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Essential Cocktails Flashcards

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20th Century

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1 ½ oz Beefeater London Dry gin
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz Cocchi Americano
½ oz Tempus Fugit creme de cacao

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Absinthe Frappé

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1 ½ oz Pernod Absinthe
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz simple syrup
Mint leaves
Top splash of club soda

Method: Whip shake
Ice: Crushed
Glass: Hurricane
Garnish: Mint sprig

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Alaska

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2 ¼ oz Beefeater London Dry gin
-½ oz Yellow Chartreuse
2 dashes orange bitters

Method: Stir
Ice: None
Glass: Nick & Nora
Garnish: Lemon peel, expressed and discarded

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Alexander

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1oz Beefeater London Dry gin
1oz Tempus Fugit crème de cacao
1oz heavy cream or half & half

Method: Shake
Glass: Nick & Nora
Ice: None
Garnish: grated nutmeg
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Americano

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1 ½ oz Punt e Mes sweet vermouth
1 ½ oz Campari
1d house orange bitters
top soda water

Method: Build in glass
Ice: Cubes
Glass: Collins
Garnish: Orange slice

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Amaretto Sour

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1 ½ oz Lazzaroni Amaretto
½ oz Evan Williams bonded bourbon
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz simple syrup
2d Angostura bitters
egg white

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: Grated nutmeg

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Aperol Spritz

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1 ½ oz Aperol
1d house orange bitters
top ⅔ sparkling wine, ⅓ club soda

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Art of Choke

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1 oz Flor de Caña 4yr Extra Dry white rum
1oz Cynar
\+¼ oz Green Chartreuse
⅛ oz lime juice
⅛ oz demerara syrup
Mint leaves

Method: Stir (on mint leaves)
Glass: Large rocks
Ice: Just Ice cube
Garnish: Mint sprig

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Airmail

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1 ½ oz Foursquare Probitas White Rum
¾ oz lime juice
½ oz honey syrup
1 dash Regans’ orange bitters
top sparkling wine

Method: Brief shake
Ice: Cubes
Glass: Collins
Garnish: Lemon pigtail twist

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Aviation

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2 oz Beefeater London Dry gin
¾ oz lemon juice
¼ oz Luxardo Maraschino
½ oz simple syrup
rinse Rothman & Winter Creme de Violette

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: Cherry

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Bamboo

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1 ½ oz fino or manzanilla sherry
1 ½ oz Dolin or Noilly Prat Original dry vermouth
⅛ oz Petit Canne sugar cane syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters

Method: Stir
Glass: Nick & Nora
Ice: None
Garnish: Lemon peel, expressed and discarded

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Bees Knees

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2 oz Beefeater London Dry gin
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz honey syrup

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Bijou

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1 ½ oz Beefeater London Dry gin
¾ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
+¼ oz Green Chartreuse
2 dashes orange bitters

Method: Stir
Ice: None
Glass: Nick & Nora
Garnish: Cherry

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Blinker

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2oz Rittenhouse bonded rye whiskey
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz grapefruit juice
¾ oz raspberry syrup
1d Regans’ orange bitters

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Bobby Burns

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2 oz Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition blended Scotch whisky
1 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
-¼ oz Bénédictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Method: Stir
Glass: Nick & Nora
Ice: None
Garnish: Cherry

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Boulevardier

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1 ½ oz Evan Williams bonded bourbon
1 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
1 oz Campari
1 dash house orange bitters

Method: Brief stir
Glass: Large rocks
Ice: Just Ice
Garnish: Orange peel, expressed and inserted

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Bramble

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Bramble
2 oz Plymouth gin
¾ oz lemon juice
\+¼ oz simple syrup
lace ¼ oz créme de cassis

Method: Whip shake; pour over crushed ice. Garnish and insert straws. Lace mure/cassis on top last, in front of guest. (If making the drink for service, jigger the mure/cassis into a sidecar and give to the server to pour over the drink tableside.)
Glass: Large rocks
Ice: Crushed
Garnish: Lemon wheel, blackberry

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Brandy Alexander

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1oz Bache-Gabrielsen Tre Kors cognac
1oz Tempus Fugit crème de cacao
1oz heavy cream or half & half
1d Angostura bitters

