Gin

Question 1

Negroni

Answer 1

1 oz gin
.75 oz campari
.75 oz house sweet vermouth

Build: build ingredients in rocks glass, stir with kd ice, and garnish with a fancy orange twist.

Question 2

White Negroni

Answer 2

1 oz gin
.75 oz suze or salers apertif
3/8 oz dry vermouth (scant half ounce)
3/8 oz blanc vermouth

Build: build ingredients in rocks glass, stir with kd ice, and garnish with a long fancy grapefruit twist

Question 3

Gimlet

Answer 3

2 oz gin
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup
1 lime wedge

Build: build ingredients in shaker tin (including lime wedge, squeezed in = regal shake) shake with kd ice, then fine-strain into nick and nora glass served up with a lime wheel.

Question 4

Martini

Answer 4

2.5 oz gin (2.75 oz. if “extra dry”)
.5 oz dry vermouth (.25 oz if “extra dry”)
4 dashes of orange bitters

Build: build ingredients in mixing glass with kd ice and cracked ice, stir 30-35 rotations, then strain into nick and nora, then strain into nick and nora glass served up with lemon twist or 1 skewered castelvetrano olive.

Question 5

Dirty Martini (Gin or Vodka)

Answer 5

2 oz gin or vodka
.75 oz castelvetrao olive brine (1 oz if “extra dirty”)

Build: gin build ingredients in mixing glass with kd ice and cracked ice, stir 30-35 rotations, then strain into nick and nora or coupe glass served up with 1 or 3 skewered olives. For vodka build ingredients in shaker tin, fully shake with kd ice for up to 12 seconds, then strain into nick and nora or coupe glass served up with same garnish.

Question 6

Martinez

Answer 6

2 oz old Tom gin
.75 oz house sweet vermouth
Bar spoon luxardo maraschino
2 dashes angostura orange

Build: build ingredients in mixing glass with kd and cracked ice, stir 30-35 rotations, then strain into nick and nora glass served up with lemon twist.

Question 7

Alaska

Answer 7

2 oz gin
.5 oz yellow chartreuse or strega
2 dashes angostura bitters

Build: build ingredients in mixing glass with Kd and cracked ice, stir 30-35 rotations, then strain into nick and nora glass served up with lemon twist.

Question 8

Aviation

Answer 8

1.5 oz gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.25 oz luxardo maraschino
.25 oz crime de violette

Build: build ingredients in shaker tin, shake with kd ice, then strain into nick and nora glass served up with cherry at the bottom.

Question 9

Arsenic and Old Lace

Answer 9

1.75 oz gin
.5 oz dry vermouth
.25 oz creme de violette 
Barspoon absinthe
2 dashes angostura orange

Build: louche nick and nora glass with cold water and 3 dashes of absinthe, build ingredients in mixing glass with kd and cracked ice, stir 30-35 rotations, the strain into nick and nora glass served up with a lemon twist.

Question 10

Bijou Cocktail

Answer 10

1.5 oz gin
.75 oz house sweet vermouth
.75 oz lemon juice
.5 oz vanilla bean syrup
.75 oz egg white

Build: build ingredients in shaker tin (egg white in first, or in separate tin) dry shake for 8-10 seconds, then shake with kd ice, double strain into nick and nora glass served up. Garnish with a fancy lemon twist.