Necessary to Memorize Marilou Classics Flashcards
Aperol Spritz
2 oz of Aperol 1 oz Soda Build in Spritz glass over ice top with 2 oz of Cava Garnish with an orange twist
Aviation
2 oz gin 3/4 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz Maraschino barspoon of Violet Liqueur shake with ice strain into a nick and nora
Bee’s Knees
2 oz gin 3/4 lemon 3/4 honey syrup shake with ice double strain into Nick and Nora
Bramble
2 oz gin 3/4 oz lemon 1/2 oz simple build over cobbler ice stir top with 1/4 oz Creme de Mure / blackberry liqueur garnish with lemon slice
Cosmopolitan
2 oz vodka 3/4 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz lime scant 1/2 oz cranberry juice shake strain orange peel / flamed is optional served up in a Nick and Nora
Brown Derby
2 oz bourbon 1 oz grapefruit juice 3/4 oz honey shake with ice double strain coupe grapefruit twist
Caipirinha
2 oz Cachaça 1/2 whole lime quartered 2 heaping barspoons of raw sugar muddle sugar and limes add Cachaça and cracked ice roll several times to help mix and aerate the cocktail pour ingredients into a rocks glass no garnish
Corpse Reviver #2
3/4 oz gin 3/4 oz Lillet Blanc 3/4 oz Cointreau 3/4 oz lemon juice shake above ingredients with ice double strain into Nick and Nora spritz with absinthe
Dark and Stormy
1 oz Goslings 3/4 oz lime 3/4 oz ginger syrup shake add 3 oz soda into tin strain top with 1 more oz of Goslings garnish with lime wheel
Daiquiri
2 oz white rum 3/4 oz lime juice 3/4 oz simple syrup shake with ice double strain nick and nora lime wheel garnish
French 75
1 oz cognac or gin (Jack, Tom, and I say 1 1/2 oz) 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz simple syrup shake above ingredients with ice strain into champagne glass top with champagne garnish with lemon twist
Gimlet
2 oz gin or vodka 3/4 lime 3/4 simple shake with ice double strain nick and nora lime wheel
Grasshopper
1 oz Tempus Fugit Creme de Menthe 1 oz White Creme de Cacao 1 oz cream 3 drops green food coloring shake with ice strain coupette
Hemingway Daiquiri
2 oz rum 3/4 oz lime 1/2 oz maraschino 1/2 oz grapefruit juice shake double strain nick and nora lime wheel
Hot Toddy
2 oz amber rum, Irish whiskey, or Scotch 1/2 oz lemon 1/4 oz ginger syrup 1/4 oz pimento dram 1 lemon peel in glass top with boiling hot water coffee mug or toddy glass to serve you may add or sub 1/2 oz honey
Mint Julep
2 oz bourbon 1/2 oz simple slap 5-7 mint leaves stir with other ingredients add pebble ice and stir til sides frost garnish with bouquet of slapped mint 2 short straws placed next to mint
Last Word
3/4 oz gin 3/4 oz maraschino 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse 3/4 oz lime shake double strain nick and nora
Long Island Iced Tea
3/4 oz vodka 3/4 oz rum 3/4 oz gin 3/4 oz cointreau / triple sec / combier 3/4 oz lemon 3/4 oz simple shake strain over rocks collins glass top with splash of coke lemon wheel garnish
Mai Tai
1 oz dark Jamaican rum 1 oz white Martinique rum agricole 1 oz lime 1/2 oz dry curaçao 1/2 oz orgeat shake double strain funky rocks with pebble ice garnish with mint sprig
Manhattan
2 oz whiskey 1 oz sweet vermouth 2 dashes angostura stir with ice strain nick and nora garnish with cherry
Margarita
2 oz tequila 3/4 oz cointreau 3/4 oz lime 1/4 oz simple shake strain into half salt rimed rocks glass lime quarter garnish if you want
Martinez
1 1/2 oz Old Tom gin 1 1/2 oz sweet vermouth 1/4 oz Maraschino 2 dashes ango stir with ice strain into nick and nora garnish with orange twist
Martini
Gin: 2 oz gin 1 oz dry vermouth 2 dashes orange bitters served up with lemon twist
Vodka:
some including Liquor.com and Tom Macy say to have less vermouth in a vodka martini, for example, Tom and Liquor.com agree with upping the vodka by half an ounce and decreasing the vermouth by half an ounce. Liquor.com says only use 1 dash of orange bitters. Tom foregoes the orange bitters entirely as does Ryan. Ryan says no orange bitters and only a rinse of dry vermouth because most customers don’t expect to really taste the dry vermouth.
Classic Dry Martini
Gin: 2 1/2 oz gin 1/2 oz dry vermouth 2 dashes orange bitters served up with lemon twist
Vodka:
2 3/4 oz vodka
1/4 oz dry vermouth
Up lemon twist
Ryan doesn’t seem to distinguish between a classic dry and extra dry vodka Martini. He doesn’t put vermouth in either, not even a dash or rinse. I think that’s silly. At the very least the extra dry has to stand for something. Tom says for a dry vodka Martini, use 1/4 oz vermouth, no orange bitters, and at least 2 1/2 oz vodka. I’d probably go with 2 3/4 oz vodka to keep it an even 3 oz and I think Jack and Tom would as well.
