Cocktails Ingredients & Non-wine Producers Flashcards
Americano
Ingredients:
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce sweet vermouth
soda water
Preparation: Serve over ice.
Presentation: Glassware depends on amount of soda water; garnish with orange slice
Aviation
Ingredients:
1½ ounces London dry gin
¾ ounce lemon juice
2 dashes maraschino liqueur
2 dashes Crème Yvette
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry or lemon peel
Boulevardier
Ingredients:
1 ounce bourbon
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari
Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with orange twist
Caipirinha
Ingredients:
2 ounces cachaça
juice of two lime quarters
2 teaspoons sugar
Preparation: Muddle sugar and lime quarters until sugar is dissolved. Add crushed ice and cachaça.
Presentation: Lowball glass, garnished with lime wedge
Collins
Ingredients:
2 ounces bourbon or gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Chilled club soda
Preparation: Shake the spirit, lemon juice, and syrup with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with club soda.
Presentation: Highball or Collins glass, garnished with orange slice or cherry
Note: Today, a John Collins is often served with bourbon or another American whiskey. The cocktail originally used genever, and when Old Tom Gin was introduced, the Tom Collins was born. It would be correct to only make a Tom Collins with Old Tom Gin, and to make a John Collins with any other type of gin or American whiskey. The best course of action, however, is to make what the guest wants.
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce Triple Sec
1/2 ounce cranberry juice
1/2 ounce lime juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lime twist
Daiquiri
Ingredients:
2 ounces rum
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with lime wedge/wheel
French 75
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Champagne
Preparation: Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice and strain into ice-filled glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne.
Presentation: Highball glass or flute, garnished with lemon twist
Gimlet
Ingredients:
2 ounces Plymouth Gin
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with wedge of lime
Greyhound
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Gin/Vodka
5 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Preparation: Serve over ice.
Presentation: Highball Glass
Kamikaze
Ingredients:
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Lime Juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Lime Slice
Bartender Comments: For those who like Margaritas without all that tequila deliciousness.
Last Word
Ingredients:
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass
Mai Tai
Ingredients:
1 oz. Dark Jamaican Rum
1 oz. Amber Martinique Rum
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
1/4 oz. Curaçao Liqueur
1/4 oz. Orgeat Syrup
Preparation: Shake with ice and strain.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish can include mint, limes, pineapples and umbrellas.
Manhattan
Ingredients:
2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Cherry
Margarita
Ingredients:
2 oz. Tequila
3/4 oz. Cointreau (or Combier)
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
Simple Syrup to taste (optional)
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into salt-rimmed glass, with or without ice.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Lime Wedge
Martini
Ingredients:
2.5 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Olives or Lemon Peel
Mint Julep
Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Preparation: Add syrup and mint leaves to the base of the glass and muddle. Add crushed ice and 1 oz. of the bourbon the glass and mix with a bar spoon. Add more crushed ice and the rest of the bourbon to the glass, mixing again. Cap with crushed ice and garnish with two mint sprigs. Arrange the straws next to the mint sprigs.
Presentation: Silver or Pewter Julep Mug, Mint
Mojito
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. White Rum
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
2 tsp. Sugar
8-10 Mint Leaves
Soda Water
Preparation: Muddle mint, lime and sugar, add ice and rum. Shake briefly and pour into a fresh glass.Top with fresh ice before adding the soda water.
Presentation: Lowball or Highball Glass, Mint Sprig
Moscow Mule
Ingredients:
2 oz. Vodka (originally Smirnoff’s)
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
4 oz. Ginger Beer
Preparation: Pour vodka and lime juice into ice-filled mug and top with ginger beer.
Presentation: Copper Mug, Lime Wedge
Negroni
Ingredients:
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Preparation: Stir ingredients together with ice.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Orange Peel
Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz. Spirit(Typically American Whiskey)
2 Dashes of Bitters
1 Sugar Cube
Preparation: Add enough water to the sugar cube to dissolve with muddling. Add bitters and Spirits, stir with ice, and strain over fresh ice.
Presentation: Thick Bottomed Old Fashioned Glass
Pimm’s Cup
Ingredients:
2 oz. Pimm’s No. 1
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1/2 oz. Gin
Soda Water
Preparation: Muddle cucumber and simple syrup in tin. Add remaining ingredients, shake with ice, and fine-strain into a glass. Top with soda.
Presentation: Highball Glass, Cucumber Slice, Mint Sprig
Pisco Sour
Ingredients:
2 oz. Pisco
1 oz. Lime or Lemon Juice (or combination of both)
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
1 Egg White
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Preparation: Shake all ingredients except bitters with ice and strain into the glass. Garnish the glass with a dash of bitters.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass
Rusty Nail
Ingredients:
2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz. Drambuie
Preparation: Stir with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Twist
Sazerac
Ingredients:
2 oz. Sazerac Rye Whiskey
5 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Splash of Absinthe
Half of a Sugar Cube
Preparation:
Chill the low ball glass with ice water.
