House Cocktail Recipes Flashcards
Black Manhattan
- Ice in a collins glass
- Build in a shaker over ice
2 oz bourbon or whisky
1 oz Averna
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
- Stir, dump ice out of collins glass, and strain into glass
- Garnish with luxardo cherry
Boulevardier
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- Collins glass
- Build in a shaker over ice
1 oz bourbon
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth
- Stir, strain
- Garnish with an orange peel
Brown Derby
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz bourbon
1.5 oz grapefruit juice
.75 oz honey
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon
Gold Rush
- Collins Glass
- Build in a shaker over ice
2 oz bourbon
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz honey simple syrup
- Add ice to collins glass
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon
Green Tea Shot
- Shot glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1 oz Jameson
1 oz peach schnapps
.5 oz simple syrup
.25 oz lemon juice
.25 oz lime juice
- Shake, strain
- Splash of lemon lime soda
Hot Spike Mulled Cider
NEED TO KNOW
VARIATIONS
- Build in coffee mug with hot cider
2 oz bourbon (or white rum)
.25 oz mulled simple syrup
- Garnish with dehydrated fruit
Hot Toddy
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in mug with hot water
2 oz bourbon
.75 oz honey simple syrup
- Garnish with lemon spiked with cloves
Manhattan
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- Ice in collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz bourbon
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Stir, dump ice out of collins glass, and strain into glass
- Garnish with luxardo cherry
Mint Julep
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker
4-5 mint leaves
.5 oz simple syrup
- Muddle mint and simple syrup together
2 oz bourbon
- Add ice
- Stir, strain over new ice
- Garnish with mint
Mule
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VARIATIONS
- Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz bourbon (Kentucky)
2 oz vodka (Moscow)
2 oz tequila (Mexican)
.5 oz lime juice
- Top with ginger beer
- Garnish with lime
Old Fashioned
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- Build in collins glass over ice
2 oz bourbon
.25 oz simple syrup
.25 oz luxardo liqueur
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes orange bitters
- Stir, top with ice
- Garnish with orange peel
We make our Old Fashioned with luxardo liqueur, a nod to the traditional Old Fashioned recipe which includes a muddled cherry
Paper Plane
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- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1 oz bourbon
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Averna
1 oz lemon juice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon
Rob Roy Martini
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz scotch
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
- Stir, strain
- Garnish with luxardo cherry
Toronto
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz rye
.25 oz Fernet
.25 simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Stir, strain over new ice
- Garnish with orange peel
Sazerac
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz rye
.5 oz simple syrup
3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
mist Pernod in collins glass (or add a couple drops of Pernod, swish around in glass, and dump)
- Stir, strain
- Garnish with lemon peel
Ward 8
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz bourbon or rye
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz orange juice
1 dash grenadine
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Garnish with cherry
This cocktail originated in 1898 in Boston at the Locke-Ober bar. Locke-Ober was fine dining restaurant that operated between circa 1875 and 2012. It featured classical French cuisine and seafood.
Whisky Smash
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- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
5 mint leaves muddled
2 oz bourbon
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz lemon juice (can add .5 oz Aperol for extra flavor)
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with mint
Whisky Sour
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VARIATIONS
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz bourbon
2 oz tequila
2 oz Disaronno (Amaretto)
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Garnish with orange and a cherry
Army & Navy
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz gin
1 oz lemon juice
.75 oz orgeat
dash of Angostura bitters
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon peel
Bees Knees
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- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz gin
.75 oz honey simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon peel
French 75
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- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1.5 oz gin
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
- Shake, stain into new glass
2 oz prosecco
- Garnish with lemon peel
Gimlet
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VARIATIONS
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz gin
2 oz vodka
2 oz tequila
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz lime juice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lime
Hanky Panky
- Collins glass
- Build in pint glass over ice
1.5 oz gin
1.5 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes of Fernet
- Stir, strain
- Garnish with orange peel
Martini
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VARIATIONS
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2.5 oz house gin
2.5 oz vodka
.5 Dry vermouth
- Stir, strain
- Garnish with olive or lemon twist
DIRTY
sub .5 oz olive juice for dry vermouth
DRY
ASK
use .25 oz dry vermouth
BONE DRY/EXTRA DRY
No vermouth
Negroni
NEED TO KNOW
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1 oz gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz Otto’s
- Stir, strain over ice
- Garnish with orange peel
Southside
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker
Muddle mint leaves
2 oz gin
1 oz lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup
- Add ice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon and mint
Tom Collins
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VARIATIONS
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz gin
2 oz vodka
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
- Shake, strain over ice
- Top with soda water
- Garnish with lemon
Vesper Martini
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2.5 oz gin
1 oz vodka
.5 oz Lillet
- Stir, strain
- Garnish with lemon twist
Artichoke Hold
- Build in pint glass over ice
.75 oz Haitian rum
.75 oz Cynar
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz St Germain
.5 oz orgeat
