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Rum-based Drinks

CUBA LIBRE
Sometimes simple just works. At least it does when a double shot of rum, some cola, and a dash of lime are involved.

Cuba Libre

GLASS: Highball Glass/Collins Glass (or any tall glass)
GARNISH: Slice of Lime/Lemon (half wheel)
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml White Rum (Bacardi)
Fill Coke (Regular)

MOJITO
The Cuba Libre may have the actual name of Cuba in it, but the Mojito is the island nation’s most popular contribution to cocktail culture. The simple mix of white rum, lime juice, cane sugar, and soda is fresh and tropical without being cloying.

Mojito

GLASS: Highball Glass/Collins Glass/ Granite Glass (or any tall glass)
GARNISH: Mint
TECHNIQUE: Muddling
INGREDIENT:
30 ml White Rum (Bacardi)
Fresh Lemon/Lime Sliced Half-wheel (fruit to muddle)
3 Sprigs of Mint
15 ml. Sugar Syrup
Soda Water (if you want to make your Mojito sweeter, use Sprite instead)
30 ml. Lime Juice

Muddle mint sprigs with sugar and lemon juice.
Add rum and fill with soda water
Top with lime juice.
Garnish with mint leaves (sprig of mint leaves) & lemon sliced.

DAIQUIRI
The Daiquiri is often abused with fruit and blenders, but a true Daiquiri made with white rum, lime juice, and simple syrup is a clean and refreshing drink for any occasion.

Daiquiri

GLASS : Champagne Saucer/ Martini Glass/ Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Sliced Lime/Lemon
TECHNIQUE: Shake
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. White Rum (Bacardi)
30 ml. Lime Juice
15 ml. Sugar Syrup

Bacardi

GLASS: Martini Glass/ Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Sliced Lime/Lemon
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. White Rum (Bacardi)
30 ml. Lime Juice
15 ml. Grenadine Syrup

Frozen Daiquiri

GLASS: Water Goblet Glass/Goblet
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Blend
INGREDIENT:
60 ml. White Rum (Bacardi)
30 ml. Lime Juice
15 ml. Sugar Syrup
2 Scoops of Vanila Ice Cream

Blend all ingredients into blender (except ice cream) with crushed ice.
Add one scoop of ice cream. Blend until smooth and pour into chilled goblet.
Top with scoop of ice cream.

Pina Colada

GLASS: Poco Grande Glass
GARNISH: Pineapple Wedge and Maraschino Cherry
TECHNIQUE: Shake
INGREDIENT: 30 ml.
White Rum
45 ml. Coconut Cream
Fill Pineapple Juice

Prepare crushed ice and put it in poco grande glass
Shake rum and coconut cream, pour in poco grande glass.
Fill pineapple juice. Garnish

Another option: Use blend method. Put all the ingredient in the blender with crushed ice. Served. Garnished.

Gin-based Drinks

TOM COLLINS
Thirsty? You and Tom Collins belong together. The original Tom Collins made with gin, lemon, and soda water is the adult lemonade you’ve been looking for.

Tom Collins

GLASS: Collins Glass (Tall Drinks)
GARNISH: Lemon/Lime Sliced and Maraschino Cherry
TECHNIQUE: Build and Stir
INGREDIENT:
Old Tom Gin (Gin’s Brand Name)
30 ml. Gin
30 ml. Lime Juice or Fresh Lemon Juice
15 ml. Sugar Syrup
Fill Soda Water
Dash of Angostura bitter

To create “John Collins” Just use any brand of gin
John Collins and Tom Collins are just the same

GIN FIZZ
Plain Jane gin doesn’t work with the Gin Fizz, but a delicious craft gin can make the drink shine. The simple drink is a mix of gin, lemon, sugar, egg, and soda.

Gin Fizz

GLASS: Collins Glass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Gin
30 ml. Fresh Lemon Juice
15 ml. Sugar Syrup
15 ml. Egg white (this can be an optional)
Soda Water

Add all ingredient except for soda water.
Dry shake (without ice) for 10 seconds.
Add cubes of ice then shake it again.
Strained using fined bar strainer into chilled glass.
Pour club soda

GIMLET
One sip of a Gimlet and it’s apparent why the classic cocktail is a favorite. Think of a proper Daiquiri, just with gin.

Gimlet

GLASS: Champagne Saucer (or Martini Glass/Cocktail Glass)
GARNISH: Lemon/Lime Sliced (or wheel)
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Gin
30 ml. Lime Juice
15 ml. Sugar Syrup

Note: Old Fashioned glass is a substitution

DRY MARTINI
A well-made dry Martini is elegance personified. The classic mix of gin and dry vermouth

Dry Martini

GLASS: Martini Glass/ Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Olive
TECHNIQUE: Stir
INGREDIENT:
60 ml. Gin
15 ml. Dry Vermouth
Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink

Pour all ingredient into mixing glass with ice cube.
Stir and strain. Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink.

