Whiskey Flashcards
Sazerac
4 Dashes Peychauds Bitters
Sugar Cube or 0.15-0.25 oz simple
Splash of Seltzer (optional) for cube
2 oz Rye Whiskey
Rinse of Absinthe
Garnish: Lemon Twist (drop or not)
Splash of seltzer is optional depending on if you want smooth or grainy
Can also do 3 dashes Peychauds and 2 traditional
History: Known as the oldest cocktail recorded in America by Creole apothecary Antoine Peychauds in New Orleans 1838. Used to be done with Brandy but it was switched to Rye, not only to make it more accessible in America, but also because during that time a crop disease was destroying vineyards in France.
Mint Julep
8 medium mint leaves
1 sugar cube plus 1/4 simple or 1/2 simple/Demerara
2 oz bourbon
2 dashes ango (optional) inside or on ice
Crushed ice stir
Add crushed ice cone
Big mint bouquet
Needs some time for dilution or splash water
Optional: light splash of Jamaican rum
Important to not put hand on the silver mug because otherwise it won’t frost
History: Julep originally meant medicinal
Old Fashioned
1 sugar cube or 1/3 oz simple (2 bar spoons)
3-4 dashes angostura (some add orange)
Splash of soda (if with sugar cube)
Muddle
2 oz rye or bourbon
Garnish: Orange and Lemon Peel
Optional to muddle orange with cube, or to stir with a slice of orange for orange flavors and then strain into cube. Or bar spoon maple
History:
The first documented use of the word “cocktail” comes from the 1806 edition of The Balance And Columbian Repository which defined it as a: “ A potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar.” A guy walk into the Pendennis Club sometime in the mid 1880’s and asks the bartender for a drink in the Old Fashioned way. The Bartender made him a spiced sling, but on ice, and garnished with a twist of orange.
A sling is a drink that, in its classic form, is made with sugar, hot or cold water, nutmeg, and a spirit.
Manhattan *
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 Dashes Angostura
Garnish: Cocktail Cherry or Lemon Twist
Perfect Manhattan:
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1/2 Sweet Vermouth
1/2 Dry Vermouth
2 Dashes Angostura
Reverse Manhattan:
2 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Rye Whiskey
2 dashes angostura bitters
History: Created in New York Manhattan club and with orange bitters
John Collins
Tom Collins with Bourbon
1.5 Bourbon
Top Sweet/Sour and Soda
Garnish: Lemon Peel
or
2 Bourbon
3/4 Lemon
3/4 Simple
Top Soda
Lemon Peel
Lynchburg Lemonade
1.5 oz Jack Daniels
1/2-3/4 oz Triple Sec
1.25 oz Lemon
3/4 oz simple
3 oz seltzer
Or
1.5 oz Jack Daniels
1/2-3/4 Triple Sec
1/2 Lemon
Top Sprite or Lemonade
Boulevardier
1 Bourbon
1 Campari
1 Sweet Vermouth
Flaming Orange Peel if possible
Optional Addition is orange bitters
Or
1.5 Bourbon
3/4 Campari
3/4 Sweet Vermouth
Flaming Orange Peel if possible
History: Erskine Gwynne, an American writer moved to Paris and started a magazine named The Boulevardier. Harry’s New York Bar in Paris invented this drink in 1927 to be placed in the magazine and their recipe is equal parts.
Hot Toddy
Prep: Glass needs to sit with warm water
Educated Barfly:
1.5 oz Bourbon
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/4 oz Honey
Top Hot Water (he said 2 oz but looked more like 4)
Garnish: Lemon Wedge
Can use honey instead of honey syrup
Optional: Lemon twist, 1-2 dashes Bitters, cinnamon powder
Or
Dave Allred’s:
2 oz Brandy
1 oz Lemon
1 oz Honey
Full Hot Water
Garnish: Lemon Wedge or Twist
Rob Roy
2 oz Scotch Whiskey
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes angostura
Garnish: Cherry or Lemon Twist
Whiskey Sour
Suntory Whisky:
2 oz Suntory
3/4 lemon
1/4 simple
Dash (1/4 at most) orange juice
Sprinkle salt
Or
2 oz Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
1 oz Lemon
1/2 Orange
1/2 Rich simple
1 oz egg white
Or Standard:
2 oz Bourbon
3/4 Lemon
3/4 Simple
Egg White
Rusty Nail
2:1oz Ratio of Scotch Whiskey and Drambuie. Some recommend a 5:2 ratio. Educated barfly did 4:1. Most commonly used as a blended scotch. Actually ratio is anywhere from 1:1 to 1:4
Build in glass add ice and stir carefully. Lemon zest garnish. Some use orange
Can dash some angostura
IBA Official Cocktail List
