Whisky-Based Cocktails

Question 1

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Algonquin?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Amalfi Cocktail?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Blood and Sand?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Bobby Burns?

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Boothby Cocktail?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Boulevardier?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Brooklyn Cocktail?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Fourth Regiment?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Godfather?

Answer 9

1.5 oz Scotch Whisky
3/4 oz Amaretto

Pour ingredients over ice into a Lowball Glass

Question 10

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Horse’s Neck?

Answer 10

2 oz Bourbon
2-3 dashes Angostura
Ginger Ale

Build the ingredients into an ice-filled Highball. Garnish with a Lemon’s Twist

Question 11

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Irish Coffee?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a John Collins?

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Kentucky Colonel?

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mamie Taylor?

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Manhattan?

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mint Julep?

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Monte Carlo?

Answer 17

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

Stir ingredients over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with cherry.

Question 18

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a New York Sour?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Old-Fashioned?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an Old Pal?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Preakness Cocktail?

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Presbyterian?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Panama Cocktail?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Paper Airplane?

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Rob Roy?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Rusty Nail?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Sazerac?

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Scofflaw?

Answer 28

``` 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

Question 29

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Tipperary?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Vieux Carre?

Answer 30

``` 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

Question 31

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Waldorf Cocktail?

Answer 31

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)

Question 32

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Ward Eight?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Whiskey Sour?

Answer 33

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.