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Master Cocktail List
The recipes listed in this spec sheet are a mix of some popular classics and modern classics presented in metric units. I realise that
different bars/bartenders have their own ways of making drinks that may differ from what I have used, however I’ve tried to give versions
of the cocktails that I feel work well internationally – in essence this is a guide, not a book of law! Also, glassware is keep relatively simple
(similar to what you would expect in a good home bar without needing to get too exotic).
When training I encourage my students to write notes about the cocktails once they have made them (how the drink tastes, looks, if it
reminds them of anything etc) and you will see a notes field next to each drink so you can do this as well.
For more information about mixing methods, techniques, or ingredients check out the blog at http://makecocktailsathome.com
This list is updated as new cocktails are added to the blog so make sure to check back often. Good luck!
/ David Turnbull, Sweden, Autumn 2012
Example
Glass Type
Cocktail Name Notes
Mixing method
Ingredients
Garnish/Decoration
The Cocktails
Americano
Pour over glass into ice
25ml Italian Sweet Vermouth
25ml Campari
50ml Soda
Lemon Zest and orange slice
Apple Blossom Cocktail
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Calvados
50ml Sweet Vermouth
Apple fan
Aviation
Shake hard, fine strain
50ml London dry gin
25ml Lemon juice
15ml Maraschino Liqueur
10ml Crème de Violette
Lemon Zest
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Bacardi Cocktail
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Bacardi rum
25ml Lime juice
10ml Grenadine
None
Bellini
Build in glass
50ml white peach puree
Top with Prosecco
None
Between the sheets Created 1930s by Harry MacElhone, Harry’s New York Bar,
Paris.
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml White Rum
25ml Cognac
25ml Cointreau
5ml Gomme
Lemon twist
Black Russian
Build in glass
50ml Vodka
25ml coffee liqueur
Black Velvet
Pour slowly and stir
100ml Guiness stout
Top with Champagne
None
Blood and Sand
Shake and fine strain
20ml Scotch whisky
20ml Cherry Brandy
20ml Sweet Vermouth
20ml Orange Juice
Orange Zest
Bloody Mary Red Snapper – replace vodka with gin
Bloody Caesar – replace tomato juice with Clomato juice
Roll ingredients, strain into glass
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50ml Vodka
20ml Lemon Juice
Black Pepper
Celery Salt
Tabasco (to taste)
Worcestershire sauce (to taste)
Tomato juice
Salt/Pepper rim, celery stick
Blue Moon
Shake and fine strain
50ml dry Gin
25ml fresh Lemon juice
20ml Creme Yvette or Creme de
Violette
Optional 10ml egg white
Raspberry
Boulevard
Stir in mixing glass
75ml Rye Whiskey
30ml Dry Vermouth
15ml Grand Marnier
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Orange twist & cherry
Bobby Burns
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Scotch Whisky
25ml Sweet Vermouth
10ml Benedictine D.O.M
Lemon Twist
Bramble
Build in glass, drizzle Crème de Mure
40ml London Dry Gin
25ml Lemon juice
10ml Gomme
15ml Crème de Mure
Lemon slice and raspberry
Brandy Alexander
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml Brandy
25ml Creme de Cacao
25ml Cream
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Grated nutmeg
Brandy Flip
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Brandy
20ml Sugar syrup
10ml Cream
Whole egg
Grated nutmeg
Breakfast Martini
Stir in mixing glass
50ml Gin
12.5ml Triple Sec liqueur
12.5ml Lemon juice
1 spoon Orange Marmalade
Orange twist
Bronx Created 1906 by Johnny Solon, Waldolf-Astoria, NY.