Method: Shake
Glass: Nick & Nora
Ice: None
Garnish: Grated nutmeg
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Brooklyn

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2 oz Rittenhouse bonded rye whiskey
¾ oz Dolin dry vermouth
\+¼ oz Bigallet China-China (the original ingredient is Amer Picon)
¼ oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash house orange bitters

Method: Stir
Glass: Nick & Nora
Ice: None
Garnish: Lemon peel, expressed and discarded

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Brown Derby

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2oz Buffalo Trace bourbon
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz grapefruit juice
¾ oz honey syrup
1d Regans’ orange bitters

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

21
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Caipirinha

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2 oz Avuà Prata cachaça
½ oz Petit Canne sugar cane syrup
4 one-eighth lime wedges, muddled

Method: Shake
Ice: Garbage (i.e., pour contents of shaker unstrained into glass)
Glass: Large rocks
Garnish: None

Note: Serve with straws to strain out chunks of lime flesh.

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Chrysanthemum Cocktail

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2 ½ oz Dolin or Noilly Prat Original dry vermouth
½ oz Bénédictine
3d absinthe

Method: Stir
Glass: Nick & Nora
Ice: None
Garnish: Orange peel, expressed and discarded

23
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Clover Club

A

2oz Beefeater London Dry gin
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz raspberry syrup
egg white

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Corn N Oil

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2oz Cruzan Black Strap rum
¼ falernum
2d Angostura bitters
1 lime wedge, squeezed and inserted

Method: Brief stir. Squeeze the lime wedge into the mixing glass, but then insert the spent wedge into the service glass, where it will serve as the garnish.
Glass: Large rocks
Ice: Just Ice
Garnish: None further (the spent lime wedge is the garnish)

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Corpse Reviver

A 
1 oz Beefeater London Dry gin
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz Cocchi Americano
¾ oz Cointreau
¼ oz simple syrup
rinse absinthe

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: Cherry

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Cosmopolitan

A 
2 oz St. George California Citrus Vodka, OR Hank’s Recording Empire vodka if unavailable (but St. George is strongly preferred)
3/4 oz lime juice
3/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz grenadine
1d house lemon-yuzu bitters
lemon peel

Method: Shake (on a lemon peel, if not using citrus vodka)
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Creole Cocktail

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2 oz Evan Williams bonded bourbon OR Very Old Barton bonded bourbon
¾ oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
¼ oz Bigallet China-China (original ingredient is Amer Picon)
¼ oz Bénédictine
1d Angostura bitters
1d house orange bitters

Method: Stir
Ice: None
Glass: Nick & Nora
Garnish: Lemon peel, expressed and discarded

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Daquiri

A

2 oz Flor de Caña 4yr Extra Dry rum
¾ oz lime juice
¾ oz simple syrup

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Daisy De Santiago

A 
2 oz Flor de Caña 4yr Extra Dry rum
¾ oz lime juice
½ oz simple syrup
¼ oz Yellow Chartreuse
top with a splash (~¾ - 1oz) club soda

Method: Shake
Glass: Coupe
Ice: None
Garnish: None

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Dark N Stormy

A 
1 ½ oz Plantation 5yr rum
¾ oz lime juice
¼ oz ginger syrup
top ginger beer
float ½ oz Cruzan Black Strap rum

Method: Brief shake. Insert straws. Float Cruzan Black Strap last, pouring gently so it remains at the top as a distinct layer.
Glass: Collins
Ice: Cubes
Garnish: Lime wedge

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El Diablo

A 
2 oz Lunazul blanco tequila
¾ oz lime juice
¼ oz crème de cassis
¼ oz ginger syrup
1d Angostura
top ginger beer

Method: Brief shake
Glass: Collins
Ice: Cubes
Garnish: Mint sprig

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Enzoni

A 
1 oz Beefeater London Dry gin
1 oz Campari
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz simple syrup
6-8 Concord grapes, muddled

Method: Shake, fine strain
Ice: Cubes
Glass: Large rocks
Garnish: Concord grape on rim, affixed with two toothpicks

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