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Garnish with mint
Daiquiri
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- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz white rum
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz lime juice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lime
Dark and Stormy
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in pint glass over ice
3/4 glass filled with ginger beer
2 oz dark rum
- Garnish with lime
Hemingway Daiquiri
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz white rum
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz luxardo liqueur
.5 oz grapefruit juice
.25 oz simple syrup
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lime
Jungle Bird
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz rum
1.5 oz pineapple juice
.75 oz Campari
.5 oz lime jucie
.5 oz simple syrup
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Garnish with lime
Mai Tai
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1.5 oz white rum
.75 oz triple sec
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz orgeat
- Shake, strain over new ice
.5 oz dark rum float
- Garnish with lime and mint
Mojito
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Rum Punch
- Build in pint glass over ice
1.25 oz white rum
1.25 oz dark rum
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
.25 oz lime juice
.25 oz grenadine
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Garnish with orange and cherry
Division Bell
- Build in Collins glass over ice
1 oz mezcal
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz luxardo liqueur
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with orange
Italian Margarita
- Build in pint glass over ice
1.5 oz tequila
1 oz Aperol
1 oz lime juice
.5 oz orange juice
.5 oz simple syrup
- Shake
- Top with ice
- Garnish with orange
Margarita
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VARIATIONS
- Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz tequila
1 oz simple syrup
1 oz lime juice
.75 oz triple sec
.75 oz orange juice
- Shake, dump back into pint glass
- Top with ice
- Garnish with orange and lime
SKINNY
ASK
.5 oz simple syrup
.25 oz orange juice
no triple sec
- Serve in collins glass
SPICY
2 oz spicy tequila
Paloma
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz tequila
- Top with Polar grapefruit dry
- Garnish with lime
Rising Sun
- Collins glass
- Build in glass over ice
1.5 oz mezcal
.75 oz grapefruit juice
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz luxardo liqueur
- Pinch of salt
- Shake and strain
- Garnish with lime
Rosita
- Collins glass
1.5 oz reposado tequila
.5 oz sweet vermouth
.5 oz Campari
1 dash Angostura bitters
- Stir, strain over ice
- Garnish with orange
Tequila Sunrise
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- Build in collins glass over ice
2 oz tequila
4 oz orange juice
.25 oz grenadine
- Garnish with orange and cherry
Tequila Sunset
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in collins glass over ice
2 oz tequila
4 oz pineapple juice
.25 oz grenadine
- Garnish with orange and cherry
Tiger Lilly
- Collins glass
2 oz mezcal
2 oz pineapple juice
- Add ice
- Top with ginger beer
- Garnish with lime
Watermelon Margarita
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz tequila
2 oz watermelon juice
1 oz lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
.75 oz triple sec
- Shake, dump back into pint glass
- Top with ice
- Garnish with dehydrated fruit
Bloody Mary
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VARIATIONS
*Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz vodka
2 oz tequila (Maria)
2 oz spicy tequila
1 bar spoon house-made bloody Mary mix
- Top with tomato juice
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Garnish with lemon
Cape Codder
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in collins glass over ice
2 oz vodka
- Top with cranberry juice
- Garnish with lime
Cosmopolitan
NEED TO KNOW
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1.5 oz Absolut Citron
1 oz triple sec
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz cranberry juice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lime
Dirty Shirley
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz vodka
- Fill with ginger ale
- Top with grenadine
- Garnish with cherry
Espresso Martini
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VARIATIONS
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
3 oz house-made espresso martini batch
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with coffee beans
LIGHT
.5 oz Baileys
DARK
no Baileys
Lemon Drop
NEED TO KNOW
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz Absolut Citron
1 oz lemon juice
.5 oz triple sec
.5 oz simple syrup
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon
Lemon Drop Shot
NEED TO KNOW
- Shot glass
- Sugar rim
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz Absolut Citron
.5 oz simple syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
- Shake with ice
- Strain
- Garnish with a lemon
Salty Dog
- Salt Rim
- Collins glass
2 oz vodka
- Top with grapefruit juice
Sex on the Beach
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- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1.5 oz vodka
1.5 oz orange juice
1.5 oz cranberry juice
.5 oz peach schnapps
- Shake, strain over ice
- Garnish with lime
Americano
- Build in collins glass over ice
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth
- Stir
- Splash of soda water
- Garnish with orange
Aperol Spritz
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in pint glass over ice
2 oz Aperol
2 oz prosecco
- Top with soda water
- Garnish with orange
Cynar Julep
- Build in pint glass
- Add mint and lightly muddle
2 oz Cynar
.5 lemon juice
.5 oz simple syrup
- Add ice
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Top with grapefruit soda
Dennis
NEED TO KNOW
Shot of whiskey
Budweiser
OR
Negroni
Lutes (Chris)
- Build in shaker over ice
1 oz Barbancourt rum
1 oz coconut rum
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz maple or simple syrup
- Splash of water
- Shake and pour into his to go cup
Mimosa
NEED TO KNOW
- Build in pint glass
- Empty one split bottle of Prosecco
- Add ice
- Top with orange juice
- Garnish with orange
Pimm’s Cup
- Build into pint glass over ice
2 oz Pimm’s
- Top with half pink lemonade, half ginger ale
- Garnish with cucumber
Saketini
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker
1.5 oz sake
1.25 oz gin
1 oz grapefruit juice
.5 oz honey ginger syrup
- Shake, strain over new ice
- Top with grapefruit soda
- Garnish with dehydrated fruit
Sidecar
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
2 oz cognac
.75 oz triple sec
.75 oz lemon juice
- Shake, strain
- Garnish with lemon peel
St Germain Champagne Cocktail
- Collins glass
- Build in shaker over ice
1 oz St Germain
1 oz gin
.5 oz lemon
.5 oz simple syrup
- Top with Prosecco
- Garnish with lemon twist