EBS Cocktails Flashcards
Learning EBS exam cocktails
Gin & Tonic
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Gin 40
Tonic Fill
Garnish: Lime
Spirit & Mixer
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
spirit 40
mixer fill
Garnish: lemon / lime wedge or none
Cuba Libre
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Light Rum 40
Fresh Lime Juice 10
Coca Cola Fill
Garnish: Lime Wedge
Tequila Sunrise
Glass: highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build & Sink
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Tequila 40
Orange juice fill
Grenadine Syrup sink
Garnish: None
Rusty Nail
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Grant’s Scotch Whisky 30
Drambuie 30
Garnish: Lemon Zest
Tricks to remember:
Rusty nail’s name has British vibes instead of Italian vibes like for the godfather. Drambuie is a british liquor, is honey based, Lemon zest is good with honey
Godfather
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Grant’s Scotch Whisky 30
Amaretto 30
Garnish: None
Trick to remember:
godfather richiama la mafia, la Sicilia, le mandorle, l’amaretto
Black Russian
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 40
Coffee Liquor 20
Garnish: None
White Russian
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 40
Coffee liquor 20
Milk fill
Garnish:
None
Tricks to remember:
Same as black Russian, but made white by milk
Tricks to remember certain drinks
Lowballs, Spirit+modifiers, Daisies etc … are often made by 60 mL of alcohols combined, while the highballs are normally made by 40mL ( except Long Island; Tom Collins, Lynchburg lemonade Which are not build like normal highballs but shake and julep strained ). 2-Spirits cocktails are instead commonly composed by 80mL if it’s a stronger second alcohol like vermouth instead of a milder liqueur
The “Russians” are normally made with vodka
Coupe and martini glasses will never go with slices or wedges, always zests
Cocktails containing fruits juices will normally be shaken
Fine strainer can be optional if the drink is on the rocks but is mandatory if is in a Coupe/Martini glass
Daisy and Sour category differences. The name margarita refers to the flower because the margarita is inspired by an old cocktail named marguerite probably after the color of that original drink. the margarita cocktail became world famous, therefore is THE daisy cocktail and normally calls for an extra liquor in addition to the base spirit, otherwise it would be a “sour” and not a “daisy” which instead has a main strong spirit and half its quantity in a sour part which in its turn is then also counterbalanced by sweetness in half it’s quantity or intensity to create a sweet & sour effect. Daisy are a tiny bit more gentle, like a daisy makes you think, so there’s a more gentle alcohol in addition to the main spirit.
Moscow Mule
Glass: Copper mug/Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 40
Ginger beer fill
Garnish:
Lime wedge
Woo Woo
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 20
peach liquor 20
Cranberry Juice fill
Garnish:
Lime wedge
Trick to remember:
Woo Woo it’s sharp punchy lime, it’s party with vodka! But if you don’t go having sex at the beach you won’t see the orange sunrise.
Americano
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build & Stir
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Gin 30
Campari 30
Soda Water 30
Garnish:
Orange Slice or Zest
Screaming Orgasm
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Shake and strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 10
Coffee Liquor 10
Baileys 10
Amaretto 10
Milk 40
Garnish:
None
El Diablo
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Tequila 30
Crème de Cassis 10
Fresh Lime Juice 10
Ginger ale fill
Garnish:
Lime Wedge
Trick to remember:
Darkness from the devil brought by Chambord
Sex On The Beach
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 20
Peach Liqueur 20
Cranberry Juice fill equal
Orange juice fill equal
Garnish:
None
Tricks to Remember:
To have sex on the beach you need vodka to get the party started, a nice sweet ass like a peach. Things get tangy and exciting like cranberry juice… and you end up watching an orange sunrise.
Cosmopolitan
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Shake & fine Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Citron Vodka 40
Triple sec 20
Lime Juice 10
Cranberry juice 30
Garnish:
Orange Zest
Tricks to remember:
Very Trendy Chic Ladies ( V T C L )
(Acronym for Vodka; Triple sec; Cranberry; Lime)
As it’s a sophisticated chic drink, even if it’s served in a martini glass, the vodka is made more subtle by extra cranberry, you use almost as much as vodka. The orange zest recalls the triple sec, as there’s already enough tanginess with cranberry and lime in the ingredients, no extra lime is required.
Daiquiri
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Shake & fine strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Light Rum 60
Lime Juice 30
Sugar syrup 15
Garnish:
None
Tricks to remember:
Daiquiri is a sour and not a daisy like a margarita. Rum makes you think at pirates, pirates had few elements to work with on the boat, therefore sours were pretty common among them and needed alcohol for the fun, sugar for the bad taste of low quality alcohol and vitamin C for the scurvy. Sour has an easy to remember pattern: Spirit; half of spirit in citrus and half of citrus in sugar
French Martini
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Shake & fine strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 40
Chambord 20
Pineapple 40
Garnish:
1 Raspberry
Tricks to remember:
Has martini in its name so it’s a martini category, ( traditionally calls for Spirit; Liquor/Fortified ). In this case the french liqueur Chambord gives their nationality mark, Pineapple makes a fancy visual foam. If the martini is a hard drink in it’s original strong version, french people made it their more typical way in a more fancy, subtle, visual and feminine approach.