Muddle the sugar cube and a splash of water in a mixing glass
Pour the icewater out of the lowball glass and add absinthe to rinse the glass. The residual water in the glass should cause the absinthe to loosh, and therefore become more aromatic. Add whiskey, bitters and the lemon peel to the mixing glass with the muddled sugar and bitters and stir with ice to chill.
Strain into the absinthe rinsed lowball glass.
Presentation: Lowball Glass
Sidecar
Ingredients:
1.5 ounces Cognac
.75 ounce Lemon juice
.75 ounce Cointreau
Preparation: Shake with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail coupe with a sugar rim
Vesper
Ingredients:
3 measures London Dry Gin
1 measure Vodka (preferably grain)
1/2 measure Lillet Blanc
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Lemon Peel
White Lady
Ingredients:
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Cointreau
1 oz. Lemon Juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Cherry
What are Angostura bitters?
Angostura is a brand of bitters, a concentrated herbal alcoholic preparation that’s a staple ingredient in cocktails and food. Angostura bitters are spicy and bitter with notes of cinnamon and clove, and are made with gentian root and other herbs and spices.
Is London Dry Gin a brand or a type of gin?
London dry gin is a type of gin that’s defined by its production process, not its place of origin. It’s made using a specific distilling method that involves co-distilling all the ingredients in a single distillation. The high strength of the distillation removes unpleasant flavors and allows London dry gin to be sold unsweetened, giving it a dry taste. London dry gin is typically made with a base spirit like fermented and distilled wheat or barley, juniper, and other botanicals like herbs, fruits, spices, and roots.
It has a juniper-forward flavor profile with notes of citrus, herb, fruit, and spice, often described as zesty and complex with a subtle sweetness.
Name 3 top-shelf examples of London dry gin
Bombay Sapphire Dry Gin
Beefeater
Plymouth Gin
What is Pisco?
Pisco is a brandy made from distilled wine or fermented grape juice in Peru and Chile. It’s unaged, colorless, and has an alcohol content of 38–48%, making it a hard liquor similar to vodka, whiskey, rum, and scotch.
Name 3 producers of quality blended scotch whisky
Johnnie Walker
Ballantine’s
Chivas Regal
What is sweet vermouth?
Sweet vermouth is a fortified wine aromatised with a range of botanicals. Due to its colour, it is also known as red vermouth (vermouth rosso) or Italian vermouth.
Name a few examples of French and Italian sweet vermouth producers
French: Noilly Prat, Dolin Vermouth de Chambéry, and La Quintinye
Italian: Martini & Rossi, Carpano, Cocchi, and Cinzano
What is Pimm’s No 1?
It is a gin-based liquor made in England from dry gin, liqueur, fruit juices and spices.
What is Drambuie?
Drambuie is a sweet, golden-colored liqueur that’s made from aged Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs, and spices. It’s 40% ABV and is produced in Scotland. Drambuie has an herbal, medicinal nose with notes of pepper, grass, dried hay, dried flowers, orange peel, and licorice. It’s light on the palate and has become a staple in bars around the world.
What is Chambord?
A French black raspberry liqueur with a cognac base and 16.5% ABV. It’s a staple in modern bars and is used in many cocktails, including the French martini. Chambord can also be enjoyed on its own, chilled, on the rocks, or topped with sparkling wine. The Brown-Forman Corporation has owned and produced Chambord since 2006.
What is Cognac? Name the Big 4 Cognac houses
Cognac is a type of brandy made from grapes grown in the Cognac region of France. It’s distilled twice in copper pot stills and aged in French oak barrels for at least two years. The distillation season is from October 1 to March 31.
Hennessy, Remy Martin, Martell, and Courvoisier
What is Cointreau?
Cointreau is the leading brand of triple sec, an orange-flavored liqueur made from sweet and bitter orange peels.
While Cointreau is not a cognac, its connections with cognac run deep. For starters, Cointreau is owned by the French spirits conglomerate Rémy Contreau, which also owns Cognac House Rémy Martin.
Name at least 2 quality tequila producers
- Patrón - High-quality tequila known for its smoothness.
- Don Julio - Premium tequila brand with a range of aged expressions.
- Clase Azul - Known for its luxury expressions and beautiful bottles.
- Casamigos - Popular tequila founded by George Clooney and Rande Gerber.
What is Lillet Blanc?
Lillet Blanc is a French aperitif wine that’s a blend of Bordeaux grapes, fruit liqueurs, and fortified wine. It’s made from 85% Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon grapes and 15% fruit liqueurs, and has an alcohol content of around 17% ABV. Lillet Blanc is sweet, with a soft mouthfeel and crisp finish, and notes of honey, mango, candied orange peel, dandelions, pine, and mint.
Name 3 quality Vodka producers
- Grey Goose - Premium French vodka.
- Belvedere - Polish rye vodka known for its smoothness.
- Chopin - Polish vodka made from a single ingredient, either potatoes, rye, or wheat, distilled four times. Their potato vodka has an earthy texture and round flavor.
