ABC Bartending School Drinks

Highball Drinks

• Highball Glass: Generally used for mixed drinks with a base spirit and a non-alcoholic mixer.

• Common Ingredients: Usually includes ice, a spirit (e.g., bourbon, scotch, rum), and a mixer (e.g., ginger ale, soda, coke).

• Highball: 1 oz Bourbon + fill with ginger ale.

• Scotch and Soda: 1 oz Scotch + fill with soda.

• 7 and 7: 1 oz Seagrams 7 Crown Whiskey + fill with 7-Up.

• Whiskey and Water: 1 oz Scotch Whiskey + fill with water.

• Rum and Coke: 1 oz Light Rum + fill with coke.

• Cuba Libre: Rum and coke with a squeeze of lime.

• Gin and Tonic: 1 oz Gin + fill with tonic, garnished with lime.

• Presbyterian: 1 oz Bourbon + fill with ginger ale and soda.

• Gin Rickey: 1 oz Gin + fill with soda, garnished with lime.

Classic Cocktails

• Old Fashioned: 1/2 oz simple syrup or 1 tsp sugar, 2 dashes bitters, 1 orange slice, 1 cherry; muddled, then add 1 oz bourbon and fill with soda; garnished with an orange flag.

Collins-Style Drinks

• Mojito: Collins glass with 2 bar spoons sugar, squeezed lime, muddled mint (6-8 leaves), 1 oz white rum, soda water, filled with ice.

• Bloody Mary: 1 oz Vodka, 2 dashes salt and pepper, 2 dashes celery salt, 4 drops Worcestershire sauce, optional Tabasco, filled with tomato juice; stir and garnish with a celery stick or lime.

• Greyhound: 1 oz Vodka + fill with grapefruit juice.

• Salty Dog: Greyhound with a salted rim.

• Screwdriver: 1 oz Vodka + fill with orange juice.

• Harvey Wallbanger: Screwdriver with a float of Galliano.

Sunrise and Breeze Drinks

• Tequila Sunrise: 1 oz Tequila, filled with orange juice, float grenadine; garnished with a cherry.
• Cape Cod: 1 oz Vodka + fill with cranberry juice; garnished with lime.
• Sea Breeze: 1 oz Vodka + cranberry and grapefruit juice; garnished with a cherry.
• Bay Breeze: 1 oz Vodka + cranberry and pineapple juice; garnished with a cherry.
• Madras: 1 oz Vodka + cranberry and orange juice; garnished with a cherry.
• Sex on the Beach: 1 oz Vodka, 1/2 oz Peach Schnapps + fill with orange and cranberry juice.

Specialty Fruit Drinks

• Slow Screw: 1 oz Sloe Gin + fill with orange juice; garnished with a cherry.
• Slow Comfortable Screw: 1 oz Sloe Gin, 1/2 oz Southern Comfort + fill with orange juice; garnished with a cherry.
• Bocce Ball: 1 oz Amaretto, 2 oz Orange juice + fill with soda.
• Melon Ball: 1 oz Vodka, fill with orange juice, float Midori.
• Fuzzy Navel: 1 oz Peach Schnapps + fill with orange juice.

Layered Drinks

• Up Against a Wall: Float of Galliano.
• Screaming: Float of vodka.
• Electric: Float of tequila.
• Multiple: Float of Frangelico.

Martini Variations

• Martini: Rocks glass or chilled cocktail glass, 6 drops Dry Vermouth, 2 oz Gin or Vodka; garnished with an olive.
• Dry Martini: 3 drops Dry Vermouth, 2 oz Gin or Vodka; garnished with an olive.
• Extra Dry Martini: 0-1 drops Dry Vermouth, 2 oz Gin or Vodka; garnished with an olive.
• Gibson: 6 drops Dry Vermouth, 2 oz Gin or Vodka; garnished with an onion.
• Manhattan: 1/4 oz Sweet Vermouth, 2 oz Bourbon; garnished with a cherry.