Cocktails - Classic Flashcards
learn the basic cocktails
Old Fashioned
1 tsp sugar
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 tsp water
mix/middle
2 oz bourbon
stir with ice
strain over ice in glass
garnish Orange Twist
Martini
chilled mixing glass
2.5 oz Gin or Vodka (stirred vs shaken)
.5 oz Dry Vermouth (more vermouth = wet)
1 dash orange bitter
stir with ice or shake with ice
garnish Lemon twist, olive, cocktail onion
Daiquiri
2 oz rum
1 oz lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
shake with ice
strain into chilled martini glass
garnish Lime wheel
Manhattan
chill glass
2 oz rye whiskey
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
stir with ice
strain
garnish Lemon twist OR brandied cherry
Whiskey Sour
-2 oz Bourbon
-3/4 oz lemon juice
-.5 oz simple syrup
-egg white (optional!!)
dry shake
shake with ice
strain into glass
- 3 dash Ang. bitters - toothpick thru
Margarita
- 2 oz blanco tequila
- 1 oz lime juice
- .5 oz triple sec or cointreau
- .5 oz agave
shake with ice
strain over ice
Negroni
- 1 oz Gin
- 1 oz campari
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
stir with ice
pour over ice
garnish Orange peel
Tom Collins
–BUILD IN GLASS–
- 2 oz Gin
- 1 oz lemon juice
- .5 simple syrup
ice
- fill with club soda
stir
garnish Lemon wheel
Sazerac
- Absinthe rinse
- sugar cube
- .5 tsp cold water
- 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
- 2.5 oz rye whiskey or cognac
stir with ice
strain into glass
garnish lemon twist/peel
Paloma
2 oz tequila
.5 oz lime juice
pinch of salt
add ice
4 oz grapefruit soda to top
stir
garnish lime wheel
Moscow Mule
- 2 oz vodka
- .5 oz lime juice squeezed
add ice - 3 oz ginger beer
Sidecar
sugar rim
1 1/2 ounces cognac
3/4 ounce orange liqueur
3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
shake
strain in glass
garnish orange twist
Martinez
chill coupe glass
1.5 ounces gin
1.5 ounces sweet vermouth
1/4 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur
2 dashes Angostura bitters
stir with ice
strain in chilled glass
Garnish: orange twist
Pimm’s Cup
2 ounces Pimm’s No. 1
.5 ounce lemon juice
Ginger ale, to top
Garnish: cucumber slice
Garnish: mint sprig
Garnish: strawberry
Garnish: lemon wheel (optional)
Garnish: orange wheel (optional)
Pico Sour