Cocktails Flashcards
What is a “daisy” cocktail? Where did the term originate from? Provide 3 examples
Ingredients must contain a spirit, citrus juice and orange liqueur (like Grand Mariner).
Name Spanish name for daisy is margarita
Examples include a margarita, side car and a cosmopolitan.
What are the ingredients in a Gimlet? How is it prepared?
Gin - 2oz
Lime Cordial - 1/2oz
Cocktail glass
Shaken with ice, strained into chilled cocktail glass, garnish.
What are the ingredients in a French 75? How is it prepared?
Gin - 1oz
Lemon juice - 1/2 oz
Simple syrup - 1/2oz
Champagne - 2oz
Shake first 3 ingredients with ice to chill, pour into cocktail glass or highball with glass. Too with champagne, lightly stir, garnish.
What are the ingredients in a Last Word? How is it prepared?
Equal parts everything - 3/4oz Gin Green Chartreuse Lime juice Maraschino liqueur
What are the ingredients in an Old Fashioned? How is it prepared?
Bourbon or Rye Whiskey? - 2oz
Simple syrup - 2 tsp
Angostura Bitters - 2 dashes
Rocks glass
Stir whiskey with simple syrup/sugar, add ice. Garnish with orange peel and dark cherry
What are the 3 basic ingresos an Old Fashioned?
Sugar, bitters and whiskey (usually)
What are the ingredients in a Negroni? How is it prepared?
Equal parts everything - 1oz
Gin
Sweet vermouth
Campari
What at it’s basic level is a Boulevardier?
A Negroni with bourbon instead of gin
What are the ingredients in a Boulevardier? How is it prepared?
Equal parts everything- 1oz
Bourbon
Sweet vermouth
Campari
Rocks or cocktail glass (if straight up)
Built in ice-filled rocks glass, stir and garnish with orange wheel or twist
What does straight up mean?
A drink shaken or stirred with ice and then served in stem glassware without ice
What does one mean when they order a drink neat?
Refers to a liquor poured straight from the bottle into a glass, no ice
What are the ingredients in a Clover Club? How is it prepared?
Gin - 1 1/2oz
Lemon juice - 3/4oz
Raspberry syrup - 1/2oz
Egg white - 1/4oz
Cocktail glass
Dry-shake ingredients to foam the egg white, then add ice and shake to chill. Strain into chilled glass, garnish with raspberry
What are the ingredients in a pink lady? How is it prepared?
Gin - 1 1/2oz Applejack - 1/2 oz Lemon juice - 3/4oz Grenadine - 1/2oz Egg white - 1/4oz
Cocktail glass
Dry-shake ingredients to foam the egg white, then add ice and shake to chill. Strain into chilled glass.
What is the difference between a clover club and pink lady?
Clover club uses raspberry syrup instead of grenadine and the Pink Lady has 1/2oz applejack.
Name 3 gin-based cocktails
Negroni
Gimlet
French 75
Pink lady
