Gin

Question 1

Tom Collins

Answer 1

2 oz gin
3/4 lemon
3/4 simple
Shaken
Top soda water (1-1.5 oz soda)

Or

1.5 gin
Top With Sweet-Sour Mix and Soda

Question 2

Aviation - The Bartender’s Handshake

Answer 2

This is probably the closest to the original:
2 oz gin
3/4 lemon juice
3/8 maraschino
3/8 crème de violette
Garnish: Cherry (traditional) or lemon peel

IBA’s Recipe:

1.5 gin
1/2 lemon
1/2 maraschino
Barspoon crème de violet

The Bartender’s Handshake: around the prohibition times, if you ordered an Aviation around the world it was your way of showing you were knowledgeable and part of the cocktailing community

Question 3

Dirty Martini

Answer 3

2.5 Tanqueray Gin
0.5 Dolin Dry
0.4 Olive juice
Stirred and Strained
Garnished with 1 or 3 olives

Or

2 oz Vodka
1/2 Dry Vermouth
1/2 Olive Brine
Garnish: Olive

The history of the Martini is unclear. One theory is that it’s a variation of the Martinez when someone in California ordered this drink as a celebration of his successful find in the gold mines.

Question 4

Negroni

Answer 4

Would you like a splash of soda in your Negroni?

1 oz Gin
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Campari
Garnish: Orange peel

Boulevardier: sub bourbon for gin
Kingston Negroni: Jamaican rum for gin

The story is that Count Camillo Negroni was at a bar in Florence and he ordered an Americano/Milano Torino but wanted it with something stronger (gin) instead of the soda water in the Americano.

Question 5

Gin & Tonic

Answer 5

2 oz Gin
4 oz Tonic
Dash lime juice
Garnish: Lime wheels (can also be added to drink)

History: In the 1700’s, Scottish doctor George Cleghorn discovered Quinine could treat malaria. By 1800’s, British soldiers stationed in India were drinking their daily doses of Quinine in their Tonics with Gin.
Winston Churchill once said “The Gin and Tonic drink has saved more Englishmen’s lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.” Although during his time, Gin was added as a splash to the tonic while before the tonic was added as a splash to the gin.

Question 6

Martini

Answer 6

Questions:
Gin or Vodka?
Preference on which one ^
How would you like it “dry, wet, dirty, extra dry, 50/50”?

Traditional:
2 oz Gin
1 Dry Vermouth
2 Orange Bitters or 1 dash Absinthe
Garnish: Orange (to bring out orange) or Lemon Peel (traditional)
Absinthe originally used for Old Tom Gin

Traditional Dry:

2.5 Gin
1/2 Dry Vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
Garnish: Olive or Twist

The 50/50:

1.5 Gin (Heftier Ideal)
1.5 Dry Vermouth
1 Dash Orange Bitters
Lemon Disk

Perfect Martini:

2 Gin
1/2 Sweet Vermouth
1/2 Dry Vermouth
1 Dash Orange Bitters
Lemon Twist

Kangaroo (Vodka Martini)

2.25 Vodka
3/4 Dry Vermouth (Dave: almost none)
1 Dash Orange Bitters
Olive or Lemon Twist

Gibson:

2 oz or 2.5 Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
1-3 onions

Gibson is a martini with an onion
Twist implies lemon twist
Penguin Style: Extra shaken up so that bits of ice form and it is like slushy

Vermouth became popular in the 1860s out of necessity because wines could not make the voyage often from Europe, so vermouth being fortified travelled better

Question 7

Corpse Reviver #2

Answer 7

Equal Parts
Absinthe Rinse
3/4 Gin
3/4 Cointreau
3/4 Cocchi Americano
3/4 Lemon Juice
Lemon Twist

or

1 Gin
3/4 Cointreau
1/2 Lillet Blanc
1/2 Lemon Juice
Absinthe Rinse
Lemon Twist

Question 8

French 75

Answer 8

1 Gin
1/2 Cointreau
1/2 Lemon
Top Champagne
Garnish: Lemon Twist

Question 9

Last Word

Answer 9

Official: Equal Parts
3/4 Gin
3/4 Green Chartreuse
3/4 Maraschino
3/4 Lime
Maraschino

or Dave’s:
1 Gin
3/4 Green Chartreuse
3/4 Maraschino
1/2 Lime
None

Question 10

Bee’s Knees

Answer 10

2 Gin
3/4 Lemon Juice
3/4 Honey Syrup
Garnish: Lemon Peel

History: “Bee’s knees” was prohibition slang for the best. Believed to have emerged during Prohibition Era using the honey to hide the flavor of poorly and cheaply made bathtub gin. The lemon juice adds a more appetizing roundness.

Question 11

Vesper

Answer 11

Barfly:
2.25 Gin
3/4 Vodka
1/2 Cocchi Americano
Garnish: Lemon Peel

Dave:
1.5 Gin
3/4 Vodka
1/2 Lillet Blanc
Garnish: Lemon Twist

Vesper Americano - Variation that Tastes Better:

1.5 Gin
3/4 Vodka
3/4 Cocchi Americano
6 drops or 3/4 dash grapefruit bitters
Stirred
Grapefruit peel expressed

Invented by Bond author Ian Fleming. First appeared in Casino Royale ordered by Bond named after fictional double agent Vesper Lynd. When Bond orders it, he provides specific instructions to the bartender which were “In a deep Champagne goblet, three measures of Gordon’s Gin, one of Vodka, half of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it is ice cold then add a large slice of lemon peel.”