Cocktails

Created by johnlemmon

Manhattan
2 oz rye whiskey, 1 oz sweet vermouth, 2 dashes angostura, stirred, garnish with cherry

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TermDefinition
Manhattan
2 oz rye whiskey, 1 oz sweet vermouth, 2 dashes angostura, stirred, garnish with cherry
Old Fashioned
Muddle half scoop of brown sugar and cherry juice, 2 oz bourbon, stir, garnish with orang twist
French 75
1 oz gin, 1/2 oz lemon, 1/2 oz simple, top with champagne, serve in champagne flute
Negroni
1 oz gin, 1 oz Campari, 1 oz sweet vermouth, stir, serve over big rock
Boulevardie
Negroni with bourbon instead of gin
Cosmo
1 1/2 oz vodka, 3/4 oz cranberry, 3/4 oz lime, 3/4 oz triple sec, shaken, garnish with expressed orange peel
Moscow Mule
2 oz vodka, 3/4 oz lime, 1/2 oz simple (traditionally no simple because of sweeter ginger beer, depends), stir with ice, top with ginger beer, garnish with lime
Gimlet
1 1/2 oz gin, 1/2 oz lime, 1/2 oz simple, shake, strain into coupe
Last Word
1 oz maraschino liqueur, 1 oz gin, 1 oz green chartreuse, 3/4 oz lime, shake, garnish with cherry
Rusty Nail
Equal parts Drambuie and blended Scotch, stir, serve on rocks
Martini
2 1/2 oz gin, 1/2 oz dry vermouth, stir, strain, serve with lemon twist (dry means less vermouth)
Daquiri
2 oz light rum, 1 oz lime, 3/4 oz simple, shake, double strain, serve with lime twist
Whiskey Sour
2 oz of whiskey (preferably bourbon), 1/2 oz lemon, 1/4 lime, 1/2 oz egg white, dry shake, shake, strain, serve up or on rocks
Tom Collins
2 oz gin, 1 oz lemon, 3/4 simple, shake, strain, top with club soda, garnish with lemon/cherry
Sazerac Cocktail
2 oz Sazerac rye, 1/2 oz simple, 3 dashes pechauds bitter, stirred, glass misted with herbsing, serve up/on rocks, strain, garnish with lemon twist
Paloma
2 oz tequila, 1/2 oz lime, 1/2 oz simple, 3/4 oz grapefruit, shake, serve on rocks
Sidecar
1 1/2 oz cognac, 3/4 oz orange liqueur (Cointreau, triple sec), 3/4 oz lemon, shake, strain, garnish with orange twist
Pimm's Cup
2 oz pimm's, 1/2 oz lemon, top with ginger ale, stir on rocks, garnish with cucumber slice, mint sprig, skewered strawberry
Mint Julep
8 mint leaves muddled in 1/2 oz simple, 2 oz bourbon, add crushed ice and stir in copper mug, garnish with mint
Irish Coffee
1 1/2 oz irish whiskey, 1/2 oz baileys, stir in coffee mug, top with hot coffee/whip cream, and bar spoon of creme de menthe for green
Mojito
3-4 mint leaves muddled in 1/2 oz simple in shaker, 2 oz white rum, 3/4 oz lime, shake with ice, strain over fresh ice, top with club soda, garnish with mint and lime
Margarita
2 oz tequila (blanco unless specified), 1/2 oz orange liqueur (Cointreau, triple sec), 1 oz lime, 1/2 oz agave, shake, strain over fresh ice, garnish with lime and salt rim
Gin Fizz
2 oz gin, 1 oz lemon, 3/4 oz simple, 1/2 oz egg white, dry shake, shake, double strain into collins, top with club soda
Corpse Reviver No. 2
rinse glass with absinthe, 3/4 oz london dry gin, 3/4 oz lillet, 3/4 oz orange liqueur, 3/4 oz lemon, shake, strain
Ashby Espresso
2 oz vodka/rum/tequila, 1 oz kahlua, 1 oz espresso, shake, strain, top with coffee bean or nutmeg
Ashby Juniper Kir Royale
1 oz bombay sapphire, 1/4 oz chambord, stir in wine glass with ice, top with sparkling rose
Ashby Bijou
1 oz gin or vodka, 1 oz green chartreuse, 1 oz east india, 3 dashes orange bitters, stir, strain
Ashby Sangria
1 1/2 oz gin or vodka, 1 1/2 oz red wine, 1 oz orange, 1 oz pineapple, 1/2 oz simple, stir, serve on ice in wine glass with muddled berries
Vodka
Ketel One, Belvedere, Grey Goose
Gin
Beefeater, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Hendricks
Tequila
Don Julio
Rum
Mount Gay Barbados, Bacardi, Captain Morgan
Bourbon
Angel's Envy, Jefferson Reserve, Woodford Reserve, Elijah Craig small batch
Single Malt Scotch
Glenlivet 18, Macallan 12, Laphroaig 10, Oban 14, Lagavulin 16
Rye Whiskey
Angels Envy, Bulleit 95, Sazerac Rye, Woodford reserve