Cocktails Flashcards by Alastair Dudley

What is a cocktail bartender’s two main goals?

Mix the ingredients (who’d have thunk?)

2. Chill the drink

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The three methods of creating a cocktail…

Building
Stirring
Shaking

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Why double strain a cocktail?

Having shaken the cocktail, the ice cubes will have broken up a bit.
The first strain is through the Hawthorne, which takes the big stuff
The second is fine sieve will remove the tiny fragments of ice.

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A Julep Strainer… used for what?

Keeping the ice back when being poured from beaker into a glass.

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Important Cocktail ingredients (7)

Bloody FIGS!

B (itters)
F (ruit juices)
 I (ce: Crushed, Cubes)
G (arnish)
S (yrup: Simple, Flavoured)

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How should you ‘Build’ a cocktail?

A long glass filled with ice cubes.

Cocktail is poured in to within 1cm of the top.

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A ‘Stirred’ cocktail is done how?

Use a mixing glass.
All the ingredients are added, along with cubed ice
Stirred with a bar spoon
Poured into another choice glass using a Julep Strainer to get rid of the ice

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The Shaken Cocktail… how does it happen?

The ingredients put into one half of the shaker along with cubed ice.
The other half of the shaker is put on and then you shake the Bejasus out of it
Then, use a Hawthorne strainer to pour it into a glass - possibly using a fine sieve.

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What effect does shaking have on a cocktail?

Chills it (of course), Aerates it and gives it a different texture.

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What are the four factors behind a Balanced Cocktail?

Strength
Weakness
Sour / Bitter
Sweetness

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What is the ‘strong’ component of a cocktail?

The booze bit, er, alcohol.

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What is the ‘weak’ component of a cocktail?

The non-alcoholic bits - be that water from the ice, soda, juice… whatever

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Sweetness in a cocktail needs to be balanced with…

Sour or Bitter

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Why is Vermouth so important in a cocktail?

It contributes both sweet and bitter components to a cocktail

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Name the four Cocktail Families

Colin got High on Sour Spirits

Colins
Highball
Sour
Spirit-forward

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The (2) Highball cocktails

Moscow Mule

Cuba Libre

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Cuba Libre:

Rum and Coke with Lime

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Moscow Mule?

Vodka and Ginger Beer

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The Short Drink family Group are (2) which?

Sour

Spirit Forward

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The Long Drink family Group are which (3)

Highball
Collins
(Punch - not in the Spec)

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40% ABV spirit,
mixed with juice, soda or other mixer (maybe some bitters or citrus juice),
built on ice cubes
is generically known as a …?

Highball

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Name the (4) Classic SOUR cocktails

Pisco Sour
Whisky Sour
Daiquiri
Tommy’s

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Pisco Sour - ingredients

Strong: Pisco
Sour: Lime Juice
Sweet: Simple Syrup
Note: 1 egg white and a dash of bitters

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Whiskey Sour - ingredients

Strong: Bourbon or Rye
Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice
Sweet: Simple Syrup
Note: Optional Egg White & Bitters

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Daiquiri - ingredients

Strong: White Rum Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice Sweet: Simple Syrup Note:

Tommy’s ingredients (simplified Margarita)

Strong: Tequila Sour: Lime Juice Sweet: Agave Syrup Note:

Sidecar - ingredients

Strong: Cognac Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice Sweet: Triple Sec Note:

Margarita - ingredients

Strong: Tequila Sour: Lime Juice Sweet: Triple Sec Note: Salt Rim

Cosmopolitan - ingredients

Strong: Citrus Vodka Sour: Cranberry Juice and a little Lime Juice Sweet: Triple Sec Note:

``` Name the (3) cocktails that use Triple Sec (They are all variations of Sour Classics) ```

Sidecar, Margarita, Cosmopolitan

Which cocktail particularly benefits from an egg-white? | What else goes into it?

Pisco Sour. | Pisco (obvs), Lime, Simple Syrup, dash of Bitters

How is a Tommy’s different from a Margarita?

Tommy uses Agave syrup, not Triple Sec

Once the ingredients are all in one place for a Sour cocktail, is it: 1. Shaken with ice and strained 2. Stirred over ice and strained

These Sour cocktails are Shaken, Mr Bond. Not stirred

Classic Sour Ratios?

Strong: 2 (40% ABV) Sour: 1 Sweet: 1/2

Name the (3) Collins Classics

Tom Collins Vodka Collins Pierre Collins

Sour and Collins cocktails share the same mix ratios. What are they?

Strong: 2 Sour: 1 Sweet: 1/2

Tom, Vodka and Pierre Collins have which common ingredients and procedures?

Sour: Lemon Juice Sweet: Simple Syrup Weak: Soda Furthermore, they both require the Sweet & Strong to be Shaken ahead of having the Soda added and Built over Ice.

Tom Collins - ingredients

``` Strong: Gin Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice Sweet: Simple Syrup Weak: Soda Note: Shake. Top up with Soda and then Build over ice. ```

Vodka Collins - Ingredients

``` Strong: Vodka Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice Sweet: Simple Syrup Weak: Soda Note: Shake ahead of adding Soda and Build over Ice ```

Pierre Collins - ingredients?

