CBA Exam - Chapters 3, 4, and 5

Built and Shaken Drinks

Hawthorne Strainer

Typically used for shaken drinks, features a spring

Julep Strainer

Typically used for stirred drinks to keep drink clear

Fine Mesh Strainer

Used in addition for exceptionally smooth drinks

Built vs. Shaken

Built drink is made by pouring its components over ice in the glass it will be served in, so dilution is minimal and chilling occurs as the drink sits in ice

Shaken drink is made by pouring components into a shaking tin with ice, better suited for drinks with multiple components

Straight vs. Straight Up

Straight - room temperature, only used for spirits

Straight up - served chilled and in a stemmed glass

Glassware for Cocktails w/ Ice

• Single Rocks Glass

• Double Rocks Glass (Old-Fashioned glass)

• Collins Glass (Highball glass)

Glassware for Cocktails w/o Ice

• Coupe

  • Martini glass

Additional Cocktail Glasses

• Julep tin

• Mule mug

• Snifter

• Nick and Nora Glass

Highball ratio

1.5:4 ratio of liquor to mixer

Highball 1: Madras

1.5 oz vodka 2 oz orange juice 2 oz cranberry juice Collins glass lime wedge

Highball 2: Sea Breeze

1.5 oz vodka

3 oz cranberry

1 oz grapefruit juice

Served: Collins

Garnish: Lime

Highball 3: Moscow Mule (IMPORTANT)

1.5 oz vodka

4 oz ginger beer

0.25 oz lime juice

Served: copper mug

Garnish: Lime

Highball 4: Sex on the Beach (IMPORTANT)

1 oz vodka

0.5 oz peach schnapps

2 oz OJ

2 oz cran juice

Served: Collins

Garnish: orange

Highball 5: LIIT (IMPORTANT)

0.5 vodka

0.5 gin

0.5 white rum

0.5 tequila

0.5 triple sec

1 oz lemon juice

1 oz simple syrup

Top with 1 oz Cola

Served: Collins

Garnish: lemon slice

Highball 6: Dark n Stormy

1.5 dark rum

4 oz ginger beer

0.25 lime juice

Served: Collins

Garnish: lime

Highball 7: Tequila Sunrise (IMPORTANT)

1.5 tequila

4 OJ

sink 0.25 grenadine

Served: Collins

Garnish: cherry

Highball 8: Paloma (IMPORTANT)

1.5 tequila

0.25 lime

0.5 grapefruit juice

4 grapefruit soda

Served: Collins

Garnish: lime

Highball 9: Mojito (IMPORTANT)

2 oz white rum

1 lime

5 pieces mint sprigs

0.75 simple syrup

4 oz soda water

Served Collins

Garnish lime

Highball 10: Tom Collins

1.5 gin

1 lemon juice

0.5 simple syrup

4 soda water

Served Collins

Garnish lemon/cherry

Highball 11: Dirty Shirley

1.5 vodka

4 oz Sprite

0.75 Grenadine

Collins, garnish cherry

Properties of an old-fashioned style cocktail

Drink template: base spirit, sweetener, bitters

Standard glassware: rocks glass, old fashioned glass

Typically served: on the rocks

OF 1: Classic Old Fashioned (IMPORTANT)

2 oz rye or bourbon

Bar spoon of sugar

3 dash angostura bitters

Served on rocks

Garnish orange peel or cherry

OF 2: Mint Julep (IMPORTANT)

