Whiskey Based Cocktails Flashcards by Darren Sherburne

What is an Algonquin?

1.5 oz Rye
3/4 oz. Dry Vermouth
3/4 oz. Pineapple Juice
2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters (optional)

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Serve in a cocktail glass.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the Amalfi Cocktail?

1.5 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Lemon Juice
1 oz. Galliano
1 tsp. Orgeat
Chilled Club Soda

Shake all ingredients (except soda) with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with club soda.

Serve in a highball glass.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Blood and Sand?

1 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
3/4 oz. Cherry Herring
1 oz. Orange Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Serve in a cocktail glass with an orange twist.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Bobby Burns?

2 oz. Blended Scotch
1/4 oz. Benedictine
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Sere in a Cocktail Glass with a Lemon Twist.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the Boothby Cocktail?

1.5 oz. Whiskey (Bourbon or Rye)
3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura's Bitters
2 dashes Orange Bitters 
1 oz. Champagne

Stir the first four ingredients into the glass and top with Champagne.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with an Orange Peel.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Boulevardier?

1 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Cocktail Glass with an Orange Twist.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the Brooklyn Cocktail?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
1/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
1/4 oz. Amer Picon

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Lemon Twist.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the Fourth Regiment?

1 oz. Whiskey (Rye or Bourbon)
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Celery Bitters
1 dash Orange Bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass.

Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with an Orange Peel.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Godfather?

1.5 oz. Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz. Amaretto

Pour ingredients over ice.

Serve in a Lowball Glass.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Horse’s Neck?

2 oz. Bourbon
2-3 dashes Angostura Biters
Ginger Ale

Build the ingredients in an ice-filled glass.

Serve in a Highball Glass with a Lemon Twist.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is an Irish Coffee?

1.5 oz Irish Whiskey
1 tsp. Brown Sugar
6 oz. Hot Coffee
Heavy Cream

Add whiskey, coffee and sugar to the mug. Top with Cold Cream.

Serve in a Coffee Mug.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a John Collins?

2 oz. Bourbon (or Canadian Whisky)
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Chilled Club Soda

Shake all ingredients (except soda) with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with Club Soda.

Serve in a Highball Glass with an Orange Slice and a Cherry.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Kentucky Colonel?

2.5 oz. Bourbon
1/2 oz. Benedictine
2 dashes Bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Lemon Twist.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Mamie Taylor?

2 oz. Blended Scotch Whiskey
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
5 oz. Ginger Beer
1 dash Angostura Biters

Build the cocktail over ice.

Serve in a Highball Glass with a Lime Wedge.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Manhattan?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Cherry.

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is a Mint Julep?

2 oz. Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup

Add syrup and mint leaves to the base of the glass and muddle. Add crushed ice and 1 oz. of the bourbon to the glass and mix with a bar spoon. Add more crushed ice and the rest of the bourbon to the glass, mixing again. Cap with crushed ice and garnish with two mint sprigs. Arrange the straws next to the mint sprigs.

Serve in a Silver or Pewter Julep Mug with Mint.

What is a Monte Carlo?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1/2 oz. Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Stir ingredients over ice. Strain.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Cherry.

What a New York Sour?

2 oz. Rye or Bourbon
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
1 oz. Red Wine (Fruit-Driven)

Combine the whiskey, lemon and sugar in a shaker, chill and strain into ice-filled glass. Using the back of a bar spoon, float the red wine.

Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with a Lemon Wheel.

What is an Old Fashioned?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 bar spoon Simple Syrup

Stir and strain over fresh ice.

Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with an Orange Peel.

What is an Old Pal?

1 oz. Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Dry Vermouth
1 oz. Campari

Stir the ingredients over ice and strain.

Serve in a cocktail glass with a Lemon Twist.

What is a Preakness Cocktail?

2 oz. Canadian Whisky
1/2 oz. Benedictine
1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Bitters

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Lemon Twist.

What is a Presbyterian?

2 oz. Scotch Whisky
Ginger Ale
Soda Water

Pour Scotch over ice and fill with equal parts ginger ale and soda water.

Serve in a Highball Glass.

What is a Panama Cocktail?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey
1/4 oz. Rich Syrup (2-1 Sugar-Water ratio)
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
2-3 dashes Tabasco Sauce

Stir with ice and strain.

Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass

What is a Paper Airplane?

3/4 oz. Bourbon (Elijah Craig 12-year)
3/4 oz. Aperol
3/4 oz. Amaro Nonino
3/4 oz. Lemon Juice

Combine in a shaker with ice. Chill and double strain.

Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Lemon Twist.

What is a Rob Roy?

2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1 dash Angostura Bitters Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass. Serve in a cocktail glass with a cherry.

What is a Rusty Nail?

2 oz. Blended Scotch Whisky 1 oz. Drambuie Stir with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with a Lemon Twist.

What is a Sazerac?

2 oz. Sazerac Rye Whiskey 5 dashes Peychaud's Bitters Splash of Absinthe One Sugar Cube Add ice and water to your serving glass to chill. In a separate mixing glass, add the sugar cube and bitters along with a small splash of water. Muddle until the sugar is dissoled, then fill the glass with ice and whiskey. Stir to chill. Discard the ice water in the serving glass. Season the glass by adding a bit of absinthe and roll the glass to coat with the liqueur. Discard any excess. Strain the contents of the mixing glass into the serving glass. Express the oils of the lemon peel and discard. Serve in a lowball glass with a lemon peel.

What is a Scofflaw?

``` 1 oz. Canadian or Rye Whiskey 1 oz. Dry Vermouth 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice 1 barspoon Grenadine 2 dashes Orange Bitters ``` Shake all ingredients with ice and strain. Serve in a Cocktail Glass with an Orange Peel.

What is a Tipperary?

1 oz. Irish Whiskey 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1 oz. Green Chartreuse Dash of Orange Bitters (Optional) Stir all ingredients with ice and strain. Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Cherry.

What is a Vieux Carre?

``` 1 oz. Rye Whiskey 1 oz. Cognac 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1/4 oz. Benedictine 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters 2 dashes Angostura Bitters ``` Stir ingredients with ice and strain. Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with a Lemon Peel.

What is the Waldorf Cocktail?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey 3/4 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1/4 oz. Absinthe/Pastis 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Stir all ingredients with ice and strain. Serve in a Cocktail Glass with a Lemon Peel (Optional).

What is a Ward Eight?

2 oz. Rye Whiskey 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice 1/2 oz. Orange Juice 1/4 oz. Grenadine Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass. Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with a Cherry.

What is a Whiskey Sour?

2 oz. Bourbon or Rye Whiskey 3/4 oz. Lemon Juice 3/4 oz. Simple Syrup Shake and strain into an ice-filled glass. Serve in an Old Fashioned Glass with a Cherry and a Half-Orange Wheel.