Whiskey cocktails Flashcards
Monte Carlo (Old fashioned extended family)
50 ml Rittenhouse rye
12.5ml Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters
garnish: lemon twist
glassware: old-fashioned glass
Improved Whiskey Cocktail (Old fashioned family)
50ml Elijah Craig small batch bourbon
1 teaspoon Maraska maraschino cherry liqueur
1 dash absinthe
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash Peychauds bitters
garnish: lemon twist
glassware: old fashioned glass
Hot Toddy (Old fashioned extended family)
2 lemon wedges (squeezed into glass)
56.25ml Elijah Craig small batch bourbon
18.75ml honey syrup
1 dash angostura bitters
100ml boiling water
garnish: 2 lemon wedges pinned together, and nutmeg
squeeze the lemon wedges into toddy mug and add remaining ingredients. water last
Manhattan (Martini extended family)
50ml Rittenhouse rye
25ml Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
2 dashes Angostura bitters
garnish: 1 brandied cherry
glassware nick and nora/coupe
Perfect Manhattan (Martini extended family)
50ml Rittenhouse Rye
12.5ml Cocchi Vermouth di Torino
12.5ml Dolin dry vermouth
3 dashes Angostura bitters
garnish: 1 lemon twist
glassware: nick and nora
note: the wrong combination of vermouths will fight with whiskey for attention
Brooklyn (Martini extended family, Martinez)
50ml Rittenhouse rye
18.75ml Dolin dry vermouth
6.25ml Bigallet China-China Amer
1 tsp Maraska marachino liqueur
garnish: 1 brandied cherry
glassware: nick and nora
Boulevardier (Martini extended family, Negroni)
37.5ml Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon
18.75ml Carpano Antica Formula vermouth
18.75ml Campari
garnish: 1 brandied cherry
glassware: coupe
Old Pal (Martini extended family, Negroni)
37.5ml Rittenhouse rye
18.75ml Dolin dry vermouth
18.75ml Campari
garnish: 1 lemon twist
glassware: nick and nora
Whiskey Sour (Daiquiri family)
50ml Elijah Craig small Batch bourbon
18.75ml lemon juice
18.75ml simple syrup
garnish: lemon wedge
glassware: old-fashioned glass
Kentucky Maid (Daiquiri family)
5 mint leaves
3 slices cucumber
18.75ml simple syrup
50ml Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon
25ml lime juice
garnish: mint sprig and cucumber wheel
glassware: old fashioned glass
Brown Derby (Daiquiri family)
50ml Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon
25ml grapefruit juice
1tsp lemon juice
12.5ml honey syrup
no garnish
glassware: coupe
Mint Julep (Old Fashioned extended family)
1 mint bouquet
50ml Buffalo Trace bourbon
6.25ml simple syrup
Rub the interior of a julep tin with the mint bouquet, build cocktail, add half ice, stir. Add more ice and stir until frostes. Top up with more ice.
Old fashioned, Death & Co.
50ml Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon
2 tsp demerara simple (or 1 tsp rich demerara gum syrup)
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash bitter truth aromatic bitters
garnish: orange and lemon twist
Sazerac, Death and Co. (Old fashioned extended family)
Vieux Pontarlier absinthe
37.5ml Rittenhouse rye
12.5ml Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac
1tsp demerara gum syrup (or 2 tsp demerara simple)
4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
garnish: lemon twist
Whiskey Highball, Death and Co.
50ml Hakushu 12-year Japanese whisky
100ml cold seltzer
no garnish
Pour the whisky into a highball. add 1 ice cube. Let sit for 3 seconds. Add seltzer and gently stir.