2 oz bourbon

8 mint sprigs

0.25 simple

On the rocks, garnish mint

OF 3: Oaxacan old fashioned

1.5 reposado

0.5 mezcal

0.25 agave syrup

Dash angostura bitters

On the rocks, orange peel

OF 4: Toronto

2 oz rye

0.5 Fernet Branca

0.25 simple syrup

On the rocks, lemon twist

Properties of Manhattan-Style cocktails

Template: Base spirit, fortified wine, bitters

Glassware: coupe or martini glass

Typically served: straight up

Ratio of Manhattan

2:1:2 base spirit: fortified wine: bitters

Manhattan area code

Manhattan 1: Classic Manhattan

2 oz rye or bourbon

1 sweet vermouth

2 dash angostura

served straight up, cherry garnish

Manhattan 2: Brooklyn

2 oz rye or bourbon

1 dry vermouth

0.25 maraschino liqueur

2 dash angostura

straight up, cherry garnish

Manhattan 3: Vieux Carre

1 oz rye

1 oz brandy

1 sweet vermouth

Bar spoon benedictine

Dash angostura

Dash Peychaud’s bitters

straight up, lemon twist

Properties of Negroni-Style cocktails

Template: base spirit, fortified wine, aperitif (1:1:1)

Standard garnish: Citrus peel

Glassware: rocks glass/old fashioned glass (sometimes coupe)

Served: on the rocks (if coupe then straight up)

Negroni 1: Classic Negroni (IMPORTANT)

1 gin

1 sweet/red/rosso vermouth

1 Campari

on the rocks, orange peel

Negroni 2: Boulevardier

1 bourbon or rye

1 sweet vermouth

1 Campari

Rocks, orange peel

Negroni 3: Americano

1 sweet vermouth

1 Campari

top soda water

rocks, orange peel

Negroni 4: Negroni Sbagliato

1 oz sweet vermouth

1 oz Campari

Top sparkling wine

Rocks, orange peel

Negroni 5: Preakness

1.5 bourbon

0.75 sweet vermouth

0.25 benedictine

Dash angostura

Rocks, orange peel

Why we shake drinks

• chilling

• diluting

• texturing/aerating

Texturizers

• citrus juices

• milk/cream

• honey syrup

• egg white

• aquafaba

How much is a pump of syrup?

0.25 oz

Properties of Sour-Style cocktails

Template: base spirit, sour, sweet

Standard glassware: depends on how it’s served

Sour 1: Sour (IMPORTANT)

2 oz desired spirit

1 lemon juice

0.5 simple

optional: egg white

rocks, cherry garnish

Sour 2: French Martini

1.5 vodka

0.5 Chambord

1.5 pineapple juice

straight up, lemon twist

Sour 3: Daiquiri (IMPORTANT)

2 white rum

1 lime juice

0.5 simple

Straight up

Sour 4: Hemingway

2 light rum

1 grapefruit juice

0.5 maraschino liqueur

0.5 lime juice

straight up

Sour 5: Mai Tai (IMPORTANT)

1 light rum

1 dark rum

0.5 triple sec

0.75 orgeat syrup

1 lime juice

dash angostura

rocks, lime/mint

Sour 6: Cosmopolitan (IMPORTANT)

1.5 vodka

0.5 triple sec

0.5 lime juice

1 oz cranberry juice

0.5 simple

straight up, lemon twist

Sour 7: Sidecar (IMPORTANT)

2 brandy

0.5 triple sec

0.75 lemon juice

0.25 simple

straight up, orange twist

Sour 8: Pina Colada (IMPORTANT)

2 white rum

1.5 coconut cream

1.5 pineapple juice

0.5 lime juice

rocks, cherry

Sour 9: Clover Club

1.5 gin

0.5 Chambord

0.5 simple

0.5 lemon juice

Optional: egg white

Straight up

Sour 10: Margarita (IMPORTANT)

2 blanco tequila

0.75 triple sec

1 lime juice

0.25 simple

optional: salted rim

Up or on rocks, lime garnish

Sour 11: Bee’s Knees

2 gin

0.75 lemon juice

0.75 honey syrup

Dash of Peychaud’s

straight up, lemon twist

Sour 12: Honeysuckle

2 white rum

0.75 lime juice

0.75 honey syrup

straight up

Sour 13: Between the sheets

1 light rum

1 brandy

1 triple sec

0.75 lemon juice

straight up

Sour 14: Gimlet (IMPORTANT)

2 oz gin

0.75 lime juice

0.75 simple

up or on rocks, lime garnish

Coffee, Cream, or Egg Cocktails 1: Espresso Martini (IMPORTANT)

