Cocktails

Question 1

Aviation Cocktail

Answer 1

2 oz gin
1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1/2 oz lemon juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass

Question 2

Bellini

Answer 2

1 1/2 oz white peach puree
4 oz Champagne
1/2 oz Marie Brizard Peach Liqueur

Question 3

Origin on the Bellini

Answer 3

Harry’s bar in Venice

Question 4

Blood and Sand

Answer 4

3/4 oz blended scotch
3/4 oz Cherry Heering Peter Heering
3/4 oz Vermouth (sweet, Italian)
3/4 oz orange juice

shake and strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with orange peel

Question 5

Bloody Mary

Answer 5

1 1/2 oz vodka
2 Dashes Worcestershire
4 Dashes Tobasco
pinch of salt and pepper
1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
4 oz tomato juice

Question 6

Caipirinha

Answer 6

National drink of Brazil

2 oz cachaca
1 1/2 bar spoons of sugar or 1 oz simple sugar
1/2 lime quartered

Question 7

Champagne Cocktail

Answer 7

Champagne
Angostura bitters soaked ice cubes

*for stronger drink, add Grand Marnier or Cognac

Question 8

Collins (Tom, John, or Vodka)

Answer 8

1 1/2 oz gin, Bourbon or vodka
1 oz simple sugar
3/4 oz lemon
club soda

Question 9

Cosmopolitan

Answer 9

1 1/2 oz citrus vodka
3/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz Ocean Spray Cranberry cocktail juice

Question 10

Daiquiri

Answer 10

1 1/2 oz light rum
1 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz fresh lime juice

Question 11

Gimlet

Answer 11

2 1/2 oz gin (Plymouth or London Dry)

1/2 oz preserved lime juice (Roses or Angostura)

Question 12

Gin Fizz

Answer 12

1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup

shake and strain into highball glass. Fill with club soda

Question 13

Irish Coffee

Answer 13

1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
1 oz brown sugar syrup
4 oz coffee
top with whipped unsweetened cream

Question 14

Mai Tai

Answer 14

2 oz aged rum
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz curaçao
1 tsp orgeat syrup

Question 15

Manhattan

Answer 15

2 oz whiskey
1 oz Italian sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Question 16

Margarita

Answer 16

2 oz tequila (100% Blue Agave)
1 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz of syrup is optional
course salt, lime wedge

Question 17

Dry Martini

Answer 17

1 1/2 oz dry gin
1 1/2 oz French dry Vermouth
dash Gary Regan’s Orange Bitters No 6

Question 18

Classic dry martini from the 1950’s

Answer 18

2 dashes of dry French Vermouth

3 oz gin or vodka

Question 19

Mojito

Answer 19

1 1/2 oz white rum
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
1 mint sprig and 4 mint leaves  (tender young mint tops, peppermint is best)
soda

Question 20

Negroni

Answer 20

1 oz Campari
1 oz Italian sweet vermouth
1 oz gin

Question 21

Old-Fashioned Old Fashioned

Answer 21

2 oz Bourbon or Rye
3 Dahses Angostura Bitters
1 tsp bar sugar
splash of water or soda

Muddle bitters, sugar a splach of soda, form syrup at bottom of glass. Add whiskey and ice and stir.

Question 22

Old Fashioned (muddled)

Answer 22

2 oz Bourbon
3 Dashes Angostura bitters
1 tsp bar sugar
2 Maraschino cherries
splash or water or soda

Muddle at the bottom of a glass Angostura, sugar, one orange and one cherry and a splash of soda. Remove orange rind and add Bourbon, ice and soda or water. Garnish with slice of orange and a cherry

Question 23

Pisco Sour

Answer 23

National drink of Peru and Chile

1 1/2 oz Pisco
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
several drop Angostura
one small egg white

Shake all ingredients, strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with several drop of Angostura on top of foam of egg whites

Question 24

Rob Roy

Answer 24

Variation of Manhattan

2 1/2 oz Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz Italian sweet vermouth
Dash of Angostura bitters

Question 25

Rum Punch (bowl)

Answer 25

``` 1 L Cogna 1 L dark, full bodied rum 16 oz fresh lime juice 16 oz Dermerara sugar 2 quarts green tea (8 tsp green tea infused in 2 quarts boiling water) ``` grate nutmeg on top

Question 26

Sazerac

Answer 26

New Orleans twist on Old Fashioned 2 Dashes Peychaud's Bitters 2 oz rye whiskey Splash of Herbsaint or other absinthe substitute 1/2 oz simple syrup Put Herbsaint into glass, swirl and pour out. Add rye, syrup, bitters and stir with ice cubes, pour into chilled glass.

Question 27

Sidecar

Answer 27

1 1/2 oz cognac 3/4 oz Cointreau 1/2 to 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

Question 28

Stinger

Answer 28

New York night cap 2 oz VS Cognac (or better) 1 oz white creme de Menthe

Question 29

Whiskey Sour

Answer 29

2 oz Bourbon or Rye 1 oz simple syrup 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice