Professional Bartending Study Guide

Highball Drinks

• Highball: Typically served in an ice highball glass, includes 1 oz of spirit and is topped with a mixer, often garnished with a sip stick.
• Popular Variations:
  • Scotch and Soda: 1 oz scotch, filled with soda water.
  • 7&7: 1 oz Seagrams 7, filled with 7-Up.
  • Gin and Tonic: 1 oz gin, tonic water, garnished with lime.
  • Cuba Libre: 1 oz light rum, Coke, garnished with lime.

Vodka-Based Cocktails

• Cape Codder: 1 oz vodka, cranberry juice, garnished with lime.
• Sea Breeze: 1 oz vodka, cranberry and grapefruit juice.
• Bay Breeze: 1 oz vodka, cranberry and pineapple juice.
• Screwdriver: 1 oz vodka, orange juice.
• Fuzzy Navel: 1 oz peach schnapps, orange juice.

Collins Glass Cocktails

• Used for cocktails that require more ingredients or garnishes.
• Hairy Navel: Collins glass, 1 oz vodka, orange juice, topped with 1/2 oz peach schnapps.
• Harvey Wallbanger: Collins glass, 1 oz vodka, orange juice, topped with Galliano.

Unique and Themed Cocktails

• Bloody Mary: 1 oz vodka, Bloody Mary mix, garnished with lime or celery.
• Tequila Sunrise: 1 oz tequila, orange juice, topped with grenadine and garnished.
• Zombie: Involves multiple rums, fruit juices, and Bacardi 151 for a signature layered look.

Shooters and Shot Cocktails

• Include combinations of spirits and fruit juices.
• Kamikaze Shooter: 1/2 oz vodka, triple sec, lime juice; served strained.
• B-52: 1 oz Kahlua, 1/2 oz Grand Marnier, and 1/2 oz Bailey's.

Martini Varieties

• Martini preparation typically involves gin or vodka and dry vermouth.
• Classic Martini: 1/8 oz dry vermouth, 1 3/4 oz gin, garnished with olive.
• Dirty Martini: Similar but includes olive brine for saltiness.

Sour and Classic Cocktails

• Whiskey Sour: 1 oz whiskey, 2 oz sour mix, shaken and garnished.
• Daiquiri: 1 oz rum, 2 oz sour mix, garnished with lime.
• Margarita: 1 oz tequila, 1/2 oz triple sec, rimmed with salt.

Creamy and Dessert Cocktails

• Mudslide: 1 oz vodka, 1/2 oz Kahlua, 1/2 oz Bailey’s.
• Brandy Alexander: 1/2 oz brandy, 1/2 oz brown creme de cacao, 2 oz cream, garnished with nutmeg.
• Grasshopper: Mixture includes green and clear creme de menthe.

Non-Alcoholic and Low-Alcohol Options

• Shirley Temple: Ginger ale, grenadine, garnished with cherry and orange.
• Mimosa: Champagne glass, 3/4 full champagne, topped with orange juice.

Notable Spirits

• Vodka Types: Absolut, Absolut Citron, and Absolut Mandarin.
• Rum: Bacardi variations including Bacardi 151 for higher alcohol content.

Key Mnemonics

• Scarlet O'Hara: SC (Southern Comfort + cranberry juice).
• Kamikaze: "Very Tragic Landing".
• Orgasm Variations: Include Southern Comfort and Kahlua for creamy shots.