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Cocktails Flashcards

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What is a cocktail bartender’s two main goals?

A
  1. Mix the ingredients (who’d have thunk?)

2. Chill the drink

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The three methods of creating a cocktail…

A

Building
Stirring
Shaking

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3
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Why double strain a cocktail?

A

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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4
Q

A Julep Strainer… used for what?

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

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5
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Important Cocktail ingredients (7)

Bloody FIGS!

A 
B (itters)
F (ruit juices)
 I (ce: Crushed, Cubes)
G (arnish)
S (yrup: Simple, Flavoured)
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6
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How should you ‘Build’ a cocktail?

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A long glass filled with ice cubes.

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

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7
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A ‘Stirred’ cocktail is done how?

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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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8
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The Shaken Cocktail… how does it happen?

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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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9
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What effect does shaking have on a cocktail?

A

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

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10
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What are the four factors behind a Balanced Cocktail?

A

Strength
Weakness
Sour / Bitter
Sweetness

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What is the ‘strong’ component of a cocktail?

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The booze bit, er, alcohol.

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What is the ‘weak’ component of a cocktail?

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

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13
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Sweetness in a cocktail needs to be balanced with…

A

Sour or Bitter

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14
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Why is Vermouth so important in a cocktail?

A

It contributes both sweet and bitter components to a cocktail

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15
Q

Name the four Cocktail Families

Colin got High on Sour Spirits

A

Colins
Highball
Sour
Spirit-forward

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16
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The (2) Highball cocktails

A

Moscow Mule

Cuba Libre

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17
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Cuba Libre:

A

Rum and Coke with Lime

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18
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Moscow Mule?

A

Vodka and Ginger Beer

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19
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The Short Drink family Group are (2) which?

A

Sour

Spirit Forward

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20
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The Long Drink family Group are which (3)

A

Highball
Collins
(Punch - not in the Spec)

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21
Q

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 …?

A

Highball

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22
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Name the (4) Classic SOUR cocktails

A

Pisco Sour
Whisky Sour
Daiquiri
Tommy’s

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23
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Pisco Sour - ingredients

A

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

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24
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Whiskey Sour - ingredients

A

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

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25
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Daiquiri - ingredients

A

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

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26
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Tommy’s ingredients (simplified Margarita)

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

27
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Sidecar - ingredients

A

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

28
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Margarita - ingredients

A

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

29
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Cosmopolitan - ingredients

A

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

30
Q 
Name the (3) cocktails that use Triple Sec
(They are all variations of Sour Classics)
A

Sidecar, Margarita, Cosmopolitan

31
Q

Which cocktail particularly benefits from an egg-white?

What else goes into it?

A

Pisco Sour.

Pisco (obvs), Lime, Simple Syrup, dash of Bitters

32
Q

How is a Tommy’s different from a Margarita?

A

Tommy uses Agave syrup, not Triple Sec

33
Q

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
A

These Sour cocktails are Shaken, Mr Bond. Not stirred

34
Q

Classic Sour Ratios?

A

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

35
Q

Name the (3) Collins Classics

A

Tom Collins
Vodka Collins
Pierre Collins

36
Q

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

A

Strong: 2
Sour: 1
Sweet: 1/2

37
Q

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

A

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.

38
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Tom Collins - ingredients

A 
Strong: Gin
Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice
Sweet: Simple Syrup
Weak: Soda
Note: Shake. Top up with Soda and then Build over ice.
39
Q

Vodka Collins - Ingredients

A 
Strong: Vodka
Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice
Sweet: Simple Syrup
Weak: Soda
Note: Shake ahead of adding Soda and Build over Ice
40
Q

Pierre Collins - ingredients?

A 
Strong: Cognac
Sour: Lemon 🍋 Juice
Sweet: Simple Syrup
Weak: Soda
Note: Shake ahead of adding Soda and Build over ice.
41
Q

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

A

Mojito

Paloma

42
Q

Mojito - ingredients?

A 
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
43
Q

Paloma - ingredients?

A

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

44
Q

Name the (3) classic Spirit Forward cocktails

A

Manhattan, Martini, Vodka Martini

45
Q

Manhattan - ingredients?

A

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

46
Q

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

A

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

47
Q

Manhattan - ingredients

A

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

48
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Martini - ingredients

A

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

49
Q

Vodka Martini - ingredients

A

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

50
Q

Old Fashioned - ingredients

A

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

51
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Sazerac - ingredients

A

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

52
Q

Negroni - ingredients

A

GIN is in the name Negroni, which also rhymes with Campari

Strong: Gin
Sour: Campari
Sweet: Sweet Vermouth
Notes: Serve over ice cubes

53
Q

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

A

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

54
Q

Adding olive brine to a Martini makes it what?

A

Undrinkable. Sorry…. “Dirty”

55
Q

Manhattan variation (as per specification)

A
  1. Swap out the Rye for Scotch Whisky and it’s a “Rob Roy”
56
Q

Rob Roy - ingredients

Is a variation of which cocktail?

A

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

Served with Rye, it becomes a Manhattan

57
Q

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

A

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

(Paloma Faith’s boyfriend Tommy knows Margarita Tequila)

58
Q

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

A

Cuba Libra, Mojito and Dalquiri

The common Sour is Lime

59
Q

Name the only Pisco cocktail

Name the Sour and it’s unusual extras

A

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

60
Q

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.

A

Sidecar and Pierre Collins

The common Sour is Lemon Juice

61
Q

Name the three Gin based cocktails

They all have different Sours… can you name them?

A

Tom Collins - Lemon
Martini - Dry Vermouth
Negroni - Campari

62
Q

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

A

Manhattan
Angostura Bitters
(The Sweet is a sweet Vermouth)

63
Q

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

A

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

64
Q

There is only one White Rum cocktail.

Name it and it’s Sour

A

Daiquiri

Lemon

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