The raspberry as garnish calls for the ingredients of Chambord
Lynchburg Lemonade
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubes
Method: Shake & Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Jack daniel’s 40
Triple Sec 20
Fresh Lemon Juice 20
Sugar syrup 10
Sprite/Lemonade Fill
Garnish:
Lemon Wedge
Tricks to remember:
Lynchburg is the hometown of Jack’s Daniel’s in Tennessee so of course it uses Jack’s. It’s technically a daisy… but like usual Americans dilute everything with a soda, so this occasion is not exception and the used Sprite/Lemonade
Horse’s Neck
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubes
Method: Build
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Angostura 2 dashes
Bourbon 40
Ginger ale fill
Garnish:
Lemon spiral
Tricks to remember:
The horse makes me think at cowboys, so bourbon makes more sense rather than other spirits. The name refers to the lemon spiral which looks like a horse’s neck.
Tom Collins
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubes
Method: Shake & Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Gin 60
Lemon 30
Sugar Syrup 15
Soda Top
Garnish:
Lemon Wedge
Tricks to remember:
Tom Collins is a Gin sour with soda. It also gave the name to the Collins glass which is tall and would look empty if you don’t top up with soda. Shaking adds more dilution than simply build in the glass, so there’s no need to fill with a lot of soda, a little top is enough.
Long Island Ice Tea
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubes
Method: Shake & strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Vodka 20
gin 20
Light rum 20
tequila 20
triple sec 20
Fresh lemon juice 20
Sugar syrup 10
Coca Cola Top
Garnish:
Lemon wedge
Trick to remember:
It uses all white spirits + Triple sec from common speed racks. In order to look like tea you top it up with cola. Cola normally goes with lemon so you use both lemon juice and lemon wedge as garnish
Dry Martini
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Stir & Julep strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Dry Vermouth 1 barspoon
Gin or Vodka 60
Garnish:
Olive or Lemon zest
Manhattan
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Stir & Julep strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Angostura 2 dashes
Bourbon 60
Sweet Vermouth 20
Garnish:
1 Cherry
Trick to remember:
As a 2 spirits cocktail is common that it has 80 mL of alcohol unlike the “spirit+modifiers” or the “sours” and “Daisies”
Unlike classic dry martini which is a “spirit+modifier” Rob Roy is in the “2 spirits cocktails” sub-family in the family of martini. Normally a drier secondary drink would be a modifier while a sweeter one would be a more characterising second spirit.
Rob Roy
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Stir & Julep strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Angostura 2 dashes
Grant’s Scotch 60
Sweet Vermouth 20
Garnish:
1 Cherry
Trick to remember:
As a 2 spirits cocktail is common that it has 80 mL of alcohol unlike the “spirit+modifiers” or the “sours” and “Daisies”
Unlike classic dry martini which is a “spirit+modifier”, Rob Roy is in the “2 spirits cocktails” sub-family in the family of martini. Normally a drier secondary drink would be a modifier while a sweeter one would be a more characterising second spirit.
Paloma
Glass: Highball
Ice: Cubed
Method: Shake & Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Tequila 60
Pink Grapefruit Juice 60
Fresh Lime Juice 10
Sugar Syrup 10
Soda water Top
Garnish:
Salt Rim & Grapefruit slice
Margarita
Glass: Chilled martini/coupe
Ice: None
Method: Shake & Fine Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Tequila 40
Triple sec 20
Lime Juice 30
Sugar syrup 10
Garnish:
Salted rim ( Half, full or none )
Side Car
Glass: Chilled Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Shake & Fine Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Cognac 40
Triple sec 20
Fresh Lemon Juice 30
Sugar Syrup 10
Garnish:
Sugar Rim ( Half, Full or None )
Amaretto Sour
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Dry Shake, Shake & Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Angostura Bitters 2 dashes
Egg White 15
Amaretto liqueur 60
Fresh Lemon Juice 30
Sugar syrup 10
Garnish:
Lemon Wedge and cherry
Whiskey Sour
Glass: Rocks
Ice: Cubed
Method: Shake & Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Angostura bitters 2 dashes
Egg White 15
Bourbon 60
Fresh Lemon Juice 30
Sugar syrup 15
Garnish:
Orange Zest & Cherry
Clover Club
Glass: Chileld Martini / Coupe
Ice: None
Method: Shake & Fine Strain
Ingredients and quantities in mL:
Egg White 15
Re’al Raspberry Purée 15
Gin 60
Fresh Lemon Juice 30
Garnish:
1 Raspberry
Trick to remember:
It’s a gin sour with the raspberry puree takse the place of sugar
