Common Cocktails Flashcards
Cosmopolitan
Pre-chilled martini glass
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice
3/4 oz Cointreau
2 oz citron vodka
Long shake
Double strain
Garnish: lime wedge
*if using non-flavored vodka can add a lemon twist and a lime twist in the shaker, then double strain
Manhattan
Ask: up or on the rocks
Martini glass or Rocks glass
1 oz sweet vermouth
2.5 oz bourbon/whiskey
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Stir
Garnish: brandied cherry
Old Fashioned
Rocks glass
Orange
Cherry
2 dashes bitters
1/4 oz Simple syrup
Muddle
Fill glass with ice
2 oz bourbon/whiskey
Stir
Splash of soda water
Garnish: none
OR
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
1/4 oz rich demerara syrup
2 oz bourbon/rye
Stir
Garnish: orange swath expressed over drink, wiped around rim and dropped in, and a brandied cherry
Margarita
Pint glass
1/2 oz lime juice
3 oz sour mix
1/2 oz triple sec
2 oz tequila
Shake
Salt rim
Garnish: lime
Martini
Pre-chilled Martini glass
1/2 oz dry vermouth
3 oz gin or vodka
Stir at least 30sec
Garnish: olives or lemon twist
Dirty = replace dry vermouth with olive juice/brine
Dry = less vermouth
Extra dry = no vermouth
Bloody Mary
Pint glass
2 oz vodka
Bloody Mary mix
Agitate
Garnish: lemon, lime, olive
Spicy = 1/2 bar spoon raw horseradish, Tabasco, dash of pepper
Madras
Cocktail glass
2 oz vodka
Half cranberry
Half orange juice
Agitate
Garnish: lime
Bay Breeze
Cocktail glass
2 oz vodka
Half cranberry
Half pineapple
Agitate
Garnish: lime
*tropical bay = pineapple
Sea Breeze
Cocktail glass
2 oz vodka
Half cranberry
Half grapefruit
Agitate
Garnish: lime
*Ocean Spray makes grapefruit juice (Ocean/Sea)
Tequila Sunrise
Cocktail glass w/ice
1/4 oz lime juice
5 oz orange juice
2 oz blanco tequila
Quick stir
3/4 oz grenadine
Let sink to bottom
Garnish: orange 1/2 wheel and 1 lime wedge
Moscow mule
Copper mug or pint glass
1/2 oz fresh lime
2 oz vodka
Top with ginger beer
Stir
Garnish: lime
Dark N’ Stormy
Cocktail glass
Ginger beer
2 oz goslings dark rum float
Do not agitate. Keep visual layers
Garnish: lime
Whiskey sour
Rocks glass with ice
3/4 oz fresh lemon
3/4 oz simple syrup
2 oz bourbon
Shake
Garnish: lemon wedge
Aperol Spritz
Stem glass
Fill with ice
2oz Aperol
3oz Prosecco
1oz soda
Stir in glass
Garnish: orange wheel
1 liquor drinks
Cocktail glass
2 oz spirit
Top with mixer
Garnish: vodka=lemon wedge
Gin=lime wedge
Long Island Iced Tea
Pint glass
2 oz Coca-cola
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz plymouth gin
3/4 oz blanco tequila
3/4 oz rum
3/4 oz Cointreau or triple-sec
Pour coca-cola into glass
Short shake the rest for 5sec, then strain into the glass. Fill glass with ice.
Garnish: lemon wedge
Negroni
Rocks glass, mixing glass
3/4 oz Compari
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
1.5 oz gin
Stir in mixing glass
Garnish: orange swath expressed, wiped, and dropped in
Apple Martini
3/4 oz sour apple schnapps
1/2 oz apple juice
2 oz vodka
Long shake
Strain
Espresso martini (creamy)
Espresso vodka
Espresso Baileys
Tia Maria
Long shake
Double strain
Garnish: 3 coffee beans
Lemon Drop
Sugar rim on martini glass
2oz citron vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
Espresso martini (clear)
1/2 oz kahlua
1oz espresso
2 1/2oz espresso vodka
