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ABC Bartending
drinks to learn to get ABC Bartending certificate
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Highball | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz. Bourbon Fill with Ginger Ale, Coke or Sprite |
| Moscow Mule (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz. Vodka Fill with Ginger Beer Lime garnish |
| Scotch and Soda | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Scotch Fill with soda water |
| 7 and 7 | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz. Seagrams 7 (American Whiskey) Fill with Sprite |
| Whiskey and Water | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Whiskey Fill with water |
| Cuba Libre (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Rum Fill with Coke Squeeze of lime Lime garnish |
| Gin and Tonic | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Gin Fill with tonic Lime garnish |
| Vodka Press (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Vodka Fill with equal parts Soda Water and 7up Lemon garnish (preferred but could also be lime) |
| Old Fashioned | Glass: Bucket/Highball add to shaker and muddle: Orange slice & cherry, 1/2 oz simple sugar, 2 dashes bitters Fill shaker 1/2 full of ice and shake Fill glass with ice, strain shaker into glass, fill with soda, orange garnish |
| Mint Julep | Glass: Bucket/Highball 4-5 mint leaves 1/2 oz simple sugar OR 1/2 packet of sugar and splash of water Muddle in the glass Fill with ice 1.5 oz Bourbon Mint sprig garnish |
| Vodka Redbull | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz vodka fill with Redbull |
| Greyhound | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz vodka Fill with grapefruit |
| Salty Dog | Greyhound with salted rim |
| Screwdriver | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz vodka fill with orange juice |
| Harvey Wallbanger | Screwdriver with a float of Galliano |
| Melon Ball | Screwdriver with a float of Midori |
| Tequila Sunrise (on the test) | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz tequila Fill with orange juice Float 1/2 oz grenadine Cherry garnish |
| Cape Cod (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz vodka Fill with cranberry juice Lime garnish |
| Bay Breeze (on the test) | Glass Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz vodka Fill with 1/2 cranberry juice and 1/2 pineapple juice Cherry garnish |
| Sea Breeze | Glass Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz vodka Fill with 1/2 cranberry juice and 1/2 grapefruit juice Cherry garnish |
| Ocean Breeze (aka Madras) | Glass Bucket/Highball 1 oz vodka Fill with 1/2 cranberry juice and 1/2 orange juice Cherry garnish |
| Sex on the Beach (on the test) | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz vodka 1/2 oz peach schnapps Fill with equal parts cranberry juice and orange juice |
| Slow Screw | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz sloe gin Fill with orange juice Cherry garnish |
| Slow Comfortable Screw | Slow Screw with a float of Southern Comfort |
| Fuzzy Navel (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz peach schnapps Fill with orange juice |
| Screaming Fuzzy Navel (aka Hairy Navel) | Fuzzy Navel with a float of 1/2 oz vodka |
| Bocchi Ball | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Amaretto Fill with orange juice |
| Bloody Mary | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1 oz vodka Bloody Mary mix Fill with tomato juice Garnish with celery, olive, etc. |
| Bloody Maria | Bloody Mary made with tequila instead of vodka |
| Bloody Caesar | Bloody Mary made with Clamato juice instead of tomato juice |
| Whiskey Sour (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Whiskey Fill with Sweet and Sour Cherry garnish |
| Midori Sour | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Midori Fill with Sweet and Sour Cherry garnish |
| Amaretto Sour | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Amaretto Fill with Sweet and Sour Cherry garnish |
| Amaretto Stone Sour | Glass: Bucket/Highball Fill with ice 1 oz Amaretto Fill with 1/2 orange juice and 1/2 Sweet and Sour |
