Top 50 Drinks for Bartenders

Study Notes

Key Cocktails and Their Ingredients

Americano: 1 Vermouth, 1 Campari, splash of soda water; served in a highball glass with ice and an orange twist.
B&B: 1 Benedictine, 1 Brandy; stirred and served in a snifter.
Bacardi & Cola: 1.5 Bacardi, cola; served in a tall glass with ice and a squeeze of lemon.
Black Russian: 1.5 Vodka, 0.75 Kahlua; ice stirred with a swizzle stick.
Bloody Mary: 1.25 Vodka, 2.5 Tomato juice, dashes of Worcestershire, Tabasco, salt & pepper, and lemon juice; served with ice and stirred, garnished with celery.

Popular Cocktails and Preparation Techniques

Brandy Alexander: 1.5 Brandy/Cognac, 0.5 Dark Creme de Cacao, 1 Sweet Cream; shaken with ice and strained.
CC & Soda: 1.75 Canadian Club Whiskey, 3 Club Soda; served in a Collins glass with ice.
Champagne Cocktail: 3 Champagne, 1 cube of sugar, dash of Angostura bitters; stirred slowly and garnished with a lemon twist.
Cosmopolitan Martini: 2 Vodka, 0.5 Cointreau, 0.25 lime juice, 0.5 cranberry juice; shaken with ice and strained.
Cuba Libre: 1.75 Bacardi, cola, and 0.25 lime juice; served with ice and stirred.

Unique Cocktails

Fuzzy Navel: 1.25 Peach Schnapps, 3 Orange Juice; served in a rocks glass with ice and stirred.
Gimlet: 1.25 Vodka, 0.5 lime juice; strained into a cocktail glass after shaking with ice.
Gin & Tonic: 1.25 Gin, tonic water; served with ice and a lime wedge.
Grasshopper: 0.5 Green Creme de Menthe, 0.5 White Creme de Cacao, 0.5 Cream; blended, strained, and served in a margarita glass.

Signature and Classic Drinks

Harvey Wallbanger: 1 Vodka, orange juice, 0.25 Liquore Galliano; served with ice and Galliano floated on top.
Highball: 1.5 American whiskey, 3 ginger ale; stirred.
Hurricane: 1.25 Myer's Dark Rum, 4 pineapple juice, 2 orange juice, splash of grenadine; served with ice.
Jack Rose: 1.5 Laird's Applejack, 0.75 sour mix, 1 tsp Grenadine; shaken with ice and strained.
Long Island Iced Tea: 0.5 each of vodka, rum, gin, triple sec, tequila, 0.5 sour mix, and splash of coke; shaken and strained.

Tropical and Tasty Mixes

Mai Tai: 0.75 Bacardi Light Rum, 0.25 Bacardi 151 Rum, 0.5 orange Curacao, 0.5 Rose's Lime Juice, 0.5 Orgeat Syrup, 0.5 simple syrup; stirred with ice and garnished with mint, cherry, and pineapple.
Margarita: 1 Tequila, 1 Triple Sec, 1 Lime Juice; blended with ice and served in a salt-rimmed glass with a lime wheel.
Martini: 2 Gin, dash of extra dry vermouth; shaken or stirred, served in a cocktail glass with a twist or olive.
Mimosa: 3 Champagne, 2 Orange Juice; stirred and served in a champagne flute.
Mint Julep: 5 mint leaves, 0.25 sugar syrup, 2 Maker's Mark Bourbon; served in a silver cup with crushed ice and mint leaf garnish.

Refreshing Cocktails

Moscow Mule: 1.5 Smirnoff Vodka, 4 ginger beer; stirred with ice and garnished with a lime wedge.
Negroni: 0.5 dry vermouth, 0.5 Bombay gin, 0.5 Campari; served over ice in a rocks glass with a lemon twist.
Old Fashioned: muddled cherry, orange slice, 1 cube sugar, splash club soda, 1.5 American whisky, 2 dashes Angostura bitters; muddled and stirred.
Pina Colada: 1.25 light or dark rum, 2 unsweetened pineapple juice, 2 Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut; shaken over ice.
Rum & Coke: 1.5 Rum, 3 Cola; served with ice and stirred.

Other Notable Cocktails

Salty Dog: 1.5 Gin or Vodka, 3 Grapefruit Juice; served in a salt-rimmed glass with ice.
Rusty Nail: 1 Scotch, 1 Drambuie; served in a rocks glass over ice, stirred.
Screwdriver: 2 Vodka, 4 OJ; served over ice.
Seabreeze: 2 Vodka, grapefruit juice, cranberry juice; served over ice.
7&7: 1.5 Seagram's 7 Whiskey, 3 7-Up; served over ice.

Cocktail Shots and Mixes

Sex on the Beach: 0.5 Vodka, 0.25 Peach Schnapps, 0.5 Cranberry Juice, 0.5 Grapefruit Juice; stirred and served in a shot glass.
Sidecar: 0.5 Cointreau, 0.5 tsp lemon juice, 1 Remy Martin Cognac, 3-4 ice cubes; shaken vigorously and strained into a chilled cocktail glass.
Singapore Sling: a classic cocktail with a unique mix of ingredients; preparation details to continue.

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Test your knowledge of essential cocktails with this quiz on the top 50 drinks a bartender should know. Each flashcard lists a cocktail name along with its ingredients and preparation methods, helping you master the art of mixology. Perfect for aspiring bartenders or cocktail enthusiasts!