Cocktails, Gin - Certified Sommelier Exam Flashcards
Not meant to be all of the Gin recipes from the Guild of Sommeliers website, just some that may appear on the Cert Somm exam as Classic cocktails
Aviation
1.5oz London Dry Gin 1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 1 barspoon Creme de Violette Shake w ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass, cherry or brandied cherry or lemon peel
Abbey Cocktail
2o Gin 3/4oz Lillet 3/4 oz OJ 2 dash bitters Cocktail glass grated nutmeg
Antibes
2oz Gin
3/4 on Benedictine
1 oz Grapefruit
shake w icem strain into ice filled old fashion w orange slice
Bees Knees
1.5oz Gin
3/4 oz Honey
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
Bijou
1oz Gin 1oz Green Chartreuse 1oz Sweet Vermouth Dash Orange Bitters Stir w ice and strain to cocktail glass w twist of lemon
Some recipes call for layering the ingredients to showcase a striking presentation (from bottom to top: vermouth, chartreuse, gin). The resulting cocktail, with a little orange bitters added, is also known as an Amber Dream.
The Bramble
2oz 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
Bronx Cocktail
1 oz Gin 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth 1/2 oz OJ shake w ice, strain to cocktail glass w orange slice
Clover Club
1.5 oz Gin
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Raspberry Syrup
1 egg white
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker without ice. Shake vigorously for five seconds to add volume to the egg white (this is called a dry shake, which is weird since all of the ingredients are liquid). Separate the shaker and add ice. Re-shake with ice vigorously. Strain into a cocktail stem.
Corpse Reviver #2
3/4 oz Gin 3/4 oz Cointreau 3/4 oz Lillet Blanc 3/4 oz Lemon Juice Absinthe (glass rinse) Shake w ice and strain into absinthe rinsed cocktail glass
Delmonico
1 oz Gin 1/2 oz Cognac 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters Stir w ice and strain to cocktail glass w lemon twist
GIbson
2.5 oz Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
stir w ice, strain to cocktail glass w pearl onion
Gimlet
2oz Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz Lime juice
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
Shake w ice, strain to cocktail glass w wedge of lime
Bennet adds 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Gin Fizz
2 oz Gin
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
Soda Water
Shake and strain 3 into collins glass, top w soda, no ice
Gin-Gin Mule
1.5 oz London Dry Gin 1/2 oz Simple Syrup 1/2 oz Lime Juice Ginger beer 10 mint leaves
Lightly muddle the mint with the liquid ingredients (except ginger beer) in the base of a shaker. Add ice, shake, and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with ginger beer.
Gin Rickey
2oz London Dry Gin
1/2 oz Lime Juice
Soda Water
Build in ice filled highball glass w lime rind
Greyhound
1.5 oz Gin (or vodka)
5 oz grapefruit juice
over ice in Highball
Fallen Angel
1.5 oz Gin 1tsp Creme de Menthe White Juice of 1/2 a lemon 1 dash ANgostrua Shake and strain into cocktail glass w cherry
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 highball glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne.
Lastg Word
3/4 oz GIn 3/4 oz Lime Juice 3/4 oz Green Charteuse 3/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur Shake w iced strain into cocktail glass
Martini, Classic
2.5oz Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
Stir w ice, strain into cocktail glass w olives or lemon peel
Napoleon Cocktail
2 oz Gin 1/4 oz Fernet Branca 1/2 oz Grand Marnier 1/2 oz Dubonnet Blanc Stir w ice, strain into cocktail glass w lemon twist
Negroni
1 oz Gin
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Compari
stir w ice, old fashion glass w orange peel
Pegu Club
2 oz London Dry Gin 1/2 oz Curacao 1/2 oz Lime Juice 1 dash Angostura Bitter 1 dash Orange BItter Shake w ice, strain into cocktail glass w Lime wedge
Ramon Gin Fizz
1.5 oz Dry Gin 5 drop Orange Flower Water 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Lime Juice 1 egg white 1 oz heavy cream Soda Water 2 drops vanilla extract (optional) Shake all but soda, strain into highball, top w soda water, grated nutmeg
Red Lion
2 oz Gin 1 oz Grand Marnier 1/4 oz Grenadine 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 3/4 oz OJ Shake w ice, strain into cocktail glass
Satan’s Whiskers
3/4 oz Gin 3/4 oz Grand Marnier 3/4 oz Dry vermouth 3/4 oz sweet vermouth 1/2 oz OJ 5 dash Orange Bitter Shake w ice, strain into cocktail glass
Singapore Sling
2 oz Gin 3/4 oz Cherry Heering 2 tsp Benedictine 2 tsp cointreau 2 oz pineapple 3/4 oz lime juice 2 dash grenadine 1 dash angostura soda water
Southside
2 oz Dry Gin 3/4 oz Lime Juice 3/4 oz Simple Syrup 10 mint leaves cocktail glass, mint sprig
Tom Collins
2 oz Old Tom or London Dry Gin 1 oz Lemon Juice 1 tsp simple syrup 3 oz Soda Water Build into highball, top w soda water, slice w lemon and cherry
Vesper
3 measures of London Dry Gin
1 measure Vodka
1/2 measure Lillet Blanc
Shake all ingredients w ice, strain into cocktail glass, lemon peel
White Lady
1oz Gin
1oz Cointreau
1oz Lemon Juice
