Questions and Answers
What ingredients are in an Americano?
What does B&B stand for in bartending?
Benedictine and Brandy
What is used in a Bacardi & Cola?
What is the main ingredient in a Black Russian?
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What are the ingredients for a Bloody Mary?
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What type of glass is used for a Brandy Alexander?
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A Champagne Cocktail includes sugar and Angostura Bitters.
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What is a common garnish for a gin & tonic?
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What is the main spirit in a Fuzzy Navel?
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A typical Margarita consists of tequila, triple sec, and __________.
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Match the following drinks with their ingredients:
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What is the primary juice in a Pina Colada?
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The Rusty Nail cocktail is made with Scotch and Drambuie.
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What is a common mixer for a Screwdriver?
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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!
