Common cocktails Flashcards

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Paloma

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1.5 oz Casamigos Taquila
0.5 oz lime juice
1.5 oz Grapefruit
1/2 oz Agave

Add ice and shake
Pour in a rocks or highball glass over ice
Top w/soda
Garnish with lime

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Old Fashioned

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2 oz Whiskey
3 dashes angostura bitters
1/2 oz Demi syrup

Combine in glass, Add ice cube(s) and stir with bar spoon for 20-30 seconds. Garnish with an orange and lemon twist

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Margarita

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1.5 oz Tequila
1 oz Lime
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz Agave

Shake in shaker with ice
Serve over ice with optional salt rim

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Moscow Mule

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1.5 oz Kettle One Vodka
1.5 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup

Ginger beer

Add ice and top with ginger beer
Garnish with a lime wheel dropped in
Serve in a copper mug

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Manhattan

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2 oz whiskey (bourbon or rye)
3 dashes angostura bitters
1 oz sweet vermouth

Add ingredients to mixing glass with ice. Stir for about 30 stirs and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with luxardo cherry

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Aperol Spritz

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2 oz Aperol
3 oz Prosecco
Top with soda
Orange wedge garnish

Fill wine glass with ice, add Aperol, Prosecco and top with soda. Garnish with an orange wedge

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Cuba Libre

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1.5 oz rum
1/2 oz lime juice
Coke

Add rum and lime juice into a glass (highball or rocks). Fill with ice cubes and top with coke. Garnish with lime

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Cape Cod

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1.5 oz vodka
Cranberry juice

Use a highball glass, and vodka and ice then top with cranberry juice. Garnish with a lime wedge

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Vodka Press

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1.5 oz vodka
2 oz Sprite
2 oz Club Soda

Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add vodka and top with half sprite and half soda and garnish with a lime

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10
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French 75

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1 oz Gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
3 oz Champagne

Combine gin, syrup and lemon juice in shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a champagne flute or highball glass. Top with champagne and garnish with a lemon twist (NO ICE in drink)

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Whiskey Sour

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2 oz Whiskey (typically bourbon)
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz Simple syrup
Few dashes of fee foam

Combine ingredient into a shaker, shake with ice. Strain into ice filled rocks glass. Garnish with orange wheel and cherry

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Bay Breeze

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1.5 oz vodka
Half pineapple
Half cranberry

Serve over ice. Stir briefly to combine. Garnish with a lime

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Sea Breeze

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1.5 oz vodka
2 oz Cranberry
1 oz Grapefeuit

Serve over ice, garnish with a lime wheel

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Mojito

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2 oz white rum
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
5-6 Mint leaves
Top with soda

Shake with three ice cubes, pour into Collins glass. Top with ice and soda. Garnish with a mint plouche. Top with a dash of Angostura bitters

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Negroni

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1.5 oz Gin
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Campari

Serve over ice in a rocks glass and garnish with an orange twist

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White Sangria

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4 oz Pinot Grigio
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz Elderflower (St Germaine)
Soda water

Serve over ice in a wine glass and top with soda water. Garnish with orange/lemon/lime wheels

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Biltmore Mule

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1.5 oz Ketel One Vodka
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz Ginger Mix
3/4 oz Lime
Ginger Beer

Combine ingredients and serve over ice in a copper mug. Top with ginger beer and garnish with lime wheel

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Tom Collins

A

1.5 oz Gin
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
Club soda

Shake gin, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice, strain over ice in highball glass top with soda. Garnish with lemon wheel

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Cosmopolitan

A

1.5 oz Vodka
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 cranberry juice
1 oz Cointreau or Triple Sec

Combine all ingredients with ice and shake. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a lemon wheel or twist

20
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White Russian

A

1 oz vodka
1 oz Kahlua
1 oz half and half (or whole milk)

serve in rocks glass over ice
Vodka and kahlua in first then ice then half and half

21
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Mai Tai

A
1.5 oz rum
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Gifford Orgeat
1.5 oz Pineapple Juice (or orange?)
(Dark rum floater)

Shake and strain over ice and add dark rum floater

Serve over ice in small beer mug with orange for garnish

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Vodka Collins

A

1.5 oz vodka
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
Club soda

shake vodka, lemon juice and syrup with ice and strain over a highball glass and top with soda. Garnish with an orange

23
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Daiquiri

A

2 oz white rum
3/4 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz lime juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a rocks glass or martini glass. Served straight up without ice. Garnish with a lime wheel

24
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Vodka Martini

A

3 oz vodka
Rinse with vermouth

For dirty, do 2 1/2 oz Vodka and 1/2 oz dirty Sue

Extra dirty use 2 oz vodka and 1 oz dirty sue

Shake with ice and pour into coupe glass. Garnish with an olive

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Rose Sangria

A

4 oz Rose Wine
1/2 oz Gifford Pamplemousse
1/2 oz Elderflower (St. Germaine)
Soda

Combine ingredients in wine glass, fill with ice and top with soda. Garnish with raspberries, strawberries and blackberry

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Tequila Sunrise

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1.5 oz Casa Dragones tequila
3/4 oz lime juice 
1/2 oz Super Cassis
1/2 oz Grenadine
Soda

Add ice and top with soda in a beer glass. Garnish with a blood orange

27
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No kick in this mule

A

1.5 oz Seedlip Herbal
3/4 oz lime juice
Ginger beer

Combine ingredients in a copper mug, add ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wheel

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Verde Caliente

A

3 dashes orange bitters
1.5 oz Verde Mix
3/4 oz Ancho Reyes Verde
1.5 oz Gran Classico Taquila

Shake and strain over ice in a rocks glass with a Tajin rim. Garnish with a lime

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Espresso Martini

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1.5 oz vodka
3/4 oz Galliano
1/4 oz Demi Syrup
1 oz cold brew

(1/2 oz Baileys optional if creamy is requested)

Shake and strain over martini glass. Garnish with three coffee beans

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Prickly 75

A
1 oz Roku Gin
1/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz prickly pear purée
1/2 oz elderflower
Prosecco
Shake, strain into coupe glass.  top with Prosecco.  Garnish with lemon wheel & flower
31
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Cucumber Rainwater

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5 cucumber slices
1.5 oz Wheatley Vodka
1/2 oz Alesia’s Bianca Dry Vermouth
1/2 oz Thatcher’s cucumber liqueur 
1/2 oz Simple syrup

Add ingredients and muddle cucumber slices. Shake and strain into coupe. Garnish with a cucumber ribbon on a pick

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This is My Zen

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1.5 oz Suntory Toki 
1/2 oz mango purée 
1/4 oz Yuzu Juice
1/2 oz Demi Syrup
1/2 oz Foro

Shake, strain over ice in a Collins glass. Top with soda. Garnish with blood orange

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Tiki Takeaway

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1.5 oz Pineapple
1/2 oz Orgeat
3/4 oz Lime Juice
Top with Coconut Water and a splash of Ginger Beer

Combine ingredients in Collins glass with ice. Top with coconut water and garnish with an orange

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Ranch Water

A

1.5 oz tequila
3/4 lime juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
Top with soda

Combine ingredients and shake. Pour over ice and top with soda. Garnish with a lime

35
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Lemon drop Martini

A

1.5 Grey Goose Citron vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz lemon
1/2 oz simple