Cocktails Flashcards
What’s in a Blood and Sand?
1oz Blended Scotch
3/4oz Sweet Vermouth
3/4oz Cherry Heering
1oz Orange Juice
Shake and strain in a cocktail glass. Orange Twist
What’s in a Horse’s Neck?
2oz Bourbon
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
Ginger Ale
Build ingredients in ice-filled highball. Garnish with lemon twist.
What’s in an Old Pal?
1oz Rye Whiskey
1oz Dry Vermouth
1oz Campari
Stir ingredients over ice, then strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
What’s in an Algonquin?
1.5 oz. Rye
3/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
3/4 oz. Pineapple Juice
2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters (optional)
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Coupe, Bitters can be incorporated initially, or reserved to garnish the foamy surface
What’s in an Americano cocktail?
1 oz. Campari
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
Soda Water
Serve over ice.
Glass choice is dependent on the amount of soda water used. Garnish with an orange slice
What’s in an Aviation?
1.5 oz. London Dry Gin
3/4 oz. Lemon juice
2 dash Maraschino Liqueur
2 Dashes Crème Yvette
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Cocktail Glass, Cherry or Lemon Peel
What’s in a Bee’s Knees?
1.5 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Honey
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Twist of Lemon
What’s in a Bellini?
2 parts Prosecco
1 part White Peach Puree
dash Raspberry Puree
Pour Prosecco over puree in glass. Stir gently.
Champagne Flute
What’s in a Bijou?
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Green Chartreuse
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
dash Orange Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Coupe, Twist of Lemon
What’s in a Black Russian?
1.5 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. Kahlùa Liqueur
Pour ingredients over ice.
Lowball Glass
What’s in a Bobby Burns?
2 oz. Blended Scotch
1/4 oz. Bénédictine
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Boston Cocktail?
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Apricot Brandy
1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/4 oz. Grenadine
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Coup, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Boulevardier?
1 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Orange Twist
What’s in a Bronx Cocktail?
1 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
1/2 oz. orange juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Orange Slice (optional)
What’s in a Caipirinha?
2 oz. Cachaça
Juice of two Lime Quarters
2 tsp. Sugar
Muddle Sugar and lime quarters until sugar is dissolved. Add crushed ice and Cachaça.
Lowball Glass, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Champagne Cocktail?
Champagne/Sparkling Wine
Angostura Bitters
Sugar Cube
Champagne Flute, Lemon Peel (discarded)
What’s in a Champs Elysee?
1.5 oz. Cognac 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice 1/2 oz. Green Chartreuse 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup Dash of Angostura Bitters
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Corpse Reviver #1?
1.5 oz. Cognac
3/4 oz. Calvados or Apple Brandy
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Corpse Reviver #2?
3/4 oz. Gin 3/4 oz. Cointreau 3/4 oz. Lillet Blanc 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice 1 Dash Absinthe
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into the glass.
Cocktail Glass, Cherry
What’s in a Cosmopolitan?
1.5 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Cocktail Glass, Lime Twist
What’s in a Daiquiri?
2 oz. Rum
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lime Wedge/Wheel
What’s in a Dark ‘n’ Stormy?
2 oz. Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
1/2 oz. Lime Juice (optional)
Ginger Beer
Build ingredients over ice.
Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Dempsey Cocktail?
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Apple Brandy
2 Dashes of Grenadine
2 Dashes of Absinthe
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass
What’s in a Dubonnet Cocktail?
1.5 oz. Gin
1.5 oz. Dubonnet Rouge
Dash of Bitters
Stir all of the ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a French 75?
1.5 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Champagne
Shake gin, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice and strain into ice-filled glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne.
Highball glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a French Martini?
2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Chambord
2.5 oz. Pineapple Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Gibson?
2.5 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Pearl Onion
What’s in a Gimlet?
2 oz. Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Wedge of Lime
What’s in a Gin Fizz?
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.
Collins Glass
What’s in a Gin Rickey?
2 oz. London Dry Gin
1 oz. Lime Juice
Soda Water
Build the ingredients in an ice-filled glass.
Highball Glass, Lime Rind
What’s in a Godfather?
1.5 oz. Scotch Whisky
3/4 Amaretto
Pour ingredients over ice, and stir gently to mix.
