Cocktails/Spirits Flashcards
Ingredients & Preparation of a 4th Regiment
1 oz Rye
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash each orange, Peychauds, and Celery bitter
Traditionally Shaken but rare today - stirred
Strain into cocktail coupe & Garnish w/ Lemon Peel
Era of Cocktail, Family, and History of a 4th Regiment Cocktail
Pre-Prohibition
Spirit Forward
First appeared in cocktail book called “Drinks” in 1914 by Jaques Straub
Ingredients & Preparation of Abbey Cocktail
1.5 oz Gin
.75 oz OJ
.75 oz Cocchi Americano
2 dash bitters
Shake all ingredients and strain into Cocktail coupe garnished with Cherry
Era of Cocktail, Family, and History of Abbey Cocktail
Prohibition Era
Sours
First documented in the original Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930 - likely created during prohibition around bathtub gin culture - popular brunch cocktail
Original calls for Kina Lillet but not made anymore
Ingredients and Preparation of Absinthe Frappe
1.5 oz absinthe
.5oz sugar syrup
6-8 mint leaves
Muddle mint at bottom of glass and add absinthe and sugar and pack with crushed ice
Put in frappe, absinthe, or OF glass and garnish w/ mint and serve w/ straw
Era of Cocktail, Family, and history of Absinthe Frappe
Pre-Prohibition
Cobblers
First created at the Old Absinthe House in the French Quarter of NoLa in 1874 - riff on traditional way of serving absinthe w/ 4 part h2o and 1 part absinthe
Ingredients and Preparation for Adonis
2 oz fino sherry
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dash orange bitters
Stir all ingredients briefly in mixing glass w/ ice and strain into cocktail coupe and garnish w/ orange twist
Era, Family, and history of Adonis
Pre-prohibition
Wine based
Named for the Burlesque show “Adonis” 1884 (considered the first Broadway Musical)
Created at the Waldorf Astoria
Ingredients and Preparation of Alexander Cocktail
.75 oz VS Cognac
.75 oz white creme de cacao
.75 oz cream
Shake all ingredients w/ ice and strain into cocktail coupe and garnish w/ grated nutmeg
Era, Family, and History of Alexander Cocktail
Pre-Prohibition
Duos and Trios
First mentioned in 1910 in JA Grohusko’s “Jacks Manual on the vintage and Production, care and handling of wines and liquors” - totally different recipe of 3 pt rye and 1 pt benedictine served over an ice cube
Variations include:
equal parts gin, white creme de cacao and sweet cream (1916 Hugo Ensslin in Recipes for mixed Drinks)
No. 1: 2 part gin 1 pt creme de cacao and cream
No. 2 Listed above (Also called a Brandy Alexander)
Alexanders Sister: Eq. Pt. Gin , creme de menthe and cream
Ingredients and Preparation of Algonquin cocktail
1.5 oz rye
.75 oz dry vermouth
.75 oz pina
2 dash Peychauds (optional)
Shake all ingredients and strain into cocktail coupe w/ bitters being incorporated or reserved for garnish
Era, Family, and history of Algonquin cocktail
Tiki
Tropical
Named after the Algonquin Hotel on 44th St. in Manhattan - meeting place for Cultural icons during Prohibition. Was a dry hotel and these icons would have a boozy lunch with flasks full of Gin Martinis
Variation: Can be stirred for a more savory cocktail
Ingredients and preparation for Americano
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth
Top w/ soda water
Serve over ice
Garnish w/ orange slice
Era, family, and history of Americano cocktail
Pre prohibition
Ancestrals
First served at Caffe Campari in 1860’s under the name “Milano-Torino”
Later renamed the Americano for Primo Carnera who was an Italian boxer and the first to win the US heavyweight boxing championship
Originally used Punt y Mes
Always ask for preference on how much soda - can vary wildly
Ingredients and preparation for Antibes Cocktail
2 oz gin
.75 oz Benedictine
1 oz grapefruit
Shake all w/ ice and strain into old fashioned glass and garnish w/ an orange slice