Classic Cocktails Flashcards
(26 cards)
How do you make a Manhattan?
Ingredients:
2oz Rye Whiskey
1oz Sweet Vermouth
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice and stir. Double strain into coupe, garnish with one brandied cherry or lemon twist.
How do you make a Negroni?
Ingredients:
1oz Gin
1oz Sweet Vermouth
1oz Campari
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice and stir. Double strain into rocks glass over one large ice cube, garnish with an orange twist.
How do you make a Gin Martini?
Ingredients:
2 1/2oz Gin
1/2oz Dry vermouth
1 Dash Orange Bitters (Opt.)
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice and stir. Double strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lemon twist.
How do you make a Daquiri?
Ingredients:
2oz Rum
1oz Lime
3/4oz Demerara Syrup
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in shaker, add ice and shake. Double strain into chilled coupe, garnish with a lime twist.
How do you make an Old Fashioned?
Ingredients:
2oz Bourbon Whiskey
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Water
Instructions:
Combine bitters, sugar, and water in a mixing glass, stir/muddle until sugar is dissolved. Add bourbon and ice and stir. Double strain into rocks glass over one large ice cube. Express oils from orange twist over drink and garnish with orange twist.
How do you make a Whiskey Sour?
Ingredients:
2oz Bourbon
3/4oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
1 Egg White
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker and dry shake to emulsify. Add ice to shaker and shake until chilled. Double strain into a coupe glass or rocks glass over fresh ice, garnish with angostura bitters.
How do you make a Tom Collins
Ingredients:
2oz London dry gin
1oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
Club soda to top
Instructions:
Combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a Collins glass, fill with ice, top with soda and stir. Garnish with a lemon wheel and maraschino cherry (optional).
How do you make a Sazerac?
Ingredients:
Absinthe (to rinse)
2 1/2oz Rye whiskey
4 Dashes Peychauds Bitters
1 Sugar cube
1/2 tsp cold water
Instructions:
Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe, discard excess. In a mixing glass, muddle the sugar cube, water, and bitters. Add whiskey into mixing glass, fill with ice and stir. Double strain into prepared glass. Express oils from lemon twist and garnish with lemon twist.
How do you make a Paloma?
Ingredients:
2oz Tequila
1/2oz Lime Juice
Pinch of salt
Grapefruit Soda to top
Instructions:
Combine tequila, lime juice, and salt in highball glass. Fill the glass with ice, top with soda, and stir. Garnish with a lime wheel.
How do you make a Moscow Mule?
Ingredients:
2oz Vodka
1/2oz Lime Juice
Ginger Beer to top
Instructions:
Fill glass with ice, add vodka and lime juice. Top with ginger beer, garnish with a lime wheel.
How do you make a Sidecar?
Ingredients:
1 1/2oz Congac
3/4oz Orange Liqueur
3/4oz Lemon Juice
Instructions:
Optionally sugar rim a coupe. Combine ingredients with ice in a shaker and shake until chilled. Double strain into prepared glass and garnish with an orange twist.
How do you make a Martinez?
Ingredients:
1 1/2oz Gin
1 1/2oz Sweet Vermouth
1/4oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Instructions:
Combine ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir. Double strain into a coupe glass, garnish with an orange twist.
How do you make a Pimm’s Cup?
Ingredients:
2oz Pimm’s No.1
1/2oz Lemon Juice
Ginger ale to top
Instructions:
Combine pimms and lemon juice in a highball glass. Fill glass with ice, top with ginger ale and stir to combine. Garnish with a cucumber slice, mint sprig, skewered strawberry, and optional lemon and orange wheels.
How do you make a Pisco Sour?
Ingredients:
2oz Pisco
1oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
1 Egg White
Instructions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker and dry shake. Add ice to shaker and shake again until chilled. Strain into a Nick & Nora glass or rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with angostura bitters.
How do you make a French 75?
Ingredients:
1oz Gin
1/2oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
3oz Champagne
Instructions:
Add ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a champagne flute and top with Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
How do you make a Mint Julep?
Ingredients:
2oz Bourbon
1/4oz Simple Syrup
8 Mint Leaves
Instructions:
In a Julep cup or rocks glass, Lightly muddle mint leaves in simple syrup. Add bourbon and pack tightly with crushed ice. Stir until glass is frosted, then top with more crushed ice to form a dome. Garnish with a mint sprig and a few drops of angostura bitters (optional).
How do you make a Last Word?
Ingredients:
3/4oz Gin
3/4oz Green Chartreuse
3/4oz Maraschino Liqueur
3/4oz Lime Juice
Instructions:
Add ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Double strain into a coupe, garnish with a brandied cherry (optional).
How do you make a Corpse Reviver No.2?
Ingredients:
Absinthe to rinse
3/4oz London Dry Gin
3/4oz Lillet Blanc
3/4oz Orange Liqueur
3/4oz Lemon Juice
Instructions:
Rinse coupe or cocktail glass with absinthe and discard excess. Combine gin, lillet blanc, orange liqueur, and lemon juice into a shaker with ice, shake until chilled. Double strain into prepared glass.
How do you make a Mojito?
Ingredients:
2oz White Rum
3/4oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
3 mint leaves
Club Soda to top
Instructions:
Lightly muddle mint with simple syrup. Add rum, lime juice, and pebble ice into glass. Top with soda and garnish with a mint sprig and lime wheel.
How do you make a Gin Fizz?
Ingredients:
2oz Gin
1oz Lemon Juice
3/4oz Simple Syrup
1 Egg White
Club Soda to top
Instructions:
Add ingredients into a shaker and dry shake. Add 3-4 ice cubes and shake until chilled. Double-strain into a chilled Collins glass and top with soda.
How do you make a Gimlet?
Ingredients:
2oz Gin or Vodka
3/4oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
Instructions:
Add ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Double strain into a cocktail glass, garnish with a lime wheel.
How do you make a Margarita?
Ingredients:
2oz Blanco Tequila
1oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Orange Liqueur
1/2oz Agave Syrup
Instructions:
Prepare rocks/cocktail glass with a salt rim (optional). Combine ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into glass and garnish with a lime wheel.
How do you make a Boulevardier?
Ingredients:
1 1/4oz Bourbon (Or Rye)
1oz Campari
1oz Sweet Vermouth
Instructions:
Combine ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir. Double strain into a rocks glass, garnish with an orange twist.
How do you make a Mai Tai?
Ingredients:
1 1/2oz White Rum
3/4oz Orange Curacao
3/4oz Lime Juice
1/2oz Orgeat
1/2oz Dark rum
Instructions:
Combine white rum, orange curacao, lime juice, and orgeat with ice in a shaker and shake. Pour into glass with ice, float dark rum on top. Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.
