Yes, Likmylipz, There is a way to remember some drinks. Not all unfortunately.
All iced teas (Long Beach Iced Tea, Long Island Iced Tea, Electric Iced Tea
etcetera) contain, Gin, Vodka, Rum, and tequila. They contain your major
clear base liqueurs. They also all use lemon mix. Are all shaken and then
topped with soda.
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I believe a Collins contains a liquor and a Fizz contains a liqueur.
Collins – filled with Lemon Mix, are shaken, topped with club soda, with tall
straw and garnished with orange and cherry.
Fizz – filled with Lemon Mix, are shaken, topped with club soda, with tall
straw and garnished with orange and cherry.
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All Alexanders contain dark Creme de cacao and cream/milk.
Brandy Alexander
1 oz brandy
1/2 oz dark creme de cacao
1 1/2 oz light cream
Shake, strain into cocktail glass, dust with nutmeg
Gin Alexander
1 oz gin
1/2 oz dark creme de cacao
1 1/2 oz light cream
Shake, strain into cocktail glass
Cointreau Alexander
1 oz Cointreau
1/2 oz dark creme de cacao
1 1/2 oz light cream
Shake, strain into cocktail glass
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Cape Codder - the C for cranberry juice.
Greyhound - G for grapefruit juice
A Salty Dog is a Greyhound with the rim of the glass salted.
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A stinger is always brandy and Creme de Menthe. Except the International
Stinger.
Stinger
2 oz Brandy
1 oz White Crème de Menthe
Shake with ice
Strain into Cocktail glass
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All highballs contain Ginger ale.
Highball
1 oz blended whiskey
Fill with Ginger ale
Beefeater Highball
1 oz beefeater gin
Fill with Ginger ale
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All sours use Lemon Mix and you shake
Whiskey Sour
1 oz Whiskey (Blended)
Fill w/Lemon Mix
SHAKE
Garnish: Orange & Cherry
Tanqueray Sour
1 oz Tanqueray Gin
Fill w/Lemon Mix
SHAKE
Garnish: Orange & Cherry
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A Fuzzy Naval - fuzzy for Peaches (peach schnapps) and navel for oranges.
1 oz Peach schnapps
Fill with Orange Juice
Highball glass with ice (shake)
A grasshopper - is green so you remember Green Creme de Menthe and you
remember also the Gr in grasshopper means the drink must be green so you
remember to use white Creme de Cacao.
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Try to find drinks that are part of other drinks. These two we had in class
Sicilian Kiss
1 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz Amaretto
Serve in (3oz) Rocks glass over ice)
Pineapple Bomber
1 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz Amaretto
Fill with pineapple juice (1 1/2 oz)
Highball glass with ice
Also: A Harvey Wallbanger is the same as a screwdriver, But is laced with
Galliano.
Harvey Wallbanger
1 oz Vodka
Fill with Orange juice
Lace with Galliano
Highball glass with ice.
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The following three drinks contain a Screwdriver.
Sloe Screw
1 oz vodka
Fill with Orange juice
Lace with Sloe Gin
Highball Glass with ice
Sloe Comfortable Screw
1 oz vodka
Fill with Orange juice
Lace with Sloe Gin and Southern Comfort
Tall Collins glass with ice
Sloe Comfortable Screw against the Wall
1 oz vodka
Fill with Orange juice
Lace with Sloe Gin and Southern Comfort and Galliano
Tall Collins glass with ice
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All Gimlets are 1/2 oz lime juice and specified spirit. This could have been
a Vodka Gimlet. Using 1 oz vodka instead of gin.
Gimlet
1/2 oz Lime juice
1 oz Gin
Garnish - lime wedge
Rocks glass with ice.
Box (instead of stirring or shaking a drink, to chill a drink, you pour the
drink from one glass to another)
Vodka Gimlet
1/2 oz Lime juice
1 oz Vodka
Garnish - lime wedge
Rocks glass with ice.
Box (instead of stirring or shaking a drink, to chill a drink, you pour the
drink from one glass to another)
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When making a Daiquiri it is:
Daiquiri
1 oz Rum
2 oz lemon mix
Shake and strain into cocktail glass.
But if you were to make any flavored Daiquiri. An example a Banana Daiquiri.
The rum becomes secondary, so the flavor will stand out. And you reduce your
lemon mix. You do not do this procedure with a flavored margarita.
Banana Daiquiri
1 oz Crème de Banane
½ oz light rum
1 ½ oz lemon mix
Shake and strain into cocktail glass.
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A customer may request a specific liqueur or liquor in his drink.
Kamikaze
½ oz Vodka
½ oz lime juice
½ oz triple sec
Fill a rocks glass with ice.
Bombay Sapphire Kamikaze
½ oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
½ oz lime juice
½ oz triple sec
Fill a rocks glass with ice.
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Sombrero is coffee brandy and milk, however if they do not want coffee brandy
they could specify another type of Sombrero:
Chocolate Sombrero
1 oz Crème de Cacao
fill with half/half
Shake
Highball glass
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Some drinks with the name Nipple stands for the ingredient Bailey’s Irish
Cream. I remember the ingredient Sambuca for the “S” in Slippery.
Slippery Nipple
½ oz Sambuca
Float ½ oz Bailey’s Irish cream
I remember Butterscotch in this recipe because I associate it to the word
Buttery.
Buttery Nipple (Butter Ball)
½ oz Butterscotch schnapps
Float ½ oz Bailey’s Irish Cream
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All drinks with the name cement mixer use lime juice and some form of cream
(Bailey’s).
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All spritzers contain 1 oz of requested spirit filled with club soda. Except
a Wine Spritzer.
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The purpose of a Mist or Frappe is when a customer wants a higher quality
liquor/liqueur that he or she wants to drink/enjoy at a slow pace.
A Mist is 1 ½ ounces of a liquor such as vodka or gin served in a rocks glass
with crushed ice. You could have a Bombay Sapphire Mist.
A frappe is 1 ½ ounces of a liqueur such as Grande Marnier served in a rocks
glass with ice. You can have a Midori Frappe a Grande Marnier Frappe.
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When a customer requests a drink without ice, put all the drink’s ingredients
in a glass half the size of the glass the original drink was in. I’ve seen
many bartenders mess up a drink by filling the empty space left by no ice with
juice. It dilutes the alcohol.
Always remember sweet drinks are shaken. That is anything with lemon mix,
lime mix, egg, sugar, grenadine, and a liqueur. You do not have to shake a
drink if it contains just base liquor/s like a Screwdriver (vodka and orange
juice). Never shake a drink thast contains a carbonated beverage.
A Martini will never contain sweet vermouth. You never garnish a Martini with
a cherry. If you garnish a Martini with the incorrect garnish than it must be
spilled out. The garnish will affect the taste of the drink. You can have a
perfect Manhattan, but you can never have a perfect martini.
Any Perfect Manhattan uses ¼ oz dry vermouth and ¼ oz sweet vermouth.
Any Virgin drink is the exact same drink as the alcoholic drink, but without
the alcohol, however sometimes you may have to add another ingredient if the
drink ends up containing only a single ingredient. A Virgin Mint Julep is an
example.
Hope this information helps.