2 dash Angostura bitters for an Income Tax Cocktail
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Dry Gin
25ml Dry Vermouth
25ml Sweet Vermouth
30ml Orange juice
Orange twist
Brooklyn
Stir in mixing glass
75ml Bourbon
10ml Maraschino liqueur
15ml Dry Vermouth
15ml Sweet Vermouth
3 dash Angostura Bitters
Maraschino cherry
Caipirinha
Muddle in glass. Fill with crushed ice
50ml Cachaca
4 Lime wedges
15ml sugar syrup OR
Heaped bar spoon sugar
Lime wedge
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Cape Codder
Build in glass
50ml Vodka
10ml fresh Lime juice
Top with cranberry juice
Lime wedge
Champagne Cocktail
Build in glass
Sugar cube soaked with Angostura
bitters
25ml Cognac
Top with Champagne
Orange zest
Clover Club
Dry shake, wet shake, fine strain
50ml dry Gin
25ml Lemon juice
10ml Raspberry syrup
10ml Egg white
Cobbler
Shake hard and strain over crushed ice
40ml Brandy
25ml Sugar syrup
70ml Red wine
Mint sprig
Corpse Reviver #2
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml dry Gin
25ml Triple sec
25ml Dry Vermouth
25ml Lemon juice
5ml Absinthe
Lemon zest
Cosmopolitan Replace vodka with tequila for a Rude Cosmo
Shake hard and fine strain
40ml Lemon Vodka
20ml Triple sec
15ml Lime juice
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30ml Cranberry juice
Dash Orange bitters
Flamed Orange zest
Crusta
Shake hard and strain
50ml Base Spirit
12.5ml Lemon juice
5ml Gomme
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Crusted caster sugar rim and fruit
band in top of glass
Cuba Libra Variation: Fidel Castro – replace Cola with Ginger Ale
Build in glass
50ml Cuban style rum
15ml Lime juice
Top with Coca Cola
Lime wedge
Daiquiri
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Rum
25ml Lime juice
15ml Sugar Syrup
Daisy
Shake first ingredients, top with soda
50ml Base spirit (Vodka, gin etc)
25ml Lemon juice
10ml Grenadine syrup
Lime wedge
Dark n Stormy
Build in glass
50ml Goslings Black seal Rum
25ml Lime juice
Top with Ginger beer
Lime wedge
Diplomat
Stir in mixing glass
50ml Dry Vermouth
25ml Sweet Vermouth
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5ml Maraschino liqueur
2 dash Orange Bitters
Orange Twist
East India
Shake hard and fine strain
75ml Cognac
5ml Grand Marnier
5ml Maraschino liqueur
5ml Grenadine
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Orange Twist
El Diablo
Shake first ingredients then top ginger
beer
50ml Tequila
25ml Lime juice
20ml Creme de Cassis
Top with Ginger beer
Lime wedge
El Floridita no.1
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Rum
25ml Lime juice
10ml gomme
10ml Maraschino liqueur
El Presidente
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml white Rum
25ml Pineapple juice
20ml Lime juice
10ml Grenadine
Lime wedge
Espresso Martini
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml Vodka
25ml Coffee Liqueur
25ml Chilled espresso
3 coffee beans
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Fish House Punch “There's a little place just out of town,
Where, if you go to lunch,
They'll make you forget your mother-in-law
With a drink called Fish-House Punch.”
Possibly created 1794 in Philadelphia
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml Brandy
25ml Gold Rum
20ml Peach liqueur
20ml Lemon juice
10ml Gomme
Top Soda
Grated nutmeg and lemon slice
Fix
Shake hard and strain
50ml Base spirit
25ml Lemon juice
25ml Sweet fruit juice
10ml Gomme syrup
Use fruit from recipe
French 75 Substitute gin with vodka for French 76
Death in the Afternoon – replace gin with 10ml Absinthe
Shake first ingredients, top sparkling
wine
35ml Gin
15ml Lemon juice
5ml gomme
Top with Sparkling wine
Lemon zest
French Connection
Build in glass
35ml Cognac
35ml Amaretto liqueur
French Martini
Shake hard and fine strain
40ml Vodka
15ml Chambord liqueur
40ml Pineapple juice
Gimlet
Stir in mixing glass
50ml Gin
20ml Roses Lime cordial
Lime wedge
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Gin Cockail
Stir in mixing glass
75ml Gin
5ml Triple Sec
5ml Gomme
2 dash Angostura Bitters
Lemon Zest
Gin Rickey
Build in glass
50ml Gin
25ml Lime juice
Top with soda
Lime wedge
Godfather Substitute whisky with vodka for Godmother
Build in glass
35ml Cognac
35ml Scotch whisky
Grasshopper
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml White Creme de Cacao
25ml Creme de Menthe
25ml Cream
Shaved Chocolate
Hanky-Panky Martini Created by Ada Coleman, first Bar Manager of American Bar,
Savoy Hotel.