Old Fashioned Glass
What’s in a Godmother?
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Amaretto Liqueur
Pour over ice and stir briefly to mix the two ingredients. Double Rocks Glass
What’s in a Grasshopper?
1 oz. Green Crème de Menthe
1 oz. White Crème de Cacao
1 oz. Cream
Shake all ingredients over ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass
What’s in a Greyhound?
1.5 oz. Gin/Vodka
5 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Serve over ice.
Highball Glass
What’s in a Harvey Wallbanger?
1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Galliano
4 oz. Orange Juice
Pour vodka and orange juice into an ice-filled glass.
Float Galliano on top.
Highball Glass, Orange Slice
What’s in a Hemingway Daiquiri?
2 oz. White Rum
1 oz. Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lime Wedge/Wheel
What’s in a Horse’s Neck?
2 oz. Bourbon
2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Ginger Ale
Build the ingredients in an ice-filled glass.
Highball Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Jack Rose?
1 1/2 oz. Applejack or apple brandy
3/4 oz. lime juice
3/4 oz. grenadine
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Coupe, lime wedge or wheel.
What’s in a Kamikaze?
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lime Slice
What’s in a The Last Word?
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass
What’s in a Madras?
2 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Orange Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice.
Highball Glass, Orange Slice
What’s in a Manhattan?
2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Cherry
What’s in a Margarita?
2 oz. Tequila
3/4 oz. Cointreau (or Combier)
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
Simple Syrup to taste (optional)
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into salt-rimmed glass, with or without ice.
Cocktail Glass, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Martinez?
1 oz. Genever
2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes Boker’s or Angostura bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Twist of Lemon or Orange
What’s in a Martini?
2.5 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. Cocktail Glass, Olives or Lemon Peel
What’s in a Mimosa?
4 oz. Brut Champagne
2 oz. Orange Juice
1 barspoon Grand Marnier (optional)
Build all ingredients in the glass.
Champagne Flute
What’s in a Mint Julep?
2 oz. Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
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.
Silver or Pewter Julep Mug, Mint
What’s in a Mojito?
1.5 oz. White Rum 3/4 oz. Lime Juice 2 tsp. Sugar 8-10 Mint Leaves Soda Water
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. Lowball or Highball Glass, Mint Sprig
What’s in a Moscow Mule?
2 oz. Vodka (originally Smirnoff’s)
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
4 oz. Ginger Beer
Pour vodka and lime juice into ice-filled mug and top with ginger beer.
Copper Mug, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Naked and Famous?
3/4 oz. Mezcal
3/4 oz. Yellow Charteuse
3/4 oz. Aperol
3/4 oz. Lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Coupe, Lemon Twist(optional)
What’s in a Napoleon Cocktail?
2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dubonnet Blanc
Dash Curaçao
Dash Fernet Branca
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Cocktail Coupe, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Negroni?
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Stir ingredients together with ice.
Old Fashioned Glass, Orange Peel
What’s in an Old Cuban?
1 1/2 oz. Aged Rum 3/4 Fresh Lime Juice 3/4 Simple Syrup 6-8 Mint Leaves 2 oz Sparkling Wine
Shake all but the sparkling wine with ice and strain. Top with sparkling wine.
Cocktail Coupe, Mint sprigs and/or lime wheel.
What’s in an Old Fashioned?
2 oz. Rye Whiskey
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 bar spoon Simple Syrup
Stir and strain over fresh ice. Old Fashioned Glass, Orange Peel
What’s in an Old Pal?
1 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Stir the ingredients over ice. Strain.
Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Paloma?
2 oz. Tequila
One-half Lime
Chilled Grapefruit Soda
Muddle lime in Highball glass. Rim with salt and add ice. Build the drink over the ice and stir gently. Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Paper Plane?
3/4 oz. Bourbon
3/4 oz. Aperol
3/4 oz. Amaro Nonino
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
Combine in a shaker with ice. Chill and double strain. Cocktail Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a 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
Muddle cucumber and simple syrup in tin. Add remaining ingredients, shake with ice, and fine-strain into a glass. Top with soda.
Highball Glass, Cucumber Slice, Mint Sprig
What’s in a Pink Lady?
