House Cocktails Flashcards
Billy Bartram
Components: • 1.25 oz. Coruba Dark Rum • .75 oz. Rhum JM • 1 oz. Lime • .75 oz. Pecan Orgeat • .25 oz. Cointreau
Shake / pebble / orchid garnish
History/Description:
This Mai Tai variation is inspired by the Naturalist William Bartram who published the first drawings of pecan trees
Glassware:
Invitation Rocks
Notes:
Sweet, sour, nutty, slightly floral, molasses, orange blossom, grass
Rue des Oranger
Components: • 1.5 oz. Plantation Pineapple Rum • .5 oz. Plantation OFTD • 1 oz. orange juice • 1 oz. Salted Coconut • .75 oz. Pineapple Gum Syrup
Shake / Pebble Ice / Grated Nutmeg
Glassware:
Symphony Collins
Notes:
- Riff on Painkiller
- Rich, sweet; coconut, orange, pineapple
Right Place / Wrong Time
Components:
• 2 oz Butter Infused Ketel One Vodka
• 1 oz Coconut Milk
• 1 oz Espresso Syrup
Shake/ Up / Chocolate Covered Espresso Garnish
History/Description: An Espresso Martini
Glassware:
White Coupe
Notes:
- A good “pick me up” or after dinner drink
- Coffee, chocolate
Primp And Preen
Components: • 1.25 oz Del Migeuy Vida • .75 oz. White Rum • .75 oz Orgeat • .5 oz Lime • .5 oz Grapefruit • .25 oz Blue Curacao
Shaken / Tall Glass / Pebble Ice
History/Description:
This vibrant blue cocktail isn’t afraid to show off with subtly smoky Del Maguey Vida
Glassware:
Highball
Notes:
- A variation on an often overlooked tiki classic
- Smoky, sour, refreshing, strong
El Pavo Real
Components: • 2 oz Espolon Blanco • .25 oz Ancho Reyes • .75 oz Hibiscus Grenadine • 1 oz Lime Juice • 5 dashes Angostura
Shake / pebble ice / lime wheel
Glassware:
Remy Rocks
Notes:
- Variation on a ‘Mexican Firing Squad’ – great for anyone who likes margaritas
- Sour, fruity, slightly spicy
Pontchatoula Punch
Components: • 2 oz Ford’s Gin • .75 oz Strawberry • barspoon Balsamic • .25 oz Cynar • .75 oz Lemon
Shake / strain / Basil Garnish
Glassware:
Remy Rocks
Notes:
- Refreshing gin punch
- Balsamic adds sweetness and a little extra acid
- Berry, slightly bitter, sour
My Cup Of Tea
Components: • 2 oz. Ford’s Gin • 1 oz English Breakfast Tea Honey Syrup • 1 oz Lemon • Elderflower Foam
Build and stir in teacup / Top with foam
Glassware: Tea Cup Notes: -Rich drink with several layers of floral touches -Juniper, lemon, honey, earl grey tea
Petit Angel
Components: • 2 oz Jim Beam Rye • .5 oz Cinnamon • .5 oz Lime • .5 oz Grapefruit • barspoon Luxardo • 10 dashes Peychaud
Shake /Tall Glass /Pebble Ice/dehydrated lime wheel
History/Description:
Jim Beam Rye Whiskey in a Zombie variation
Glassware:
Dante Collins
Notes:
-‘Petit Angel’ references voodoo lore. It is the soul that hangs around a body after the Grand Angel has left
Flavor:
-Sour, cinnamon, juicy, dry, strong
Bobby Burns #2
Components:
• 1.5 oz. Monkey Shoulder
• .5 oz. Benedictine
• .5 oz White Port
Stir / rox / ice / discarded lemon peel
Glassware:
Nick and Nora
Notes:
- Herbaceous, almost Manhattan, style drink
- Malt, light smoke, floral
Sackcloth and Ashes
Components:
• 1.75 oz Japanese whiskey
• .25 oz shoyu syrup
• .25 oz montenegro
Stir / old fashioned / stamped large rock
History/Description:
“…it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes…” said Lafcadio Hearn about New Orleans
Glassware:
Remy Rocks
Notes:
- Perfect introduction to Japanese Whiskey for an old fashioned drinker
- Malt, salt, koji, floral
Provencal 75
Components: • 1.5 oz Cognac • .5 oz Thyme and Lavender Honey Syrup • .5 oz Lemon • Champagne
Shake / top with champagne / lemon and thyme garnish
Glassware:
Champagne Coupe
Notes:
- Fresh provencal herbs pair with cognac and champagne. If they like French 75’s, they will like this
- Raisins, herbs, lavender, honey
Port of New Orleans
Components: • 1 oz Shochu • 1 oz Rum • .5 oz Madeira • .25 oz Local Citrus Oleo • 1 oz Gunpowder Green Tea
Build in Rocks Glass/quick stir
History/Description: A punch that embraces a sense of travel and adventurous flavors from around the world
Notes:
- A traditional punch using untraditional ingredients. Strong, flavor forward drink
- Barley, koji, funk, tea, lemon oil
Sazerac
Components: • 2 oz Jim Beam Rye • Herbsainte rinse .25 oz Simple • 12 dashes Peychauds
Build / rinse / chill glass / stir / rox
History/Description:
The official cocktail of the City of New Orleans featuring Rye Whiskey, Peychaud’s Bitters, and a hint of Herbsainte
Glassware:
Remy Rocks
Notes:
- New Orleans classic; improved Old Fashioned
- Strong, sweet, licorice
Spanish Gin and Tonic
Components: • 1.5 oz Botanist Gin • 2 oz Fevertree Indian Tonic • 1 Star Anise Pod • 1 Cinnamon Stick • 1 Grapefruit Peel Rosemary
Build in Wine Glass
History/Description:
An homage to the Spanish Style Gin and Tonic featuring a seasonal selection of ingredients used to highlight a featured gin
Glassware:
Wine Glass
Notes:
- High end Gin and Tonic
- Juniper, citrus, baking spices, licorice
Sherry Cobbler
Components:
• 2 oz Sandeman Amontillado Sherry
• 2 Muddled Blackberries
• .5 oz Cinnamon Syrup
Build blackberries and cinnamon syrup into Cheeky glass, muddle, top with Sherry and ice, garnish with 2 fresh sage and 2 blackberries
Glassware:
Cheeky
Notes:
- A drink style that predates “cocktails”
- Refreshing intro to fortified wine
- Sweet, preserved fruits, cinnamon, sage
