Cocktails to Know Flashcards
Everything I should know, in general. (145 cards)
20th Century
1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz white creme de cacao 1/2 oz cocchi bianco 1 1/2 oz plymouth gin Shake; double strain in coupe. No garnish.
El Presidente - both versions
1.5 oz Rhum Agricole
1.5 oz Dolin Blanc
1 tsp Clement Creole Shrub
1/2 tsp Grenadine
Stir, strain into coupe with orange peel and cherry for garnish.
**Alt - 1 1/2 oz gold rum, 3/4 oz dry vermouth, 1/4 oz orange curaçao, 1/2 teaspoon grenadine.
Vesper
1 dash orange bitters 1/2 oz lillet 1 oz vodka 2 oz gin Stir; strain into cocktail glass. Lemon garnish.
GIbson
2 oz gin
1 oz dry vermouth
1 dash orange bitters
Stir, strain in cocktail glass. Cocktail onion garnish.
Twentieth Century
Improved sour/gin cordial 1/2 oz creme de caco 3/4 oz lemon juice 3/4 oz lillet blanc 1 1/2 oz gin Shake; double strain into cocktail coupe. Lemon expression/garnish.
Tale Spin
Rinse the glass with campari. 1 oz sweet vermouth 1 oz green chartreuse 1 oz gin Stir; strain into cocktail glass.
Martini
2 oz gin
1 oz dry vermouth
2 dash orange bitters
Stir; strain into cocktail glass with lemon garnish.
Gimlet
2 1/4 oz gin
1/2 oz lime cordial
1/4 oz lime juice. Shake, double strain UP or on rocks. Lime wheel garnish.
Corpse Reviver #1
3/4 sweet vermouth
3/4 calvados
1 1/2 oz cognac
Stir; strain into cocktail glass. No garnish.
Bronx
1 oz orange juice 1/2 oz sweet vermouth 1/2 oz dry vermouth 1 1/2 oz gin Shake; strain in coupe. Orange wheel or peel.
Dandy
1 lemon peel/ 1 orange peel expressed in STIR 1 dash angostura 1/2 oz curacao 1 1/2 oz Dubonnet Rouge 1 1/2 oz Rye Stir; strain in cocktail. No garnish.
Millionaire
A very extra whiskey sour. 1 egg white 1 dash orange bitters 1 dash absinthe 1/4 oz rich syrup 1/4 oz grenadine 1/4 oz lemon 1/2 oz cointreau 1 1/2 oz rye Dry shake; shake and double strain into coupe. No garnish.
Chrysanthemum
2 dash absinthe
1/2 oz benedictine
2 1/2 oz dry vermouth
Stir; strain in cocktail glass. Orange peel garnish/expression.
The French Martini - both versions
French Cocktail 2 oz vodka 1 oz fillet blanc 1 dash orange bitters Stir, strain into cocktail glass. Flamed orange peel garnish.
Not to be confused with the French Martini from Pravda and Balthazar - the key ingredient that makes the cocktail “French” is its use of Chambord.
2 oz vodka, 3/4 oz pineapple juice, 1/2 oz chambord.
Cobbler
[from Punch: 3 1/2 oz Amontillado, 1/2 oz simple syrup, 2 or 3 orange slices. Muddle the sugar and orange slices in a tin. Add sherry and ice, shake. Strain into collins filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel, seasonal berries, mint, and a straw]
any mixture of spirit, sugar, crushed ice, and fruit.
* Half Court Cobbler from Dan Greenbaum via Punch: 2 1/2 oz amontillado, 1/2 oz cyan, 1/2 oz honey syrup, 1 orange half wheel, 1 large lemon wedge. Muddle citrus with honey syrup in a collins. Add sherry, cyan and crushed ice. Swizzle. Garnish with an orange and lemon wheel.
Blinker - Modern and 1934 edition.
1/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz raspberry citrate
1 oz grapefruit juice
2 oz rye.
*Shake, double strain in coupe. Fresh berries or lime wheel garnish.
1934 version calls for 2 oz straight rye, 3 oz grapefruit juice, 1 oz grenadine.
Barbara East
1 dash salt 1/4 oz simple syrup 1/4 oz lime juice 1/2 oz apricot liqueur 1 oz grapefruit juice 1 1/2 oz bourbon Shake; double strain in coupe. Berries or lime wheel garnish
Maid
Gin/Herb Sour 2 thin cucumber slices 5 mint leaves 3/4 oz simple syrup 1 oz lime juice 2 oz gin Shake; strain over rocks. Cucumber and mint for garnish.
Arnaud’s Special
2 dashes orange bitters 1 oz Dubbonet 2 oz. blended scotch *stir, strain over ice in highball. Orange peel garnish. This is Rob Roy's southern cousin.
Death in the Gulfstream
A Hemingway favorite 4 dash Angostura 1/2 oz rich syrup 3/4 oz lime juice 2 oz Genever Shake with crushed; pour in Collins. Lime horse neck garnish.
Coffee Rose
1/2 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz blackberry syrup
2 oz cold brew coffee
Shake; double strain into Nick & Nora. Lemon garnish.
Absinthe Frappe
6 to 8 mint leaves
1/2 oz simple syrup
1 1/2 oz Absinthe (Kubler)
Shake with crushed ice; pour directly into collins. Top with soda and a mint garnish.
Japanese
3 dashes Angostura
2 tsp Orgeat
2 1/2 oz cognac
Stir in mixing glass; strain into cocktail glass with lemon peel garnish.
Bee’s Knees
A gin sour 3/4 oz honey syrup 3/4 oz lemon juice 1 1/2 oz gin Shake and strain into a highball with a lemon wheel.