``` Strong: Cognac Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice Sweet: Simple Syrup Weak: Soda Note: Shake ahead of adding Soda and Build over ice. ```

The (non-classic) Collins variations... name them?

Mojito | Paloma

Mojito - ingredients?

``` Strong: Rum Sour: Lime Juice Sweet: Sugar / Simple Syrup Weak: Soda Note: Mint Leaves. Shake ahead of adding the Soda. This is served over Crushed Ice ```

Paloma - ingredients?

Strong: Tequila Sour: Lime Juice Sweet: Mexican grapefruit soda (or grapefruit juice and soda) Note:

Name the (3) classic Spirit Forward cocktails

Manhattan, Martini, Vodka Martini

Manhattan - ingredients?

Strong: Rye Bitter: Angostura Bitters (2-3 dashes) Sweet: Sweet Vermouth Note: Stir over ice and then strain

Why is the stirring of Spirit Forward cocktails over ice of such importance?

It both cools the cocktail and provides and opportunity to control the dilution.

Manhattan - ingredients

Strong: Rye Sour: Angostura Bitters Sweet: Sweet Vermouth Notes: Stir over ice but serve without ice

Martini - ingredients

Strong: Gin Sour: Dry Vermouth Sweet: Notes: Stir over ice but serve without ice

Vodka Martini - ingredients

Strong: Vodka Sour: Dry Vermouth Sweet: Notes: Stir over ice but serve without ice

Old Fashioned - ingredients

Strong: Bourbon Sour: Angostura Bitters Sweet: Sugar Notes: Serve over ice cubes (on da rox)

Sazerac - ingredients

Strong: Rye / Bourbon, Cognac, Gin Sour: Bitters or Absinth Sweet: Sugar Notes: Serve over ice cubes

Negroni - ingredients

GIN is in the name Negroni, which also rhymes with Campari Strong: Gin Sour: Campari Sweet: Sweet Vermouth Notes: Serve over ice cubes

What’s the difference between a ‘dry’ and a ‘wet’ Martini?

The amount of dry vermouth added, from none (dry) to lots (wet)

Adding olive brine to a Martini makes it what?

Undrinkable. Sorry.... “Dirty”

Manhattan variation (as per specification)

1. Swap out the Rye for Scotch Whisky and it’s a “Rob Roy”

Rob Roy - ingredients | Is a variation of which cocktail?

Strong: Scotch whisky Sour: Angostura Bitters Sweet: Sweet Vermouth Notes: Stir over ice but serve without ice Served with Rye, it becomes a Manhattan

There are two (well, nearly three) cocktails that use Tequila. Name them. What’s the common Sour ingredient?

Margarita (and the subtly changed version, Tommy’s) and Paloma Lime juice is the common Sour. (Paloma Faith’s boyfriend Tommy knows Margarita Tequila)

There are three rum based cocktails. Name them. What’s the common Sour?

Cuba Libra, Mojito and Dalquiri | The common Sour is Lime

Name the only Pisco cocktail | Name the Sour and it’s unusual extras

Er, the Pisco Sour The Sour is Lime The unusual extras are Egg White and a dash of bitters

There are two cocktails with Cognac as the spirit (not Sazerac, which can be, but also can also be Rye, Bourbon or Gin) Name the common Sour.

Sidecar and Pierre Collins | The common Sour is Lemon Juice

Name the three Gin based cocktails | They all have different Sours... can you name them?

Tom Collins - Lemon Martini - Dry Vermouth Negroni - Campari

There is only one Rye cocktail (discounting Whiskey Sour and Sazerac which have Rye as an option). Name it and the Sour

Manhattan Angostura Bitters (The Sweet is a sweet Vermouth)

The chameleon cocktail, Sazerac, can be made using which four spirits? Name the Sour and the Sweet

Rye, Bourbon Gin and Cognac The Sour is either Angostura or Absinthe The Sweet is sugar

There is only one White Rum cocktail. | Name it and it’s Sour

Daiquiri | Lemon