| Margarita | Glass: Bucket/Highball Salted rim (confirm with customer) - without salt AKA "topless" Fill with ice 1 oz Tequila 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1/4 Rose's Lime juice 1 oz Sweet and Sour (Fill with S&S) Lime garnish |
| Top Shelf Margarita (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball Salted rim (confirm with customer) Fill with ice 1 oz tequila (customer's preference) 1/2 oz Cointreau 1/4 oz Rose's lime juice 1 oz Sweet and Sour Lime garnish Grand Marnier float |
| Skinny (aka Ultimate) Margarita | Glass: Bucket/Highball Salted rim (confirm with customer) Fill with ice 1.5 oz tequila 1/2 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz fresh squeeze lime juice Lime garnish |
| Long Island Iced Tea (on the test) | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1/2 oz each of vodka, gin, rum and Triple Sec 1/2 Fill with Coke and Sweet and Sour Lemon garnish |
| Electric Long Island Iced Tea | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1/2 oz each of vodka, gin, rum, Triple Sec and tequila Fill with equal parts Coke and Sweet and Sour Lemon garnish |
| Long Beach Iced Tea | same as Long Island Iced Tea but substitute cranberry juice instead of Coke |
| Lemonade | Glass: Pint Fill with Ice 1/2 oz each of vodka, gin, rum and Triple Sec Fill with equal parts 7up and Sweet and Sour Lemon garnish |
| Tokyo Tea | Lemonade with 1/2 oz Midori |
| Royal Tea aka Grateful Dead Tea | Lemonade with 1/2 oz Chambord |
| Florida Tea | Lemonade with orange juice |
| Blue Lemonade | Lemonade with Blue Curacao instead of Triple Sec |
| AMF (Electric Blue Lemonade) | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1/2 each of vodka, gin, rum, and tequila Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and 7up 1/2 oz Blue Curacao float Lemon garnish |
| Lynchburg Lemonade (on the test) | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz Bourbon 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1/2 fill with Sweet and Sour and 7up Lemon and cherry garnish |
| Vodka Collins (on the test) | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz vodka Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and soda Cherry garnish |
| Tom Collins (on the test) | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz gin Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and soda Cherry garnish |
| Joe Collins | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz scotch Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and soda Cherry garnish |
| John Collins (on the test) | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz Bourbon Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and soda Cherry garnish |
| Joan Collins | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1 oz Brandy Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and soda Cherry garnish |
| Paloma Collins | Glass: Collins Fill with ice 1.5 oz Tequila 3/4 oz St. Germain 2 dashes grapefruit bitters 1/2 oz fresh lime juice 1/2 oz simple sugar 1/2 fill with grapefruit juice and lime soda |
| Mai Tai (on the test) | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1 oz light rum 1/2 oz Creme de Almond/Amaretto 1/2 oz Triple Sec Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and pineapple juice Float 1/2 oz Meyer's Rum (dark rum) Flag garnish (orange and cherry) Acronym: RATS Punch Mice |
| Zombie | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1 oz light rum 1/2 oz Creme de Almond/Amaretto 1/2 oz Triple Sec Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and orange juice Float Bacardi 151 (higher alcohol content) Flag garnish (orange and cherry) Acronym: RATS on 151 |
| Caribou Lou | Glass: Bucket Fill with ice 1 oz Malibu fill with pineapple juice Float Bacardi 151 Flag garnish (orange and cherry) |
| Blue Hawaiian (on the test) | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1 oz Rum 1/2 oz Blue Curacao Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and Pineapple Juice Flag garnish (orange and cherry) ACRONYM: Rich Boys Smoke Pot |
| Hurricane layers (from bottom to top): brown, orange/yellow, red | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1 oz Meyers rum 1 oz light rum 1/4 oz lime juice Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and orange juice Float 1/2 oz Grenadine Flag garnish (orange and cherry) |
