Gibson Cocktails

Question 1

Gentleman’s Buck

Answer 1

3/4 oz Ginger 
1/2 oz Lime
1 oz Orange Juice
1.5 oz Bourbon (crown royal)
2 dashes ango bitters

Add all ingredients to a tin. Shake. Strain in Collins glass over ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with lime wedge and ginger candy.

Question 2

Moscow Mule

Answer 2

3/4 oz ginger
1/2 oz lime juice
1.5 oz vodka (mono)

Add all ingredients to a tin. Shake. Strain over ice in a rocks glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with a lime wedge and ginger candy.

Question 3

New York Sour

Answer 3

3/4 oz simple
3/4 oz lemon juice
1.5 oz bulleit rye
1 oz Sangiovese wine

Add everything but Sangiovese to tin. Shake. Strain over ice in a rocks glass. Float 1 oz of Sangiovese wine. Garnish with two cherries and a lemon twist.

Question 4

Whiskey Sour (non- traditional)

Answer 4

3/4 oz simple
3/4 oz lemon juice
1.5 oz bourbon (BT)

Add everything to a tin. Shake. Strain over ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with two cherries and a lemon twist.

Question 5

Overboard

Answer 5

1/2 oz simple
3/4 oz lemon
1/2 oz gran marnier
1/2 smith and cross rum
1.5 oz Appleton estate rum
Raspberries

Middle 2 raspberries in a Collins glass. Build all other ingredients in Collins glass. Add crushed ice. Garnish with 3 raspberries.

Question 6

Pioneer

Answer 6

3/8 oz Amaro nonino
3/8 oz sweet vermouth
1.5 oz bourbon (bulleit)

Add ingredients to mixing glass with some rocks some crushed ice. Stir. Rinse coupe glass with fernet. Strain into coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 7

Tennessee

Answer 7

3/4 oz Averna Amaro
3/4 oz Sweet vermouth
1.5 oz Barrel Reserve Beehive Gin

Build in rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 8

Never ending Sorry

Answer 8

1/2 oz lime
3/4 oz St. Germaine
1.5 oz tequila (don Julio blanco)
1 Strawberry
Brute Rose (sparkling)
2 drops rhubarb bitter

Muddle strawberry in tin. Add everything but brute rose to tin. Shake. Strain in a flute glass. Top with brute rose and rhubarb bitters. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 9

Quick fix

Answer 9

1/2 oz lime
1 oz grapefruit juice
3/4 St. Germaine
1 oz pisco

Build in rocks glass. Add crushed ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 10

Plausible Defense

Answer 10

3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz yellow chartreuse
3/4 oz luxardo
3/4 oz gin (tanquery)
Basil

Tear two basil leaves in tin. Add all other ingredients to tin. Shake. Fine strain in a coupe glass. Garnish with two cherries.

Question 11

Grand Old Fashion

Answer 11

1 oz Apple Brandy
1 oz bourbon (bulleit)
1 sugar cube
4 dashes ango bitters
2 dashes orange bitters
Splash soda water

Muddle sugar cube, bitters, and soda water in a rocks glass. Add Apple brandy and bourbon. Add rocks and stir. Garnish with lemon and orange twist.

Question 12

Old Fashion

Answer 12

1.5 oz bourbon
1 sugar cube
4 dashes ango bitters
Splash soda water

Muddle sugar, bitters, and soda water in a rocks glass. Add bourbon. Add rocks and stir. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 13

Whiskey Sour (traditional)

Answer 13

3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz simple
1.5 bourbon
Egg white
2 dashes Ango bitters

Whip eggs in mixing tin. Add other ingredients to tin. Shake. Strain in a egg glass. Dash with bitters and swirl.

Question 14

Pisco Sour

Answer 14

3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz simple
1 oz pisco
Egg white
2 dashes ango bitters

Whip egg white in a mixing tin. Add all other ingredients to tin. Shake. Strain in a couple glass. Dash with bitters. Swirl bitters.

Question 15

Queens Bees Knees

Answer 15

3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz honey
1.5 oz beehive gin
2 dashes of lavender bitters

Add all ingredients to tin except bitters. Shake. Strain in a coupe glass. Dash of bitters. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 16

Sugar Plum

Answer 16

1 oz Ransom
1/2 oz grenadine
1 oz grapefruit

Add all ingredients to a tin. Shake. Strain in a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 17

Capone’s Lament

Answer 17

3/8 oz dry vermouth
3/8 oz luxardo
1.5 oz double rye
4 dashes ango bitters

Stir in mixing glass with cracked ice. Strain in coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist and cherry.

Question 18

Cosmopolitan

Answer 18

1/2 oz lime
3/8 oz cranberry
1 oz Cointreau
1.5 oz vodka

Add all ingredients to a tin. Shake. Strain in a coupe glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Question 19

Lemon Drop Martini

Answer 19

3/4 oz lemon
1 oz Cointreau
1.5 oz vodka

Add all ingredients to a tin. Shake. Sugar rim coupe glass. Strain into coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Question 20

Manhattan

Answer 20

1.5 oz bourbon or rye
4 dashes ango bitters
3/4 oz sweet vermouth

Add all ingredients to a tin. Shake. Strain in a coupe glass (or rocks if requested). Garnish with two cherries.

Question 21

North by Northwest

Answer 21

1.5 oz Johnny Walker Red
1/2 honey
Prosecco

Question 22

Vodka/Gin Gimlet

Answer 22

1/2 oz lime
1/2 oz simple
1.5 vodka or gin

Add all ingredients to tin. Shake. Strain in a coupe glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Question 23

Mint Julep

Answer 23

3/4 simple
1 oz bourbon
1 oz rye
8 mint leaves

Muddle mint and simple in rocks glass. Add bourbon and rye. Top with crushed ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Question 24

Negroni

Answer 24

1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz gin (beefeater)

Add all ingredients to a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Question 25

Cucumber and rose gin cocktail

Answer 25

``` 1.5 oz Hendricks gin 3/8 oz St. Germaine 3/8 oz lime 1 dash ango bitters 2 slices cucumber Pinch ground cardamom Thyme sprig 3 drops rose water ``` Muddle rose water gin and cucumber in a mixing glass. Strain into mixing tin. Add everything but cardamom. Shake with 2 ice cubes. Strain into a coupe glass. Sprinkle cardamom on top of drink. Garnish with a cucumber slice and thyme sprig by floating.

Question 26

Dark and Stormy

Answer 26

1.5 oz dark rum 3 oz ginger beer 1/2 oz lime Add ice to Collins glass. Add ginger beer and lime. Float rum. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Question 27

French 75

Answer 27

1.5 oz gin 1/2 oz lemon 1/2 oz simple Prosecco Add everything but prosecco to tin. Shake. Strain into a flute glass. Top with prosecco. Garnish with a lemon twist.