Name at least 3 quality rum producers
- Ron Zacapa - Aged Guatemalan rum with rich, complex flavors.
- Diplomático - Venezuelan rum known for its rich, sweet profile.
- Bacardi - Widely recognized brand with a range of rums.
Other examples include Flor de Caña and Don Q
Name at least 3 quality Bourbon producers
- Maker’s Mark - Known for its distinctive red wax seal.
- Woodford Reserve - Premium Kentucky bourbon.
- Buffalo Trace - Historic distillery producing a range of respected bourbons.
- Blanton’s - Single barrel bourbon with a strong following.
- Pappy Van Winkle - Highly sought-after and rare bourbon.
Name at least 3 quality Scotch producers
- The Macallan - Renowned for its single malts.
- Glenfiddich - One of the most awarded single malt Scotch whiskies.
- Lagavulin - Known for its peaty Islay whiskies.
- Ardbeg - Another famous Islay distillery known for its smoky profile.
- Highland Park - Orkney distillery with a balanced smoky and sweet profile.
Name at least 3 Irish Whiskey producers
- Redbreast - Highly respected for its pot still expressions.
- Jameson - The best-selling Irish whiskey in the world.
- Bushmills - One of the oldest distilleries, with various expressions.
- Teeling - Newer distillery with innovative offerings.
- Green Spot - Rare single pot still whiskey.
Name 3 quality Rye Whiskey producers
- Bulleit Rye
- Sazerac
- Angel’s Envy
- Knob Creek Rye
What’s an aperitif? Name at least 2 examples
Vermouth: An Italian fortified wine that originated in Italy and is flavored with botanicals, spices, and herbs. The word “vermouth” comes from the German word Wermut, which means “wormwood”, a former primary ingredient in the drink.
Aperol: An Italian bitter aperitif with a vibrant orange color that is made with ingredients like rhubarb, gentian, and cinchona. The name comes from the French slang word apero, which means “apéritif”.
Lillet: A French aromatized aperitif wine that is made with Bordeaux grapes and fortified with citrus liqueurs. There are many varieties of Lillet, including Blanc, Rosé, and Rouge.
Negroni: a cocktail that’s a popular aperitif in France and Italy that is made with gin, bitters like Campari, and vermouth.
What is a digestif? Name at least 2 examples
A digestif is an alcoholic beverage served after a meal, traditionally believed to aid digestion even though there is not strong evidence to support this. When served after a coffee course, it may be called pousse-café. Digestifs are usually taken neat.
Examples include Amaro, sherry, and port. A specific example of a digestif is Underberg, a digestif bitter produced at Rheinberg in Germany by Underberg AG.
What is an amaro? Name at least 2 examples of quality producers
Amaro is an Italian word that means “bitter”. Amari are a type of bittersweet liqueur that originated in Italy and are traditionally consumed after dinner as a digestif. They are made by infusing an alcoholic base, such as wine, grape brandy, or a neutral spirit, with botanicals like herbs, spices, citrus peels, roots, and flowers.
Examples include Fernet, Averna, and Cynar
Name at least 2 specific examples (including producer and vintage) of dessert wines that could pair with a non-chocolate dessert
- 2016 Oremus Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos (~$100 retail)
- 2019 Chateau Coutet - Sauternes; from Barsac (~$50 retail) - Premier Cru Classe
- 2019 Chateau Cantegril Sauternes (~30 retail)
Name at least 2 specific examples (including producer and vintage) of dessert wines that could pair with a chocolate dessert
- Dow’s Tawny Port 10 year
- Bodegas Toro Albala, Don PX - 1999
Excellent vintages of Dow’s Port
Vintage Ports such as the remarkable Dow 1896, the 1927, 1945, 1955, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1980 and the Dow 1994 are all legends in the history of this great wine.
Champagne cocktail
Ingredients:
Champagne or other sparkling wine
Angostura bitters
Sugar cube
Preparation: See below.
Presentation: Champagne flute, garnished with lemon peel (discarded)
French Martini
Ingredients:
2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce Chambord
2 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Gibson
Ingredients:
2 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with pearl onion
Kir Royale
Ingredients:
3 ounces of Aligote (Kir) or Champagne (Kir Royale)
.33 ounce of Créme de cassis
Preparation: First pour the créme de cassis into a wine glass and top with the wine.
Presentation: Wine Glass
Sea Breeze
Ingredients:
2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice.
Presentation: Highball Glass, Lime Wedge
Vieux Carré
Ingredients:
1 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Cognac
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1/4 oz. Bénédictine
2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Lemon Peel
History: The Vieux Carré was created by Walter Bergeron at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans in 1938. The hotel Monteleone is a historic hotel in the center the city’s French Quarter, and is often the home of the Tales of the Cocktail festival held each year. The name translates to “Old Square” and references this special part of town.
Preparations and Variations: The proportions of this drink are often tinkered with, and the proof of the rye used can also adjust how dry the final product is.
Whiskey Sour
Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
Preparation: Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Cherry, Half Orange Wheel