Perfect Martini

GLASS: Martini Glass/ Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Lemon Peel with Maraschino Cherry
TECHNIQUE: Stir
INGREDIENT :
60 ml. Gin
15 ml. Dry Vermouth
15 ml. Red Vermouth

Pour all ingredient into mixing glass with ice cube.
Stir and strain. Garnish.

Sweet Martini

GLASS: Martini Glass/ Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Maraschino Cherry
TECHNIQUE: Stir
INGREDIENT :
60 ml. Gin
15 ml. Red Vermouth

Pour all ingredient into mixing glass with ice cube.
Stir and strain. Garnish.
Note:
If served “ON THE ROCKS” Pour ingredients and a block of ice into old fashioned glass. Garnish.

Bronx

GLASS: Martini Glass/Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Gin
15 ml. Sweet Red Vermouth
15 ml. Dry Vermouth
30 ml. Orange Juice

Tequila-based Drinks

MARGARITA
Are you even a bartender if you don’t know how to make a Margarita? Tequila’s favorite vessel is one of the most well-known and craved cocktails in America.

Margarita

GLASS: Margarita Glass
GARNISH: Rimmed with salt (may add half wheeled lime)
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT: 30 ml. Tequila
30 ml. Cointreau (if not available, use Tripple Sec)
30 ml. Lime Juice

Tequila Sunrise

GLASS: Highball Glass/Collins Glass
GARNISH: Orange Slice and Maraschino Cherry
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Tequila
Orange Juice (to fill)
Top with 15 ml. Grenadine Syrup to create chromatic effect. Do not stir.

Vodka-based Drinks

WHITE RUSSIAN
The Dude would be proud. The White Russian is a creamy milk, vodka, and coffee liqueur drink that by no means is designed for all drinking occasions, but does have a time and a place.

White Russian

GLASS: Old Fashioned Glass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Vodka
60 ml. Kahlua
Cream Milk (to fill)

Black Russian

GLASS: Old Fashioned Glass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Vodka
60 ml. Kahlua

COSMOPOLITAN
Made iconic in “Sex and the City,” the Cosmo is filled with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and lime juice. It’s the liquid soul of the early aughts and New York City, and it refuses to go away.

Cosmopolitan

GLASS: Large Cocktail Glass or Martini Glass
GARNISH: Lemon Slice
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Vodka
30 ml. Lemon/Lime Juice
15 ml. Cointreau (if not available use triple sec)
30 ml. Cranberry Juice

BLOODY MARY
Brunch and breakfast will never let the Bloody Mary die. What else besides a house mix of tomato juice, vodka, and spices could make drinking in the early sunlight hours acceptable?

Bloody Mary

GLASS: Collins Glass/Highball Glass
GARNISH: Celery Stalk (and Lemon Wedge)
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Vodka
Tomato Juice (to fill)
15 ml. Lemon Juice
Dash Worcestershire Sauce
Dash Tabasco
Dash of Salt and Pepper

Add: Dash worcestershire sauce, dash Tabasco, dash of salt and pepper into highball glass. Pour all ingredients. Stir and garnish.

Screwdriver

GLASS: Highball Glass
GARNISH: Orange Slice
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
45 ml. Vodka
Orange Juice (to fill)

Kamikaze

GLASS: Martini Glass/ Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Lemon Twist
TECHNIQUE: Shaken
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Vodka
30 ml. Cointreau
30 ml. Lemon Juice (freshly squeezed)

God Mother

GLASS: Old Fashioned Gass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Vodka
30 ml. Amaretto

Whiskey-based Drinks

GOD FATHER
More of a Scotch-forward mixed drink than a cocktail, the Godfather is an easy equal parts Scotch whisky and amaretto. It made the World’s 50 Best Selling Classic list for the first time this year.

This 1970s-era drink, named for the popular film The Godfather, is often made with equal parts, but this version from Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic & Original Cocktails dials down the sweetness.

God Father

GLASS: Rock Glass (or Old Fashioned Glass as substitution)
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Stirred
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Bourbon/Whiskey/Scotch
15 ml. Amaretto

ROB ROY
The Rob Roy is the Scotch version of the classic Manhattan. It was invented at the Waldorf hotel in New York in 1894, and calls for a blended Scotch rather than rye whiskey.

That simple cocktail likely came to be because of Waldorf Astoria’s original location on Fifth Avenue in the lower 30s from 1893 to 1929, conveniently perched smack within the Great White Way, the original well-lit section of the city devoted to the stage arts.