Stir in mixing glass
50ml Dry Gin
50ml Sweet Vermouth
5ml Fernet Branca
10ml Orange juice
Orange twist
Harvard
Stir in mixing glass
40ml Cognac
50ml Sweet Vermouth
2 dash Orange bitters (optional)
Top soda
Lemon twist
Harvey Wallbanger
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Build in glass
50ml Vodka
25ml Galliano liqueur
Top with Orange juice
Orange Slice
Hurricane
Shake hard and strain
25ml Light Rum
25ml Dark Rum
25ml Orange Juice
25ml Pineapple Juice
15ml Fresh Lime juice
10ml Roses Lime cordial
10ml Passion fruit syrup
Lime wedge and cherry
Japanese Slipper
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml Midori Melon liqueur
25ml Cointreau liqueur
25ml fresh Lemon juice
Melon slice
June Bug
Shake hard and strain
25ml Vodka
25ml fresh Lime juice
15ml Midori Melon Liqueur
15ml Malibu coconut rum
15ml Crème de banane
75ml Pineapple juice
Lime wedge
Kamikaze
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml Vodka
25ml Cointreau liqueur
25ml fresh Lime juice
Lime wedge
Kir Royale
Build in glass
10ml Crème de Cassis
Top with Champagne
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The Last Word
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml dry Gin
25ml fresh green Chartreuse
25ml Maraschio cherry liquer
25ml fresh Lime juice
Lime wedge
Lemon Drop
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml lemon Vodka
25ml fresh Lemon juice
10ml gomme syrup
Lemon twist
Long Island Iced Tea
Build in glass, or shake first
ingredients and top Coke
12.5ml Vodka
12.5ml Dry Gin
12.5ml Light Rum
12.5ml Blanco Tequila
12.5ml Triple Sec
25ml fresh Lemon Juice
Top Coca Cola
Lemon Wedge
Lynchburg Lemonade
Build in glass
40ml Jack Daniels
20ml Triple Sec
20ml fresh Lemon juice
Top Lemonade
Lemon wedge
Mai Tai Created 1944 by Trader Vic
Shake hard and strain over crushed ice
25ml Light Rum (Jamaican)
25ml Dark Rum (Jamaican)
25ml fresh Lime juice
15ml Triple sec
10ml Orgeat (almond) syrup
Lime wedge and cherry
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Or
Manhattan Variation: Rob Roy – use Scotch whisky
Stir in mixing glass and strain
50ml Rye or Bourbon Whiskey
2 Dashes Angustora Bitters
Sweet: 15ml Sweet Vermouth
Dry: 15ml Dry Vermouth
Perfect: 10ml each Dry/Sweet
Vermouth
Sweet: Maraschino cherry
Dry: Lemon twist
Perfect: Orange twist
Or
Margarita
Shake hard and fine strain
40ml Tequila
25ml Triple Sec
20ml fresh Lime juice
Lime wedge
Martini (Dry) Dry=Less vermouth, Wet= More vermouth
Gibson – Pickled onion as garnish
Kangeroo – Sub Vodka for ginStir in mixing glass and strain
50ml dry Gin
15ml Dry Vermouth
(Optional) Dash of Orange Bitters
Lemon twist or olive
Mary Pickford
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml white Rum
25ml Pineapple juice
5ml Maraschino liqueur
5ml Grenadine syrup
Mint Julep
Lightly muddle ingredients except
Bourbon in mixing glass. Strain into
glass half filled with crushed ice, add
Bourbon, churn and refill with ice until
full.
50ml Bourbon
10-12 fresh Mint leaves
10ml gomme syrup
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Mint sprig
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Mojito Many bars use two bar spoons of white or brown sugar rather
than sugar syrup.
Slap mint, add other ingredients,
churn with crushed ice
50ml Cuban style Rum
25ml fresh Lime juice
15ml gomme syrup
Approx 8-12 fresh mint leaves
Top soda water
Lime wedge and mint sprig
Moscow Mule
Build in glass
50ml Vodka
25ml fresh Lime juice
Top with Ginger beer
Optional: Dash Angustora bitters
Lime wedge
Negroni
Stir in mixing glass, strain
25ml Dry Gin
25ml Sweet Vermouth
25ml Campari
Orange twist or orange wedge
New Yorker
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml Bourbon
25ml Red wine
12.5ml Lemon juice
10ml Gomme syrup
Grated nutmeg
Nuclear Daiquiri
Shake hard and strain
25ml Overproof Rum
20ml green Chartreuse
25ml Lime juice
10ml Velvet Falernum
Lime wedge
Old Fashioned Add ingredients slowly, stiring until ice melts and then adding
more ice.
