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HOW TO
COCKTAIL
IN 2015
EMPLOYEES ONLY
MANHATTAN
SPICED OLD
FASHIONED
EAST INDIAN
NEGRONI
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Scott Hocker
How to
cocktail
in 2015
CLASSIC
MODERN
CLASSIC
Spiced Old
Fashioned
Daiquiri
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
1
.5 tsp
3 dashes
1 dash
2 tsp
2 slices
2 or 3
dashes
2 oz
2 oz
Old Fashioned
.25 oz
2 oz
Contributed by
Jacques Bezuidenhout
Maple syrup
Fresno chile
Angostura Bitters
Partida Aejo
Tequila
1 oz
1 oz
Dark rum
(Appleton Estate
Reserve)
Fresh lime juice
Simple syrup
(one part sugar, one
part water)
GARNISH:
Lemon and orange twists
GLASS:
Rocks
GARNISH:
Orange twist & Fresno chile slice
GLASS:
Old Fashioned
GARNISH:
Lime wheel
GLASS:
Martini
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to a
mixing glass. Muddle to break
down the sugar and stir briefly.
Fill with ice, stir again and
strain into a rocks glass filled
with fresh ice. Twist slices of
lemon and orange peel over
the drink and drop them in.
PREPARATION:
In an Old Fashioned glass,
muddle the maple syrup, chile
and bitters. Add the tequila
and fill with ice. Stir, and
garnish with an orange twist
and another slice of Fresno
chile.
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to a
shaker and fill with ice. Shake,
and strain into a chilled
Martini glass. Garnish with a
lime wheel.
MODERN
CLASSIC
MODERN
Reserve Luxury
Daiquiri
Smoky Martini
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
1
2 oz
2.25 oz
2.5 oz
.25 oz
1 oz
1 oz
.5 oz
1 tsp
Blackberry
Appleton Estate
Reserve Rum
Demerara syrup (one
part Demerara sugar,
one part water)
Fresh lime juice
Pom Wonderful 100%
Pomegranate Juice
Maraschino liqueur
.75 oz
1 dash
Gin
Blended Scotch
whisky
GARNISH:
Lime wheel
GLASS:
Martini
GARNISH:
Lemon twist
GLASS:
Martini
GARNISH:
Lemon twist
GLASS:
Martini
PREPARATION:
In a shaker, muddle the
blackberry. Add the remaining
ingredients and fill with ice.
Shake, and strain into a chilled
Martini glass. Garnish with a
lime wheel.
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to a
mixing glass and fill with ice.
Stir, and strain into a cocktail
glass. Garnish with a lemon
twist.
PREPARATION:
Add both ingredients to a
mixing glass and fill with ice.
Stir, and strain into a Martini
glass. Garnish with a lemon
twist.
Bloody
Mary
CLASSIC
INGREDIENTS:
Celery salt
Lemon wedge
Lime wedge
Grey Goose Vodka
Tomato juice
Tabasco Sauce
Prepared
horseradish
2 dashes Worcestershire
sauce
1 pinch Celery salt
1 pinch Ground black
pepper
1 pinch Smoked paprika
1
1
2 oz
4 oz
2 dashes
2 tsp
GARNISH:
Celery stalk and lime wedge
GLASS:
Pint
PREPARATION:
Pour some celery salt onto a
small plate. Rub the juicy side
of the lemon or lime wedge
along the lip of a pint glass.
Roll the outer edge of the
glass in celery salt until
fully coated. Fill with ice and
set aside. Squeeze the lemon
and lime wedges into a shaker
and drop them in. Add the
remaining ingredients and fill
with ice. Shake gently and
strain into the prepared glass.
Garnish with a celery stalk and
a lime wedge.
MODERN
Bloody Caesar
CLASSIC
MODERN
Margarita
Spicy Grand
Margarita
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
Celery salt
1.5 oz
Vodka
4 oz
Clamato
2 dashes Worcestershire
sauce
2 dashes Tabasco Sauce
Prepared
horseradish, to taste
(optional)
.75 oz
1 oz
.5 oz
GARNISH:
Celery stalk
GLASS:
Tall
GARNISH:
Lime wheel
GLASS:
Cocktail or rocks
GARNISH:
Jalapeo or red chile pepper
GLASS:
Rocks
PREPARATION:
Coat the rim of a tall glass
with celery salt, fill with ice and
set aside. Add the remaining
ingredients to a mixing glass
and fill with ice. Pour back and
forth into another mixing glass
a few times to mix. Strain into
the prepared glass and
garnish with a celery stalk.
PREPARATION:
Add the ingredients to a
shaker and fill with ice. Shake
well and strain into a chilled
cocktail glass or rocks glass
filled with fresh ice. Garnish
with a lime wheel. (For a slightly
sweeter drink, add a dash of
agave syrup [one part water,
two parts agave nectar] before
shaking.)