1.5 oz. London Dry Gin
1/4 oz. Grenadine
1 Egg White
Dry shake all ingredients first, then shake with ice and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Cherry
What’s in a 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
Shake all ingredients except bitters with ice and strain into the glass. Garnish the glass with a dash of bitters. Cocktail Glass
What’s in a Presbyterian?
2 oz. Scotch Whisky
Ginger Ale
Pour Scotch over ice and fill with equal parts ginger ale and soda water.
Highball Glass
What’s in a Ramos Gin Fizz?
1.5 oz. Dry Gin 5 drops Orange Flower Water 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice 1/2 oz. Lime Juice 1 Egg White 1 oz. Heavy Cream 1 oz. Simple Syrup Soda Water 2 drops Vanilla Extract (optional)
Vigorously shake all ingredients except soda water and strain into glass without ice. Top with soda water. Highball Glass, Grated Nutmeg
What’s in a Red Lion?
1 oz. Gin 1 oz. Grand Marnier 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice 1/2 oz. Orange Juice Shake all ingredients with ice and strain. Cocktail Coupe with a sugar crusted rim
What’s in a Rob Roy?
2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. Cocktail Glass, Cherry
What’s in a Rusty Nail?
2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz. Drambuie
Stir with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Twist
What’s in a Sazerac?
2 oz. Sazerac Rye Whiskey
5 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Splash of Absinthe
One Sugar Cube
Add ice and water to your serving glass to chill. In a separate mixing glass, add the sugar cube and bitters along with a small splash of water. Muddle until the sugar is dissolved, then fill the glass with ice and whiskey. Stir to chill. Discard the ice water in the serving glass. Season the glass by adding a bit of absinthe and roll the glass to coat with the liqueur. Discard any excess. Strain the contents of the mixing glass into the serving glass. Express the oils of the lemon peel and discard.
Lowball Glass, Lemon Peel
What’s in a Screwdriver?
2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Orange Juice
Serve over ice.
Highball Glass, Orange Slice
What’s in a Sea Breeze?
2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice.
Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Sex on the Beach?
1 oz. Vodka 1 oz. Peach Schnapps 1 oz. Chambord 2 oz. Pineapple Juice dash Cranberry Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice.
Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
What’s in a Sherry Cobbler?
3 1/2 ounces Amontillado Sherry
1/2 table spoon of sugar
2-3 orange slices
Muddle the orange slices and sugar at the bottom of the serving glass. Add the sherry on top and cover with crushed (cobbled) ice.
Cobbler or Old Fashioned glass, various citrus fruits and berries. Always serve with a straw.
What’s in a Southside?
2 oz. Dry Gin
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
10 Mint Leaves
Muddle the mint in a shaker with the liquid ingredients. Add ice and shake, strain.
Cocktail Glass, Mint Sprig
What’s in a Stinger?
2 oz. Brandy
1 oz. white créme de menthe
Stir with ice in a mixing glass and strain.
Cocktail coupe
What’s in a Tequila Sunrise?
1.5 oz. Tequila
3 oz. Orange Juice
1/2 oz. Grenadine
Pour tequila and orange juice into an ice-filled glass. Add grenadine but do not stir to create the “sunrise” effect. Highball Glass, Orange Slice and Cherry
What’s in a Tipperary?
1 oz. Irish Whiskey
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Green Chartreuse
Stir ingredients with ice and strain. Cocktail Glass, Cherry
What’s in a The Bramble?
2 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
3/4 oz. Creme de Mure (float)
Combine all ingredients (except Creme de Mure) in a tin. Shake and strain over a crushed ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Top with 3/4 oz Creme de Mure float.
Old Fashioned glass, Lemon Wedge (Blackberry is optional)
What’s in a Vesper?
3 measures London Dry Gin
1 measure Vodka (preferably grain)
1/2 measure Lillet Blanc
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. Cocktail Glass, Lemon Peel
What’s in a Vieux Carre?
1 oz. Rye Whiskey 1 oz. Cognac 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1/4 oz. Bénédictine 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Peel
What’s in a Ward 8?
2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Orange Juice
1/4 oz. Grenadine
Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Old Fashioned Glass, Cherry
What’s in a Whiskey Sour?
2 oz. Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Old Fashioned Glass, Cherry, Half Orange Wheel
What’s in a White Lady?
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Cointreau
1 oz. Lemon Juice
Shake all ingredients and strain.
Cocktail Glass, Cherry
