Classic Cocktails

Question 1

French 75

Answer 1

2oz London Dry Gin
3/4oz Lemon Juice
3/4oz Simple Syrup
2oz Champagne
Garnish with Lemon Twist

Shake and Strain Gin, Lemon Juice, and Simple Syrup into a flute and top with Champagne. Garnish with Lemon Twist

Question 2

Cosmopolitan

Answer 2

2oz Vodka
1oz Cranberry Juice
3/4 oz Fresh Lime
3/4 oz Triple Sec

Shake with ice and Strain into a martini glass and garnish with Lime Wheel

Question 3

4th Regiment

Answer 3

1oz Rye Whiskey
1oz Sweet Vermouth
1 dash each orange bitters, celery bitters, Peychaud’s bitters

Shake with ice and strain into cocktail coup, garnish with lemon peel

Question 4

Abbey Cocktail

Answer 4

1 1/2 oz Gin
3/4 oz Orange Juice
3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
2 dashes bitters

Shake with ice and strain into cocktail coup. Garnish with Cherry

Question 5

Old Fashioned

Answer 5

2oz American Whiskey/Bourbon
2 dashes of Bitters
1 sugar cube

Add enough water to dissolve sugar cube. Add bitters, stir, and strain over fresh ice.

Question 6

Sazerac

Answer 6

2oz Sazerac Rye Whiskey
5 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
Splash of Absinthe
Half of a Sugar Cube

Muddle sugar cube and water in a mixing glass. Chill the glass with ice water. Rinse the glass with absinthe. The residual water in the glass should cause the absinthe to loosh and become more aromatic. Add whiskey, bitters, and lemon peel to the mixing glass with the muddled sugar and stir with ice to chill. Strain into absinthe-rinsed lowball glass.

Question 7

Pisco Sour

Answer 7

2oz Pisco
1oz Lime/Lemon Juice
3/4oz SS
1 Egg White 
1 Dash of Angostura Bitters

Shake all ingredients except bitters with ice and strain into the glass. Garnish glass with a dash of bitters.

Question 8

Manhattan

Answer 8

2oz Rye Whiskey
1oz Sweet Vermouth
2 Dashes Angostura

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with Cherry.

Question 9

Mint Julep

Answer 9

2oz Bourbon
10-12 Mint Leaves
1/2oz SS

Add Syrup and Mint Leaves to the Base of the Glass. Add crushed ice and 1oz of the Bourbon and mix. Cap with ice and add rest of Bourbon. Garnish with Mint Leaves.

Question 10

Gin Fizz

Answer 10

2 oz Gin
3/4oz Lemon Juice
3/4oz SS
Soda Water

Shake Gin, Lemon Juice, and SS in a shaker with ice. Strain into a collins glass WITHOUT ICE (this is the fundamental difference between a gin fizz and a collins cocktail.

Question 11

Side Car

Answer 11

1.5oz Cognac
3/4oz Lemon Juice
3/4oz Cointreau/Orange Liqueur

Shake and strain ingredients with ice. Strain into a sugar rimmed cocktail glass and garnish with Orange Twist.

Question 12

Gin Rickey

Answer 12

2oz London Dry Gin
1oz Lime Juice
Soda Water

Build in a highball and garnish with lime rind

Question 13

Aviation

Answer 13

1.5oz London Dry Gin
3/4oz Lemon Juice
2 Dashes Maraschino Liqueur
2 Dashes Crème Yvette

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with Cherry or Lemon Peel.

Question 14

Gimlet

Answer 14

2oz Plymouth Gin
3/4oz Lime Juice
3/4oz SS

Question 15

Martini

Answer 15

2.5oz Gin

1/2oz Dry Vermouth