Martinis and Manhattans - General Flashcards
What are the two questions to always ask when a Martini is ordered?
Gin or Vodka?
Up or on the rocks?
General Martini Preparation
Fill rocks glass with Ice
or
Chill UP glass and Hurricane half full of ice
ing. Pour ingredients to 1/full and shake Break pour into emptied UP glass
Garnish with an Olive
What is a Gibson?
Martini with an Onion Garnish
How do you Handle the Martini Glass?
Check for glass cleanliness
Never touch near the rim
Popular GIN call brands
Beefeater
Tanqueray
Gordons
Bombay
Popular Vodka call brands
Smirnoff
Absolut
Stolichnaya
Finlandia
What does “DIRTY” mean in Martinis?
Add Olive Juice
Popular Whiskey call brands
Seagrams’s 7
Seagrams VO
Canadian Club
Popular Scotch call brands
CUtty Sark
Dewars
J & B
Johniie Walker
Manhattans / Rob Roy DRY vermouth Garnish?
Lemon Twist
Except with SOCO Manhattan
Popular Bourbon call brands
Old Grand Dad
Wild Turkey
Jim Beam
Manhattan Memory Aid
People in Manhattan drink Whiskey
Turn M upsidedown W
Perfect drink Memory Aid
Dry & Sweet FIRST
Southern Comfort Manhattan memory aid
Sweet - Dry - Sweet
Soco - Dry Vermouth - Cherry
Cosmopolitan Memory AId
Vodka TLC
Vodka-Triple Sec-Lime Juice-Cranberry