PREPARATION:
Coat the rim of a rocks glass
with salt, fill with ice and set
aside. In a shaker, muddle the
agave nectar or simple syrup,
red pepper flakes and chile
powder. Add the remaining
ingredients, fill with ice and
shake vigorously. Strain through
a tea strainer into the prepared
glass. Garnish with a jalapeo
or red chile pepper.
1.5 oz
.25 tsp
1 pinch
1.75 oz
.5 oz
.75 oz
Salt
Simple syrup or
agave nectar
Red pepper flakes
Chipotle chile powder
Reposado tequila
Grand Marnier
Fresh lime juice
CLASSIC
MODERN
CLASSIC
Employees Only
Manhattan
Mint Julep
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
2 oz
1.5 oz
1.75 oz
.5 oz
3 dashes
.25 oz
Manhattan
1 oz
5 drops
Hudson
Manhattan Rye
Whiskey
Sweet vermouth
Angostura Bitters
Rye whiskey
Sweet vermouth
Grand Marnier
Angostura Bitters
GARNISH:
Cherry
GLASS:
Cocktail
GARNISH:
Lemon twist
GLASS:
Cocktail
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to a
mixing glass and fill with ice.
Stir well and strain into a
chilled cocktail glass. Garnish
with a cherry.
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to a
mixing glass and fill with ice.
Stir, and strain into a cocktail
glass. Garnish with a lemon
twist.
8
2 oz
GARNISH:
Bitters (optional) and mint
sprig
GLASS:
Julep or rocks
PREPARATION:
In a Julep cup or rocks glass,
lightly muddle the mint and
syrup. Add the bourbon and
pack tightly with crushed ice.
Stir until the cup is frosted on
the outside. Top with more
crushed ice to form an ice
dome and garnish with a few
drops of bitters, if desired, and
a mint sprig.
1792
Kentucky
White Dog
Julep
Contributed by David Wondrich
MODERN
INGREDIENTS:
2 tsp
.5 oz
6 or 8
2 to 3 oz
Sugar
Water
Fresh mint leaves
Unaged corn or rye
whiskey (AKA white
dog or moonshine)
GARNISH:
Mint sprigs and a straw
GLASS:
Highball
PREPARATION:
Add the sugar and water to
a highball glass and stir until
the sugar has completely
dissolved. Add the mint leaves
and press lightly with a muddler. Pack the glass with finely
cracked ice (wrap cubes in a
towel and bash the bejeezus
out of them with something
hard and heavy) and then add
the whiskey. Stir, add more ice
to make up for any shrinkage
and garnish with two or three
sprigs of mint and a straw.
8
08
CLASSIC
MODERN
CLASSIC
French 75
French 65
Tom Collins
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
.5 oz
.5 oz
1 oz
6 drops
3 oz
.75 oz
.75 oz
1 oz
3 oz
Contributed by Cointreau
Cointreau
Angostura Bitters
Piper-Heidsieck
Champagne
1.5 oz
GARNISH:
Lemon twist
GLASS:
Champagne flute
GARNISH:
Orange twist
GLASS:
Champagne flute
GARNISH:
Lemon wheel and cherry
GLASS:
Highball or Collins
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients except
the Champagne to a shaker
and fill with ice. Shake well
and strain into a Champagne
flute. Top with the Champagne
and garnish with a lemon
twist.
PREPARATION:
Add the Cointreau and
bitters to a mixing glass and fill
with ice. Stir, and strain into a
chilled Champagne flute. Top
with the Champagne and
garnish with an orange twist.
PREPARATION:
Add the lemon juice, simple
syrup and gin to a shaker and
fill with ice. Shake well and
strain into a highball or Collins
glass filled with fresh ice. Top
with club soda and garnish with
a lemon wheel and a cherry.
MODERN
CLASSIC
MODERN
Raspberry Collins
Negroni
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
2
Raspberries
.25 oz Simple syrup
(one part sugar, one
part water)
2 oz
Beefeater Gin
1 oz
Fresh lemon juice
1 oz
Club soda
1 oz
1 oz
2 oz
Banks 5-Island Rum
.75 oz Luxardo Bitter
Liqueur
.75 oz Lustau East India
Solera Sherry
Contributed by
Jacques Bezuidenhout
1 oz
Campari
Gin (Beefeater,
Plymouth or
Tanqueray)
Sweet vermouth
(Martini & Rossi
Rosso or Cinzano
Rosso)
GARNISH:
Lemon wheel, mint sprig and
raspberries
GLASS:
Highball
GARNISH:
Orange half-wheel
GLASS:
Old Fashioned
GARNISH:
Orange twist
GLASS:
Rocks
PREPARATION:
In a highball glass, muddle the
raspberries and simple syrup.
Add the gin and lemon juice,
and stir. Fill with ice and top
with the club soda. Garnish
with a lemon wheel, a mint
sprig and two raspberries.
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to an
Old Fashioned glass and fill
with ice. Stir until cold and
garnish with an orange halfwheel.
PREPARATION:
Add all the ingredients to a
mixing glass and fill with ice.
Stir, and strain into a rocks
glass filled with one large ice
cube. Garnish with an orange
twist.
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