Tim's Basic Classics

Question 1

Manhattan

Answer 1

Ask: bourbon or rye? Rye!

2oz whiskey
1oz sweet vermouth
2-3 dashes angostura

Stir well, strain into cocktail glass, cherry garnish

Question 2

Old Fashioned

Answer 2

Ask: fruit?

Muddle in Old Fashioned glass: 
- sugar cube
- 2-3 dashes Angostura
- splash of soda
- (fruit: orange / cherry)
Fill with:
- 2oz bourbon
- ice
STIR
- Lemon peel garnisho

Question 3

Sazerac

Answer 3

(Chill old-fashioned glass)
In mixing glass:
- 1/2 oz simple
- 5 dashes peychaud
- 1 dash aromatic
- add ice and 2oz rye

Swirl absinthe/pernod in chilled glass.
Strain whiskey into chilled glass.
-Lemon twist

Question 4

Rob Roy

Answer 4

(chill martini glass)
Shaker glass:
- 1 sugar cube
- dash orange bitters
- dash aromatic
Add:
- 2oz Scotch
- 1oz Sweet vermouth
- ice, stir gently
Strain, cherry garnish
*(perfect = 1/2 & 1/2 sweet/dry, lemon twist)

Question 5

Whiskey Sour

Answer 5

• 1/2oz lemon
• 1/2oz lime
• 1oz simple
• 2oz whiskey
  Shake, pour in rocks glass, top with ice
• cherry and lime

Question 6

Black Russian

Answer 6

• 1.5 vodka
• 1.5 coffee liqueur (kahlua)
• rocks
  (White Russian: 1/1/2oz cream, shaken)

Question 7

Margarita

Answer 7

Shaker:
- 1 3/4oz tequila
- 1/2oz triple sec
- 3/4oz lime
- 1/2oz lemon
- 1oz simple
- 1/2oz OJ
Ice, shake, pour, lime garnish

Question 8

Negroni

Answer 8

• 1oz gin
• 1oz Campari
• 1oz Sweet vermouth
  On the rocks, orange garnish

Question 9

Whiskey smash

Answer 9

(crush ice)
Muddle:
- 4 mint leaves
- 2-3 lemon slices (half a lemon)
Add:
- 3/4oz simple
- 2oz whiskey
- a little ice
Shake, fine-strain into rocks glass
- top with crushed ice and mint

Question 10

Gimlet

Answer 10

• 2oz spirit
• 1/2oz lime
• 1/2oz simple
  Shake, strain, lime wedge garnish

Question 11

Long Island

Answer 11

1/2 oz each:

• vodka
• gin
• rum
• tequila
• triple sec
• lemon
• lime
• 1oz simple
• Coke, lime wedge garnish