Whisky-Based Cocktails Flashcards
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Algonquin?
1.5 oz Rye
3/4 oz Dry Vermouth
3/4 oz Pineapple
2 dashes Paychaud’s (optional)
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Amalfi Cocktail?
1.5 oz Bourbon 1 oz Lemon Juice 1 oz Galliano 1 tsp. Orgeat Chilled Club Soda
Shake Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Galliano, Orgeat with ice and strain into an ice-filled Highball
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Blood and Sand?
1 oz Blended Scotch Whiskey
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
3/4 oz Cherry Heering
1 oz Orange Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with Orange Twist
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Bobby Burns?
2 oz Blended Scotch
1/4 oz Benedictine
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with Lemon Twist.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Boothby Cocktail?
1.5 oz Whiskey (Bourbon or Rye) 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth 2 dashes Angostura 2 dashes Orange Bitters 1 oz Champagne
Stir Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, and Bitters into Cocktail Glass. Top with Champagne and Garnish with Orange Peel
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Boulevardier?
1 oz Bourbon
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Campari
Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass and Garnish with an Orange Twist
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Brooklyn Cocktail?
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1 oz Dry Vermouth
1/4 oz Maraschino
1/4 oz Amer Picon
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a Cocktail Glass. Garnish with a Lemon Twist
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Fourth Regiment?
1 oz Whiskey (Rye or Bourbon) 1 oz Sweet Vermouth 1 Dash Angostura 1 Dash Celery Bitters 1 Dash Orange Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned Glass and garnish with an Orange Peel
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Godfather?
1.5 oz Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz Amaretto
Pour ingredients over ice into a Lowball Glass
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Horse’s Neck?
2 oz Bourbon
2-3 dashes Angostura
Ginger Ale
Build the ingredients into an ice-filled Highball. Garnish with a Lemon’s Twist
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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 with ice sans Club Soda and strain into an ice-filed Highball. Top with club soda and Garnish with an Orange Slice and Cherry.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Kentucky Colonel?
2.5 oz Bourbon
1/2 oz Benedictine
2 dashes Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into Cocktail Glass. Garnish with Lemon Twist.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mamie Taylor?
2 oz Blended Scotch Whiskey
1/2 oz Lime Juice
5 oz Ginger Beer
1 dash Angostura
Build the cocktail over ice in a Highball Glass and Garnish with Lime Wedge.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Manhattan?
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a Cocktail Glass. Garnish with Cherry.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mint Julep?
2 oz Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Add syrup and mint leaves to the base of a Silver or Pewter Julep Mug and muddle. Add 1 oz of Bourbon and some crushed ice. Mix with bar spoon then add the rest of the bourbon and more crushed ice and garnish with two mint sprigs. Arrange the straws next to the mint sprigs.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Monte Carlo?
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1/2 oz Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura
Stir ingredients over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with cherry.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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) float
Combine the whiskey, lemon juice and sugar in a shaker, chill and strain into ice-filled Old Fashioned Glass. Using the back of a bar spoon, float the red wine. Garnish with a Lemon Wheel
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Old-Fashioned?
2 oz Rye Whiskey
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 bar spoon simple syrup
Stir and strain into an Old Fashioned Glass with ice. Garnish with an Orange Peel
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Old Pal?
1 oz Rye Whiskey
1 oz Dry Vermouth
1 oz Campari
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a Lemon Twist
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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 into a Cocktail Glass. Garnish with a Lemon Twist.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Presbyterian?
2 oz Scotch Whisky
Ginger Ale
Soda Water
Pour Scotch Whisky over ice in a Highball and fill with equal parts ginger ale and soda water
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Panama Cocktail?
2 oz Rye Whiskey
1/4 oz Rich Syrup (Demerara 2:1 with water)
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
2-3 dashes Tabasco
Stir with ice and strain into an Old Fashioned Glass
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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 with a shaker in ice, chill, and double strain into a Cocktail Glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Rob Roy?
2 oz Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Stir all the ingredients with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with Cherry
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Rusty Nail?
2 oz Blended Scotch Whisky
1 oz Drambuie
Stir with ice and strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned Glass. Garnish with Lemon Twist
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Sazerac?
2 oz. Sazerac Rye
5 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Splash of Absinthe
One Sugar Cube
Chill an Old Fashioned Glass with ice and water while you add sugar cube, bitters, and splash of water to another glass. Muddle until the sugar is dissolved, then fill the glass with ice and whiskey. Stir to chill. In the other glass discard the ice and water and rinse with absinthe discarding the excess. Strain the contest of the mixing glass into the serving glass. Release the oils of a lemon peel and garnish with peel.
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Scofflaw?
1 oz Canadian or Rye Whiskey 1 oz Dry Vermouth 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1 bar spoon Grenadine 2 dashes Orange Bitters
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a Cocktail Glass and garnish with an Orange Peel
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Tipperary?
1 oz Irish Whiskey
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Green Chartreuse
Dash of Orange BItters (optional)
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a Cocktail Glass. Garnish with Cherry
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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 into an Old Fashioned Glass. Garnish with Lemon Peel
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Waldorf Cocktail?
2 oz Rye Whiskey
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
1/4 oz Absinthe/Pastis
2 oz dashes Angostura
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a Cocktail Glass and garnish with Lemon Peel (optional)
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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 Old Fashioned Glass. Garnish with Cherry
What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for 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 Old Fashioned Glass and garnish with a cherry and half of an Orange Wheel.