It was here, according to Caiafa, also the author of “The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book,” that a Herald Square Theatre production of an operetta named “Rob Roy” by the composer Reginald De Koven inspired the birth of a drink. It’s a tidy origin story, no doubt. And though it lacks the often-cited exclamations of fuzzy impossible-to-pin characters in drinking lore, it’s a fairly plausible scenario. (Source)

Rob Roy

GLASS: Coupe or Cocktail Glass
GARNISH: Lemon Peel
TECHNIQUE: Stirred
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Blended Scotch
30 ml. Sweet Vermouth
1 dash of Orange Bitters or Angostura Bitter

More than One (1) Spirits

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
It’s not for the faint of heart, and features rum, gin, vodka, tequila, and triple sec mixed into cola and citrus.

On paper, the Long Island Iced Tea is one hot mess of a drink. Four different—and disparate—spirits slugging it out in a single glass, along with triple sec, lemon juice and cola? The recipe reads more like a frat house hazing than one of the world’s most popular cocktails. And yet, somehow, it works.

That’s because the Long Island Iced Tea succeeds where so many of today’s refined cocktails fall short: It’s boozy AF—more than four ounces of alcohol against less than half that amount in mixers. Unless you’re a sailor on shore leave, that’s a red-flag ratio rife with morning-after consequences. It’s also precisely what a person needs every now and then. (Source)

Long Island Iced Tea

GLASS: Collins Glass (or any Tall Glasses as substitution)
GARNISH: Lemon Wedge     
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
15 ml. Gin
15 ml. White Rum
15 ml. Silver Tequila
15 ml. Vodka
15 ml. Triple Sec
15 m. Sugar Syrup
15 ml. Fresh Lemon Juice (substitution is Lime Juice)
Cola, to top

Add all the ingredients except the cola into a Collins glass with ice.
Top with a splash of the cola and stir briefly.
Garnish with a lemon wedge.

MAI TAI
Nothing represents the tiki movement quite like the Mai Tai. It’s hard to resist the lifeline to the tropics that is the Mai Tai — kitsch be damned.

Mai Tai

GLASS: Collins GLass or Highball Glass or Double Old Fashioned Glass
GARNISH: Lime Wheel, Mint Sprig
TECHNIQUE: 
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. White Rum
15 ml. Orange Curacao
15 ml. Fresh Lime Juice
15 ml. Orgeat (Almond Syrup)
15 ml. Dark Rum

Add the White rum, curaçao, juice and orgeat into a shaker with crushed ice and shake lightly (about 3 seconds).
Pour into a double Old Fashioned glass, then float the Dark rum.
Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig. (Source)

CAIPIRINHA

Caipirinha

GLASS: Old Fashioned Glass
GARNISH: Fresh Lime cut into wedges/ Garnish with a lime wheel.
TECHNIQUE: Muddling/Muddle
INGREDIENT:
45 ml. Cachaca
1 Fresh Lime cut into wedges
15 gm. Sugar

In a double Old Fashioned glass, muddle the sugar and lime.
Fill with ice, add the cachaça, and stir briefly.

Note: Caipiroska-instead of Cachaca use Vodka

Others…

B52 (Build Method)

GLASS: Old Fashioned Glass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Build
INGREDIENT:
30 ml. Kahlua
30 ml. Bailey’s Irish Cream
30 ml. Grand Marnier

Layered B52

GLASS: Double Shot Glass/Shooter Glass
GARNISH: None
TECHNIQUE: Layering and Flaming Method
INGREDIENT : 1
5 ml. Kahlua
15 ml. Bailey’s Irish Cream
15 ml. Grand Marnier

Layer the ingredient accordingly (Kahlua first, then Bailey’s, and lastly, Grand Marnier).
Use bar spoon with Grand Marnier to transfer flame into the shot glass.

References:

Hines, N. (2017, November 09). The 50 Most Popular Cocktails in the World in 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2019, from https://vinepair.com/articles/50-most-popular-cocktails-world-2017/

Zavatto, A. (2018, October 09). The Rob Roy: You’re Doing It Wrong. Retrieved February 24, 2019, from https://www.liquor.com/articles/how-to-make-rob-roy-cocktail/#gs.pNq0ac4g

Dietsch, M. (2016, June 30). The Godfather: A Whiskey Drink You Can’t Refuse. Retrieved January 29, 2019, from https://www.liquor.com/recipes/godfather/#gs.JOLc3WUa

Liquor.com. (2017, March 15). Classics You Should Know: The Long Island Iced Tea. Retrieved February 24, 2019, from https://www.liquor.com/recipes/long-island-iced-tea/#gs.bSsflL42

Liquor.com Staff. (2018, May 02). How to Make the Mai Tai. Retrieved February 24, 2019, from https://www.liquor.com/recipes/maitai/#gs.EfNmX4Aa