bartending drinks so i dont forget

Margarita

1.5 oz tequila blanco

.75 triple sec

1 oz lime

.5 agave nectar

Rim glass with salt/ tajín

Garnish: lime

Rocks glass

Lemon drop

1.5 vodka

.75 triple sec

1 oz lemon juice

.5 simple

Coupe glass w sugar rim

Old fashioned

2 oz bourbon/ whiskey

4 dashes angostura bitters (orange bitters)

.25 simple syrup

Garnish: peeled orange rind. Squeeze oils and rim glass with rind. Twist as garnish

Rocks glass, stir until glass is chilled (20-30 rotations)

Midori sour

1.5 oz midori melon liqueur

1 oz vodka

1 oz lime juice

.75 oz Egg white

Add all ingredients into shaker. Dry shake for 10-15 sec. Add ice and shake until thoroughly chilled. Double strain into coupe

Coupe

Moscow mule

2 oz vodka

.5 oz lime juice

4-6 oz ginger beer

Garnish: lime and mint

Copper mule mug. Fill with glass, pour ingredients in, top w/ ginger beer, and quickly and gently stir

Kentucky Mule

2 oz bourbon/ whiskey

.5 lime

4-6 oz ginger beer

Garnish: lime wheel and mint

Copper mule mug. Same as Moscow mule

Irish coffee

1 oz bourbon

1 oz baileys

.5 simple

.5 heavy cream

Top with hot coffee

Garnish: whipped cream and cinnamon

Footed rocks glass

Espresso Martini

1.5 oz vodka

1 oz espresso (one shot)

.5 khalua (coffee liqueur)

.5 oz simple (I prefer .75 though)

Garnish: 3 espresso beans

Pour espresso into shaker once CHILLED. Add rest of ingredients. Add ice, shake HARD (for foam top) double strain with Hawthorne and fine mesh into glass. Add garnish

Martini glass

Mojito

2 oz vodka

.5 oz lime

.5 oz simple

6-8 mint leaves

Top with soda water

Garnish: lime wheel and mint sprigs

Muddle mint leaves until aromatic. Add rest of ingredients into shaker. Double strain over ice. Top with soda water. Add garnishes

Highball glass

Cadillac

1.5oz tequila reposado

.5 oz trip sec

.5 oz agave nectar

1 oz lime juice

.5 gran Marnier float

Garnish with lime wheel

Add ingredients into shaker. Rim glass with salt/ tajin Strain over rocks glass with fresh ice. Grab bar spoon and create gran marnier float. Garnish with lime.

Paloma

2 oz tequila

2 oz grapefruit juice

.5 oz lime juice

.5 agave nectar

Top with soda water

Rim glass with salt. Garnish with grapefruit/ blood orange

Add ingredients into shaker. Strain over rimmed glass with ice. Top with soda water. Add garnishes

Painkiller

2 oz white rum

1 oz OJ

1 oz cream of coconut

4 oz pineapple juice

Garnish: fresh grated nutmeg and pineapple wedge

Combine white rum, OJ, and cream of coconut into shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Add 4 oz pineapple juice and shake a little more (so it doesn’t get frothy). Double strain into hurricane glass with fresh ice. Add garnishes

Cosmopolitan

1.5 oz citron vodka

.75 oz Cointreau

.75 oz lime juice

.5 oz cranberry juice

Garnish: lime wheel

Add all ingredients into shaker, double strain into coupe glass, add garnish

Gimlet

2.5 oz gin

.5 oz lime juice

.5 oz simple

Garnish: lime wheel

Add ingredients into shaker. Double strain into coupe glass. Add garnish

Negroni

1 oz gin (dry, juniper forward)

1 oz Campari

1 oz sweet vermouth

Garnish: orange peel twist/slice

Add all ingredients into a mixing glass, add ice, and stir for 15-30 seconds. Grab Hawthorne strainer, strain over rocks glass with fresh ice. Add garnish

Boulevardier

1.25 oz bourbon/ rye whiskey

1 oz Campari

1 oz sweet vermouth

Garnish: orange twist

Pour all ingredients into mixing glass. Stir for 15-30 seconds. Strain into rocks glass with fresh ice. Add garnish

Mint Julep

2 oz bourbon

.25-.5 oz simple syrup

2 dashes angostura bitters (optional)

8 mint leaves (plus more for garnish)

Garnish: mint

**TONS of crushed ice**

In copper julep cup (if not available, rocks glass is fine) gently muddle mint with simple syrup to release mint oils. Don’t break leaves. Fill cup halfway with crushed ice, add bourbon and optional angostura. Stir mixture until outside of cup frosts over. Top drink with more crushed ice and pack down into dome shape. Add bunch of mint for garnish

Porn star martini

1 oz vodka, .5 oz vanilla vodka

1 oz passion fruit puree

.5 oz lime juice

.25 oz vanilla simple syrup

2 oz prosecco shot (sidecar)

Garnish: half passion fruit or sliced passion fruit

Combine all ingredients into shaker. Add ice and shake. Double strain into coupe glass. Garnish with passion fruit, sidecar prosecco or dry brut