| Rum Runner layers (from bottom to top): brown, orange/yellow, red | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1/2 oz light rum 1/2 oz dark rum 1/2 oz Blackberry brandy 1/2 oz Creme de Banane Fill with equal parts Sweet and Sour and orange juice Float 1/2 oz grenadine Flag garnish (orange and cherry) |
| Bahama Mama (on the test) | Glass: Pint Fill with ice 1 oz Malibu 1/2 oz grenadine Fill with equal parts pineapple and orange juice Float 1 oz. Bacardi 151 Flag garnish ACRONYM: Malibu girls put out 151 |
| Mojito (on the test) | Glass: Bucket 4 lime wedges, 6-8 mint leaves, 1 tsp sugar, splash of water Muddle Fill with ice 1.5 oz light rum Fill with soda Mint garnish |
| Caipirinha | Glass: Bucket 1/2 lime cut into 8 pieces, 1 tsp brown sugar Muddle Fill glass with ice 2 oz Cachaca Stir well Lime garnish |
| Daiquiri | Glass: specialty Blender filled with 2 scoops ice, 1 oz light rum 1/2 oz lime juice 2 oz Daiquiri mix and 1 bar spoon sugar Blend Lime garnish |
| Pina Colada | Glass: specialty Blender, filled with 2 scoops of ice 1 oz rum 1 oz Pina Colada mix (coconut milk cream) 2 oz pineapple juice Blend and pour into a glass Pineapple and/or cherry garnish |
| Martini (on the test) | ask if on the rock or straight up, vodka or gin glass: rocks or stem 2 oz gin or vodka 1/4 oz dry vermouth shaken and strain into glass olive garnish |
| Gibson (on the test) | substitute olive garnish for pearl onion garnish |
| Extra Dry Martini (on the test) | no vermouth |
| Dirty Martini | add olive juice (dry vermouth is optional) |
| Manhattan (on the test) | ask if on the rocks or straight up Glass: rocks or stem 1/4 -1 oz sweet vermouth 2 oz Bourbon bitters optional shake and strain into glass cherry garnish |
| Perfect Manhattan or Rob Roy (on the test) | substitute sweet vermouth for 1/8 oz dry vermouth AND 1/8 sweet vermouth lemon twist garnish |
| Rob Roy | ask if on the rocks or straight up Glass: rocks or stem 1/4-1 oz sweet vermouth 2 oz Scotch shaken and strain into glass cherry garnish |
| Cosmopolitan (on the test) | Glass: stem chill glass 1.5 oz vodka 1/2 oz triple sec 1/2 oz cranberry juice 1/4 oz Rose's lime juice shaken and strain into glass lime garnish |
| Appletini | Glass: stem chill glass 1.5 oz vodka 3/4 oz pucker (apple liqueur) shaken and strain into glass cherry garnish |
| Lemon Drop Martini (on the test) | Glass: stem chill glass and sugar rim 1.5 oz vodka (or citrus vodka) 1/2 oz triple sec 3-4 lemon wedges, squeeze and add 1/2 oz simple sugar or raw sugar and splash of water shaken and strain into glass lemon garnish |
| French Martini | Glass: stem chill glass 1.5 oz vodka 1/2 oz pineapple juice 1/2 oz Chambord shaken and strain into glass |
| B&B | Glass: Rocks 3/4 oz Brandy 3/4 oz Benedictine |
| Black Russian | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz vodka 1.2 ounce Kahlua |
| Beautiful (on the test) | Glass: Snifter 3/4 oz Cognac 3/4 oz Grand Marnier |
| French Connection | Glass: Snifter 3/4 oz Amaretto 3/4 oz Cognac |
| Dirty Mother | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz Brandy 1/2 oz Kahlua |
| Brave Bull | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz tequila 1/2 oz Kahlua |
| White Russian (on the test) | Glass: Bucket/Highball fill with ice 1.5 oz vodka 1/2 oz Kahlua fill with cream |
| White Bull | Glass: Bucket/Highball fill with ice 1.5 oz tequila 1/2 oz Kahlua fill with cream |
| Separator | Glass: Bucket/Highball fill with ice 1.5 oz Brandy 1/2 oz Kahlua fill with cream |
| Gimlet | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz gin 1/2 oz Rose's lime juice lime garnish |
| Vodka Gimlet (on the test) | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz Vodka 1/2 oz Rose's lime juice lime garnish |
| Black Jamaican | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz Meyer's rum (Jamaican Rum) 1/2 oz Kahlua |
| Rusty Nail (on the test) | Glass: Rocks fill with ice 1.5 oz Scotch 1/2 oz Drambuie |
| Colorado Bulldog (on the test) aka Smith and Wesson | Glass: Bucket/Highball fill with ice 1.5 oz vodka 1/2 oz Kahlua fill with cream splash of Coke |
| Root Beer Float | Glass: Bucket/Highball fill with ice 1.5 oz Vodka 1/2 oz Kahlua 1.5 oz cream 1 oz Coke whipped cream 1/2 oz Galliano float cherry garnish |