Call me old fashioned – sub Bourbon with Cognac.Stir in glass
50ml Bourbon or Rye
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5ml gomme syrup
3 dashes Angustora bitters
Orange twist
Painkiller
Shake hard and strain
50ml Pussers Navy Rum
75ml Pineapple juice
25ml Orange Juice
20ml Coconut cream
Grated nutmeg
Paloma Spanish for ‘Dove’
Shake first ingredients
50ml Tequila
15ml Lime juice
50ml grapefruit juice
Top ‘Ting’ grapefruit soda
Lime wedge, salt rim
Paradise
Shake and fine strain
35ml Gin
20ml Apricot Brandy
15ml Orange juice
15ml fresh Lemon juice
Pegu Club
Shake hard and fine strain
50ml dry Gin
25ml Triple sec
15ml fresh Lime juice
Dash Angustora bitters
Dash Orange bitters
Pina Colada
Shake and strain
25ml light Rum
25ml Coconut rum
10ml fresh lime juice
15ml Coconut cream
10ml Cream
75ml Pineapple juice
Lime wedge ad pineapple slice
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Rum Swizzle
Fill glass with crushed ice, add
ingredients, stir hard with swizzle stick
50ml Rum
25ml fresh Lime
10ml gomme
Lime wedge and mint leaf
Russian Spring Punch
Build in glass
50ml Vodka
25ml fresh Lemon juice
10ml gomme syrup
15ml Creme de Cassis
Top Sparkling wine
Lemon wedge and raspberries
Rusty Nail
Stir in glass
50ml Scotch whisky
25ml Drambuie liqueur
Lemon twist
Sazerac
Stir in mixing glass, strain into
Absinthe rinsed glass (no ice)
60ml Rye whiskey or Cognac
10ml gomme syrup
Dash Paychards Bitters
Lemon twist
Screaming Orgasm
Shake and strain
25ml Vodka
15ml Baileys Irish Cream liqueur
15ml Coffee liqueur
15ml Amaretto liqueur
75ml Milk or half n half
Orange Slice
Screwdriver
Build in glass
50ml Vodka
Top with Orange juice
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Orange slice
Sex on the beach
Shake and strain
25ml Vodka
25ml Peach liqueur
40ml Orange Juice
40ml Cranberry juice
Orange slice
Sidecar
Shake hard and strain
50ml Cognac
25ml Triple Sec
20ml fresh Lemon juice
½ Sugar rim on glass (your choice)
Screwdriver
Build in glass
50ml Vodka
Top with Orange juice
Orange slice
Singapore Sling
Shake first ingredients, top with soda,
drizzle Cherry Brandy on top
50ml dry Gin
25ml Lemon juice
10ml gomme syrup
10ml cherry brandy
10ml Benedictine liqueur
Dash Angustora bitters
Lemon slice and cherry
Tequila Sunrise
Build in glass
50ml Tequila
50ml Orange Juice
10ml Grenadine syrup
Lime wedge or orange slice
Tom Collins
Build in glass
50ml Gin
25ml fresh Lemon juice
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15ml Sugar syrup
Top Soda water
Lemon slice
Tommys Margarita
Shake and fine strain
50ml Tequila
25ml fresh Lime juice
10ml Agave syrup
Lime wedge
Treacle
Stir in glass, float apple juice
50ml dark Rum
5ml gomme
Dash Angostura bitters
15ml Apple juice
Orange twist
Twinkle
Build in glass
75ml Vodka
20ml Elderflower liqueur
Top sparkling wine
Lemon twist
Vesper Martini
Shake hard and fine strain
75ml Vodka
25ml dry Gin
15ml Lillet
Lemon twist
Or
Whisk(e)y sour Can dry shake if using egg white for better texture/foam
Shake hard and fine strain.
50ml Whiskey (usually American)
25ml fresh Lemon juice
10ml gomme syrup
Optional: Dash Angustora bitters
Optional: 10ml egg white
Orange twist
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White Lady
Shake hard and fine strain
40ml dry Gin
25ml Triple sec
20ml fresh Lemon juice
10ml egg white
Lemon twist
White Martini Recipe per Phil Wood of Roxy Bar and Screen, London
Shake hard and fine strain
25ml Dark Rum
25ml Mozart White Chocolate Liqueur
25ml Milk
Finely grated chocolate
White Russian
Build in glass
25ml Vodka
25ml coffee liqueur (Kahula/Tia Maria)
25ml milk/cream
3 coffee beans
Zombie Some recipes add Overproof rum and Absinthe – try if you
dare!
Shake hard and strain
25ml Light Rum
25ml Gold Rum
25ml Dark Rum
12.5ml Apricot Brandy
15ml fresh Lime juice
25ml Pineapple juice
5ml Grenadine syrup
Dash Angostura bitters
Lime wedge
This list is updated regularly as new cocktails are taught on the blog –make sure you check out
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