Extra Dry Martini
Gin: 3 oz gin rinse with dry vermouth 2 dashes orange bitters served up lemon twist
Vodka:
Ryan of course says no vermouth or orange bitters at all, Tom defines “extra dry” as code for pure chilled vodka as well, no bitters or even a rinse of vermouth and not worthy of the name “Martini”.
Dirty Martini
Tom says whether you use less vermouth or not to keep the liquid proportions the same is up to you. He’d probably bring the vermouth down and base spirit up for the vodka but keep at least the base spirit the same for gin. But anyway,
1/4 oz - slightly dirty
½ oz - “classic” dirty
3/4 oz and up - very dirty to filthy
Liquor.com says 2 1/2 oz of gin OR vodka 1/2 oz dry vermouth for both spirits 1/2 oz olive dirt for both spirits and 2-4 olive garnish
so, 2 oz gin 1/2-1 oz dry vermouth 1/2 oz olive dirt served up with two olives
Ryan's standard dirty gin is: 2 oz gin 1 oz dry vermouth 3/4 oz olive dirt and shaken, not stirred
Ryan's standard dirty vodka is: 3 oz vodka 3/4 oz dirt rinse of vermouth shaken, not stirred
slightly dirty: 2 oz gin 3/4-1 oz dry vermouth 1/4 oz olive dirt served up with one olive
very dirty - filthy 2 oz gin 1/4-1 oz dry vermouth 3/4 oz and up olive dirt served up with three olives
Another way is to increase the main spirit in proportion to how much you bring the vermouth down
Another way is to use bitters and just a barspoon of olive dirt (and maybe dash of saline) and keep the other dimensions the same
And adding saline solution or salt is a great way to increase that salty flavor without the nastiness. Might be good even if you don’t use any olive juice at all.
bitters or not and what type are historically optional
Mojito
2 oz white rum 3/4 oz lime 3/4 oz simple 6-8 mint leaves slap mint toss in collins glass add lime and simple then add rum top with crushed ice and club soda stir lightly and briefly to distribute mint top with ango garnish with huge mint bouquet
Moscow Mule
2 oz vodka 3/4 oz lime 3/4 oz ginger syrup shake add soda collins glass with ice lime garnish
Negroni
1 oz gin 1 oz sweet vermouth 1 oz Campari build in rocks glass fill with ice stir garnish with orange twist
Oaxacan Old Fashioned
1 oz tequila 1 oz mezcal 2 dashes mole bitters fat barspoon demerara orange peel garnish
Old Fashioned
2 oz bourbon, rum, rye or whatever 1/4 oz rich simple like demerara 3 dashes of ango 1 dash orange bitters build in rocks glass add ice stir garnish orange twist
Paloma
2 oz tequila 1 oz grapefruit 1/2 oz lime 1/2 oz demerara 5 dashes saline shake, add soda, then strain and add more soda grapefruit garnish add a bit of salt on top of liquid
Pimm’s Cup
2 oz Pimm's no. 1 3/4 oz lemon 3/4 oz simple 1 cucumber wheel in tin shake strain top with soda gently stir garnish with cucumber wheel
Pisco Sour
2 oz Pisco 3/4 oz lime 3/4 oz simple egg white dry shake then shake with ice double strain into coup garnish with ango drops
Rusty Nail
2 oz scotch 1/2 oz drambuie stir with ice strain over ice cubes orange twist expressed and discarded
Sazerac
2 oz rye
1/4 oz demerara
4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
stir with ice
strain into a chilled absinthe rinsed rocks glass
garnish with lemon twist tossed into the glass
Side Car
2 oz brandy or cognac 3/4 oz cointreau 3/4 oz lemon juice scant 1/4 oz simple shake with ice double strain half sugar rimmed nick and nora garnish with lemon twist
Southside
2 oz gin 3/4 oz lemon 3/4 oz simple 5 mint leaves muddle mint with simple add other ingredients shake nick and nora
Tom Collins
2 oz Old Tom gin 3/4 oz lemon 1/2 oz simple build in collins with ice top with soda garnish lemon wheel
Vesper
1 1/2 gin 1 oz vodka 1/2 oz Cocchi Americano (or Lillet Blanc with the addition of some ango bitters) stir with ice strain coupe garnish with lemon twist
Vieux Carré
1 oz rye 1 oz brandy 1 oz sweet vermouth barspoon Benedictine 2 dashes Peychaud's 2 dashes ango build in rocks glass ice stir
Whiskey Smash
2 oz rye 3/8 muddled lemon 3/4 oz simple one mint sprig muddle mint with lemon and simple add rye shake with ice double strain into a ice filled rocks glass garnish with mint
Whiskey Sour
2 oz bourbon 3/4 oz lemon 3/4 oz simple egg white dry shake with citrus strain coupe lemon twist