Coupe glass

Aperol spritz

3 oz prosecco

2 oz aperol

1 oz club soda

Garnish: orange slice

Fill large wine glass with ice. Add all ingredients. Top with soda water. Stir gently, add orange slice

Large wine glass

Manhattan

2-1-2

2 oz rye whiskey

1 oz sweet vermouth

2 dashes angostura bitters

Garnish: 1 luxardo cherry/ expressed orange peel twist

Add all ingredients into a mixing glass and add ice. Stir for 20-30 seconds. Strain into Nick and Nora/ coupe glass. Garnish with skewered luxardo cherry or expressed orange peel twist

Martini

2.5 oz gin/vodka

.5 oz dry vermouth

1-2 dashes angostura bitters

Garnish: lemon rind twist and/or 3 pimento-stuffed olives

*if gin martini: stir

*if vodka martini: shake

Add all ingredients into mixing glass with ice. Stir for 20-40 seconds. Strain into martini glass. Add garnishes

**key variations**

Bone dry: no vermouth

Extra extra dry: rinse of vermouth (pour vermouth into martini glass, wave around, dump out

Extra dry: 5:1 (how most people like them aka listed above

Dry: 4:1

Classic: 3:1

Wet: 2:1

50/50: 1/1

Dirty martini

2.5 oz gin/vodka

.5 oz sweet vermouth (ask if customer wants it)

.5 oz olive brine

Garnish: 3 olives

Add all ingredients into a shaker. Double strain into coupe glass. Add 3 olive garnish

Daiquiri

2 oz white rum

1 oz lime juice

.75 oz simple syrup

Garnish: lime wheel/twist

Add all ingredients into a shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into chilled coupe. And like garnish

Pisco sour

2 oz pisco (a grape brandy)

1 oz lime juice

.5-.75 oz simple syrup

.5 oz egg white

Garnish: 3-5 drops of angostura bitters

Add all ingredients except for bitters into cocktail shaker. Dry shake 10-15 seconds. Add ice and shake 10-15 more seconds. Double strain into coupe or nick and Nora glass. Add 3-5 drops of angostura bitters for garnish

Boston sour/ (traditional Whiskey sour)

(Modern whiskey sour. No egg white. Ask if wanted)

2 oz bourbon/ rye whiskey

.75 oz lemon juice

.75 simple syrup

.5 egg white

Garnish: skewered lemon slice around maraschino/ luxardo cherry and 4 drops angostura bitters in line

Add all ingredients into shaker and dry shake for 10 seconds. Add ice and shake for 10 more seconds. Double strain into rocks glass. Add garnishes and bitters

Tom Collin’s

2 oz Old Tom/ London Dry gin

1 oz lemon juice

.5-.75 oz simple syrup

Top with club soda (2-3 oz)

Garnish: lemon wheel and/or maraschino cherry

Combine all ingredients into a tall Collins glass/ highball with ice, gently stir. Top with club soda and add garnishes

Collins/ highball glass

Gin and Tonic

2 oz gin

4-6 oz tonic water

Garnish: lime wedge

Add ingredients into rocks glass with ice. Garnish with lime wedge

Long Island Iced Tea

.5 oz tequila

.5 oz vodka

.5 oz triple sec

.5 oz gin

.5 oz white rum

.5 oz simple syrup

.75 oz lemon juice

Top with coca-cola

Garnish: lemon wedge

Add all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain and Pour into tall collins glass/highball with ice. Top with coke. Garnish with lime wedge

Collins/highball glass

Bellini

1.5 oz white peach puree

Top with prosecco

Garnish: peach slice

Champagne flute

Sex on the Beach

1.5 oz vodka

.5 oz peach schnapps

2 oz cranberry juice

2 oz orange juice

Garnish: Orange slice and maraschino cherry

Gran highball glass with ice. Pour vodka and peach schnapps in. Add cranberry juice then orange juice on top. Add cherry and orange slice to garnish

Highball/collins glass

White Russian

2 oz vodka

1 oz khalua

1 oz heavy cream

Pour ice into rocks glass. Add vodka and khalua, then float heavy cream on top

Bailey’s variant:

Substitute heavy cream with baileys

Blue Hawaiian

1.5 oz light rum

.75 oz blue curaçao

.75 oz cream of coconut

2 oz pineapple juice

Garnish: pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, orchid if available

Combine all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake and strain into hurricane glass. Add extra ice and add garnish

Piña colada

2 oz white rum

2 oz pineapple juice

1 oz cream of coconut

Garnish: pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry

Throw all ingredients into blender/ shaker with ice. Put in hurricane glass and garnish

Hurricane glass

Mai tai

1.5 oz spiced rum

.75 oz coconut rum (ex: Malibu)

3 oz pineapple juice

2 oz orange juice

.5 oz orgeat syrup

1 oz lime juice

Paper Plane

.75 oz bourbon

.75 oz aperol

.75 oz amaro nonino quintessentia

.75 oz lemon juice

Garnish: mini paper plane/ lemon twist

Put all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake and strain into coupe and garnish