Common Cocktails

Question 1

Cosmopolitan

Answer 1

Pre-chilled martini glass

1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice
3/4 oz Cointreau
2 oz citron vodka

Long shake
Double strain

Garnish: lime wedge

*if using non-flavored vodka can add a lemon twist and a lime twist in the shaker, then double strain

Question 2

Manhattan

Answer 2

Ask: up or on the rocks
Martini glass or Rocks glass

1 oz sweet vermouth
2.5 oz bourbon/whiskey
3 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir

Garnish: brandied cherry

Question 3

Old Fashioned

Answer 3

Rocks glass

Orange
Cherry
2 dashes bitters
1/4 oz Simple syrup
Muddle
Fill glass with ice
2 oz bourbon/whiskey

Stir
Splash of soda water

Garnish: none

OR

3 dashes Angostura Bitters
1/4 oz rich demerara syrup
2 oz bourbon/rye

Stir

Garnish: orange swath expressed over drink, wiped around rim and dropped in, and a brandied cherry

Question 4

Margarita

Answer 4

Pint glass

1/2 oz lime juice
3 oz sour mix
1/2 oz triple sec
2 oz tequila

Shake
Salt rim

Garnish: lime

Question 5

Martini

Answer 5

Pre-chilled Martini glass

1/2 oz dry vermouth
3 oz gin or vodka

Stir at least 30sec

Garnish: olives or lemon twist

Dirty = replace dry vermouth with olive juice/brine
Dry = less vermouth
Extra dry = no vermouth

Question 6

Bloody Mary

Answer 6

Pint glass

2 oz vodka
Bloody Mary mix

Agitate

Garnish: lemon, lime, olive

Spicy = 1/2 bar spoon raw horseradish, Tabasco, dash of pepper

Question 7

Madras

Answer 7

Cocktail glass

2 oz vodka
Half cranberry
Half orange juice

Agitate

Garnish: lime

Question 8

Bay Breeze

Answer 8

Cocktail glass

2 oz vodka
Half cranberry
Half pineapple

Agitate

Garnish: lime

*tropical bay = pineapple

Question 9

Sea Breeze

Answer 9

Cocktail glass

2 oz vodka
Half cranberry
Half grapefruit

Agitate

Garnish: lime

*Ocean Spray makes grapefruit juice (Ocean/Sea)

Question 10

Tequila Sunrise

Answer 10

Cocktail glass w/ice

1/4 oz lime juice
5 oz orange juice
2 oz blanco tequila

Quick stir

3/4 oz grenadine
Let sink to bottom

Garnish: orange 1/2 wheel and 1 lime wedge

Question 11

Moscow mule

Answer 11

Copper mug or pint glass

1/2 oz fresh lime
2 oz vodka
Top with ginger beer

Stir

Garnish: lime

Question 12

Dark N’ Stormy

Answer 12

Cocktail glass

Ginger beer
2 oz goslings dark rum float

Do not agitate. Keep visual layers

Garnish: lime

Question 13

Whiskey sour

Answer 13

Rocks glass with ice

3/4 oz fresh lemon
3/4 oz simple syrup
2 oz bourbon

Shake

Garnish: lemon wedge

Question 14

Aperol Spritz

Answer 14

Stem glass

Fill with ice

2oz Aperol
3oz Prosecco
1oz soda

Stir in glass

Garnish: orange wheel

Question 15

1 liquor drinks

Answer 15

Cocktail glass

2 oz spirit
Top with mixer

Garnish: vodka=lemon wedge
Gin=lime wedge

Question 16

Long Island Iced Tea

Answer 16

Pint glass

2 oz Coca-cola
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz plymouth gin
3/4 oz blanco tequila
3/4 oz rum
3/4 oz Cointreau or triple-sec

Pour coca-cola into glass
Short shake the rest for 5sec, then strain into the glass. Fill glass with ice.

Garnish: lemon wedge

Question 17

Negroni

Answer 17

Rocks glass, mixing glass

3/4 oz Compari
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
1.5 oz gin

Stir in mixing glass

Garnish: orange swath expressed, wiped, and dropped in

Question 18

Apple Martini

Answer 18

3/4 oz sour apple schnapps
1/2 oz apple juice
2 oz vodka

Long shake
Strain

Question 19

Espresso martini (creamy)

Answer 19

Espresso vodka
Espresso Baileys
Tia Maria

Long shake
Double strain
Garnish: 3 coffee beans

Question 20

Lemon Drop

Answer 20

Sugar rim on martini glass

2oz citron vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup

Question 21

Espresso martini (clear)

Answer 21

1/2 oz kahlua
1oz espresso
2 1/2oz espresso vodka