1 oz vodka or reposado

1 coffee liqueur

1 espresso

0.25 simple

straight up, 3 coffee bean garnish

Coffee 2: Mudslide

1 vodka or Irish whiskey

1 coffee liqueur

1 Irish cream

straight up

Coffee 3: Alexander

1 brandy

1 brown creme de cacao

1 heavy cream

straight up

Coffee 4: Grasshopper

1 green creme de menthe

1 creme de cacao

1 heavy cream

straight up, mint garnish

Properties of Shooters

Core: always more than 1

usually no garnish

shooter/shot glass

served w/o ice

Shooter 1: Kamikaze (IMPORTANT)

1 vodka

0.5 triple sec

0.25 lemon juice

0.25 simple

Shooter 2: Mission Accomplished (IMPORTANT)

1 vodka

0.5 triple sec

0.25 lemon juice

0.25 simple (Kamikaze shot)

top w grenadine

Shooter 3: Green Tea

0.5 irish whiskey

0.5 peach schnapps

0.25 lemon juice

0.25 simple syrup

splash citrus soda

Shooter 4: Blow Job

1 oz Kahlua

0.5 creme de cacao

0.5 Irish cream liqueur

top w whipped cream

Shooter 5: German chocolate cake

1 vodka

1 hazelnut liqueur

Sugared lemon

Shooter 6: Scooby Snacks (IMPORTANT)

0.5 coconut rum

0.5 melon liq

0.25 pineapple juice

0.25 heavy cream

Properties of Martinis

Core: base spirit, fortified wine

Garnish: citrus twist or olive

Glassware: martini glass

Served straight up

Martini questions

• vodka or gin?

• Shaken or stirred?

• how dry? (decrease in increments of 0.25)

Meaning of dry martini

Less vermouth per spirit

Meaning of extra dry martini

or bone dry

splash or rinse glass w vermouth

Perfect martini meaning

equal part sweet and dry vermouth

Standard martini ratio

1:4 to 1:3`

Martini 1: Classic Martini (IMPORTANT)

2.5 vodka/gin

0.75 dry vermouth

optional orange bitters

straight up, lemon twist

Martini 2: Dry Martini

2.5 vodka/gin

0.5 dry vermouth

optional orange bitters

straight up, lemon twist

Martini 3: Extra Dry Martini

2.5 vodka or gin

0.25 dry vermouth

orange bitters

straight up w lemon twist

Martini 4: Wet Martini

2.5 vodka/gin

1 dry vermouth

orange bitters

straight up w lemon twist

Martini 5: Dirty Martini

2.5 vodka or gin

0.5 dry vermouth

0.5 olive brine

straight up w olive

Martini 6: Perfect Martini

2.5 vodka or gin

0.5 dry vermouth

0.5 sweet vermouth

straight up w lemon twist

Martini 7: Vesper Martini

2 gin

0.5 vodka

0.25 Lillet Blanc

Straight up (SHAKEN) w lemon twist

Sparkling 1: Gin Fizz (IMPORTANT)

2 gin

0.75 lemon juice

0.75 simple

1 egg white

top w soda water

Collins glass

Sparkling 2: Aperol Spritz (IMPORTANT)

2 aperol

3 prosecco

splash soda water

orange, wine glass/on rocks

Sparkling 3: French 75 (IMPORTANT)

1 gin

0.5 lemon juice

0.5 simple

4 oz champagne

served in flute

Hot Drink 1: Hot Toddy (IMPORTANT)

1.5 whiskey

0.25 lemon juice

0.5 honey syrup

3 dried cloves

lemon slice and cinnamon stick, in toddy glass

Hot Drink 2: Hot Buttered Rum

2 dark rum

1 unsalted butter

0.5 caramel syrup

0.5 honey syrup

Pinch of ground nutmeg

top w hot water

lemon slice and cinnamon stick, toddy glass

Hot Drink 3: Irish Coffee

1.5 Irish whiskey

0.5 sugar

top w hot coffee

optional: 1 oz heavy cream

top w whipped cream in mug