Cocktails Flashcards
What is the base spirit in a Caipirinha?
Cachaça
What does the Italian word amaro mean?
Bitter
Long Island Iced Tea
vodka, rum, gin, triple sec and tequila, mixed with cola and sour mix, and garnished with a lemon wedge.
Old Fashioned
Bourbon or Rye, Angostura Bitters, sugar cube, dash of water. Muddle, on the rocks, old fashioned glass, garnish with orange twist.
Piña Colada
Rum, pineapple juice and coconut cream, blended with ice. Garnish with cherry or pineapple.
Negroni
Gin, vermouth rosso and Campari, garnished with orange peel.
Sex on the Beach
Peach schnapps, orange juice and cranberry juice with vodka. Build in highball filled with ice, garnish with orange.
Black Russian
Two parts of vodka, and one part of Kahlua. On the rocks, old fashioned.
Manhattan
Rye whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters. Stirred. Straight up in a cocktail glass. Garnish with cherry.
Perfect Manhattan
Rye, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
Perfect Martini
Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
Whiskey Sour
Bourbon, gomme syrup, Lemon Juice, egg white. Shake, on the rocks, cocktail glass, garnish with orange and cherry.
Moscow Mule
Vodka, Lime Juice, Lemon Beer. Stir, on the rocks copper mug, garnish with lime.
Tequila Sunrise
Blanco Tequila, Orange Juice, Grenadine. Stir, pour over ice, collins glass, garnish with orange and cherry.
Kamikaze
Vodka, Triple Sec, shake, straight up, cocktail glass, garnish with lime.
Mai Tai
Lime juice, White Rum, Dark Rum, Orange Curacao, Orgeat. Shaken, on the rocks, old fashioned. Garnish with pineapple, mint, lime peel.
French 75
Gin, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice, Champagne. Shaken. Straight up in a flute. Garnish with lemon.
Singapore Sling
Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Cointreau, Benedictine, Grenadine, Pineapple Juice, Lime Juice, Angostura Bitters. Shaken, straight up, hurricane glass, garnish with pineapple or cherry.
Sidecar
Cognac, Triple sec, Lemon Juice. Shaken, straight up, cocktail glass.
Sazerac
Cognac, Absinthe, Peychaud’s Bitters, Sugar cube. Straight up, old fashioned glass, garnish with lemon peel.
Brandy Alexander
Cognac, Creme de cacao, fresh cream. Shaken, straight up, cocktail glass, sprinkle with nutmeg.
Cuba Libre
Cola, light rum, fresh lime juice. On the rocks in a Collins glass. Garnish with lime.
Daiquiri
White rum, lime juice, simple syrup. Shaken, straight up, cocktail glass.
Highball
A family of mixed alcoholic drinks with a base spirit and a larger proportion of a mixer usually served over ice. The glass is taller than an Old Fashioned, shorter than a Collins.
Old Fashioned Glass
Also a Rocks Glass, a short tumbler for serving spirits on the rocks and for certain cocktails.
Collins Glass
A tall narrow tumbler used to serve mixed drinks.
Cosmopolitan
Vodka, Cointreau, lime juice, cranberry juice. Shaken. Straight up in cocktail glass. Garnish with lime.
Dry Martini
Gin, dry vermouth, stirred, straight up in cocktail glass with olive or lemon twist.
Dirty Martini
Gin, dry vermouth, olive brine, stirred, straight up in cocktail glass, garnish with olive.
Margarita
Tequila, cointreau, lime juice. shaken, on the rocks in margarita glass or cocktail glass rimmed with salt.
Mint Julep
Bourbon, mint, powdered sugar, water. Muddle mint, sugar, water in highball, add cracked ice, add bourbon and stir. Garnish with mint.
Mojito
white rum, lime juice, mint, sugar, soda water. Muddle mint with sugar and lime, add soda, cracked ice, pour rum. Garnish with mint and lemon, serve with straw. Collins glass.
Planter’s Punch
Dark rum, orange juice, pineapple punch, lemon juice, grenadine, sugar, angostura bitter. Shake, high ball on rocks, garnish with cherry and pineapple.
Tom Collins
Old Tom Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, carbonated water. Collins glass on the rocks with lemon and cherry garnish.
Rusty Nail
Scotch, Drambuie, stir, on the rocks, old fashioned, garnish with lemon.
Dark ‘n’ Stormy
Dark rum, ginger beer. Highball, pour rum over ice, top with ginger beer, garnish with lime.
Death in the Afternoon features Champagne and __________
Absinthe
If you replace gin in a Negroni with Bourbon, the cocktail is a:
Boulevardier
A New York Sour is essentially a Whiskey Sour with the addition of
Red Wine
A Kir Royale is a Champagne cocktail using _________ as a second ingredient.
Créme de Cassis
What ingredient gives the Aviation cocktail its color?
Créme de Violette
What ingredient replaces the gin in a Negroni to create the Americano cocktail?
Soda Water
Gin Fizz
Gin, lemon juice, gomme syrup, soda water. Shaken, on the rocks, old fashioned.
French Martini
Vodka, raspberry liqueur, pineapple juice. Shaken, straight up, cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel (oils) into drink.
Kir
White wine, creme de cassis. Add creme de cassis to bottom of wine glass, top with white wine.
Americano
Campari, sweet vermouth, club soda. On the rocks, old fashioned, garnish with half an orange.
Traditionally what wine is mixed with cassis to make a Kir?
Pinot Blanc
Aperol Spritz?
Prosecco, Aperol, Soda Water
Martinez
gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino liqueur, Angostura bitters.
Garnish: lemon twist.
Last Word
gin, lime, green chartreuse, maraschino liqueur.
