs
Southern Comfort (america), Drambuie, Glen Mist (Scotch), Irish Mist (Irish)
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Strega
Saffon flavored liqueur from Italy
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Gin Fizz
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2 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. lemon juice
3/4 oz. simple syrup
soda water
Combine the gin, lemon and syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into an empty Collins glass, with no ice. Top with soda water.
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Gin Rickey
Gin and soda, with 1/2 oz lime juice
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French 75
1.5 oz Gin, lemon juice, .5 oz simple syrup, champagne
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Pink Gin
Plymouth Gin with bitters. Coat glass with bitters, shake and strain gin over ice
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Tom Collins
Old Tom or London Dry Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
Soda Water. Build all ingredients except soda water and strain into glass filled with ice. Top with Soda Water. Highball Glass, Slice of Lemon and Cherry
Bartender Comments: I would recommend using an Old Tom style gin here such as Hayman's
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Brandy Alexander
Brandy, dark creme de cacao and heavy cream (can use ice cream if guests wants it blended instead of on the rocks)
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Stinger
Brandy with .5 oz white creme de menthe; shake and strain
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Bellini
Prosecco , white peach puree
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Buck's Fizz
Champagne and OJ with a dash of grenadine
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Kir Royale
Champagne with Creme de cassis
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Mimosa
Champagne and OJ
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Grasshopper
Green creme de menthe, white creme de cacao and cream; shake and strain
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Sloe Gin Fizz
Sloe Gin, Gin, Sour mix, shake and strain, top with club soda
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Tequila sunrise
Tequila and oj topped with grenadine
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Mai Tai
Dark Jamaican Rum, Amber Martinique Rum, Lime Juice
Curaçao Liqueur, Orgeat Syrup,1/4 oz. Rock Candy Syrup
Shake with crushed ice and pour without straining. Old Fashioned Glass, Spent Half Lime (Submerged), Mint Sprig
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Blood and Sand
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Named after Rudolph Valentino!
1 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
3/4 oz. Cherry Heering
1 oz. Orange Juice
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Bobby Burns
Blended Scotch, splash Bénédictine, Sweet Vermouth
| Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
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Horse's Neck
Bourbon, Ginger Ale, dashes of Angostura Bitters, long lemon peel
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Manhattan
Rye Whiskey, sweet vermouth, dash bitters, cherry
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"Press"
Equal parts ginger ale and soda water
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Presbyterian
Scotch press
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Rob Roy
A scotch version of a Manhattan.
Scotch Whisky, Sweet Vermouth, dash Angostura Bitters
top with Cherry
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Sazerac
Sazerac Rye Whiskey, 5 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
| Splash of Absinthe, One Sugar Cube or simple syrup
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Eaux-de-vie AOCs of France
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Armagnac AOC
Armagnac-Ténarèze AOC
Bas Armagnac AOC
Haut Armagnac AOC
Blanche Armagnac AOC
Calvados AOC
Calvados Domfrontais AOC
Calvados Pays d'Auge AOC
Cognac/Eau-de-vie des Charentes AOC
Esprit de Cognac AOC
Fine de Bourgogne AOC
Kirsch de Fougerolles AOC
Marc d'Alsace AOC
Marc de Bourgogne AOC
Marc du Jura AOC
Martinique AOC
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Armagnac aging requirements
All below age indications refer to the youngest Armagnac in the blend.
VS / ***: 1-3 years old
VSOP / Napoléon: 4-9 years old
XO / Hors d'Age: min. 10 years old
XO Premium: min. 20 years old
Vintage: if Armagnac carries a vintage date, the vintage indicates year of harvest, not year of distillation
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Junmai Daiginjo-shu 純米大吟醸酒
Made utilizing very highly polished rice (50%).
Highest quality level of sake available.
Alcohol levels can be 17+%
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Yamada Nishiki
Best sake rice
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Honjozo-shu本醸造酒
Sake with Brewer's Alcohol
Honjozo-shu本醸造酒
Made with rice, water, koji & pure distilled alcohol to elevate flavors
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What does Junmai in front of the name denote
No added alcohol
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Nigori-zake 濁り酒
Cloudy, unfiltered sake
