5. CLASSIFICATIONS:
o Whisky based cocktails
o Gin based cocktails
o Vodka based cocktails
o Rum based cocktails
o Brandy based cocktails
o Tequila based cocktails
o Liqueur based cocktails
7. Ingredients:
• 2 oz Bourbon Whiskey
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitter
• 1 splash Soda Water
• Top-up with Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Old Fashioned Glass
Garnish:
• Lemon Twist
• Maraschino Cherry
• Orange Wedge
Ingredients:
• 2 ½ oz Bourbon Whiskey
• 1 tsp Caster Sugar
• 4-6 Fresh Mint Leaves
• 2 tsp Soda Water
• Crushed Ice
Glassware:
• Tall Glass
Garnish:
• Mint Spring
OLD FASHIONED MINT JULEP
8. Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz Bourbon Whiskey
• Top-up with Ginger Ale
• Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Tall or Old Fashioned Glass
Garnish:
• Lemon Twist /Peel
• Mint Leaves
Ingredients:
• 2 oz Blended Whisky
• ½ tsp Powdered Sugar
• Juice of ½ Lemon
• ½ White of Egg
• Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Old Fashioned or Sour Glass
Garnish:
• Lemon twist/slice
• Maraschino Cherry
WHISKEY SOUR
HIGHBALL
10. Ingredients:
• 2 oz Gin
• ½ oz Lime Juice
• Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail Glass
Garnish:
• Lemon Slice
Ingredients:
• 2 oz Plymouth Gin
• 3 dashes Angostura Bitter
• Iced Water
Glassware:
• Cocktail Glassware or Paris
Goblet
Garnish:
• Maraschino Cherry
PINK GIN
GIMLET
11. Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz Gin
• ½ oz Vermouth
• Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Martini Glass
Garnish:
• Stuffed Green
Olive
Ingredients:
• 2 oz Gin
• Juice of ½ Lemon
• 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
• 1 tsp Soda Water
• Top-up with Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Old Fashioned or Tall Glass
Garnish:
• Twist of Orange or Lemon
Peel
GIN SLING
MARTINI
13. Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz white rum
• 1 tsp lime juice
• 1 tsp powdered sugar
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail glass
Garnish:
• Lemon slice
• Orange peel
DAIQUIRI
Ingredients:
• 1 oz white rum
• 1 oz blue curacao
• 1 oz coconut cream
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Highball or cocktail glass
Garnish:
• Pineapple slice
• Maraschino cherry
BLUE HAWAIIAN
14. Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz light rum
• 3 mint leaves
• 2 tsp sugar
• 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
• Club soda
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Parfait glass
Garnish:
• Lemon slice
• Mint leaves
MOJITO
CUBA LIBRE
Ingredients:
• 2 oz white rum
• Cola
• ½ juice of lime
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Highball glass
Garnish:
• Lemon slice
16. Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz vodka
• 3 oz tomato juice
• 1 dash lemon juice
• ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2-3 drops tabasco sauce
• Pinch of pepper powder
• Pinch of celery salt
Glassware:
• Salt-rim old fashioned glass
Garnish:
• Celery stick
BLOODY MARY BLUE LAGOON
Ingredients:
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz blue curacao
• Top-up with lemonade
• Crushed ice
Glassware:
• Highball glass
Garnish:
• Half orange wheel
17. KAMIKAZE
Ingredients:
• 1 part vodka
• 1 part triple-sec
• 1 part lime juice
• Ice
Glassware:
• Shot glass
Garnish:
• Lemon jest or half
wheel
MOSCOW MULE
Ingredients:
• 2 oz vodka
• 2 oz lime juice
• 8 oz ginger ale
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Old fashioned glass
Garnish:
• Lemon wedge
19. BRANDY ALEXANDER
Ingredients:
• 1 oz brandy
• 1 oz crème de cacao
• 1 oz light cream
Glassware:
• Martini glass
Garnish:
• Grated nutmeg
BETWEEN THE SHEETS
Ingredients:
• 1 oz brandy
• 1 oz light rum
• 1 oz triple-sec
• 1 oz lemon juice
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail glass
Garnish:
• Twist of lemon rind
20. FRENCH CONNECTION
Ingredients:
• 1 measure cognac
• 1 measure amaretto
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Old fashioned glass
Garnish:
• Maraschino cherry
(optional)
SIDECAR
Ingredients:
• 1 oz brandy
• ¾ oz triple-sec
• ½ lemon juice
Glassware:
• Martini glass
Garnish:
• Quarter lemon slice
22. TEQUILA SUNRISE
Ingredients:
• 2 measure tequila
• Top-up with orange juice
• 2 dashes grenadine syrup
• Crushed ice
Glassware:
• Highball glass
Garnish:
• Lemon wedge
MARGARITA
Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz tequila
• ½ oz triple-sec
• 1 oz lime juice
• Salt for rimming
• Crushed ice
Glassware:
• Margarita glass
Garnish:
• Lemon wheel
23. TEQUILA SUNSET
Ingredients:
• 1 oz tequila
• 2 oz orange juice
• ½ oz blackberry
brandy
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail glass
Garnish:
• Lemon peel
LONG ISLAND ICE TEA
Ingredients:
• ½ oz tequila
• ½ oz vodka
• ½ oz light rum
• ½ oz gin
• 1 splash cola
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Collins glass
Garnish:
• Lemon wedge
• Twist of lime peel
25. GOLDEN DREAM
FLAMING B-52
GRASSHOPPER
Ingredients:
• ¾ oz crème de
menthe
• ¾ oz crème de cacao
• ¾ oz light cream
Glassware:
• Champagne saucer
Ingredients:
• 10 ml kalhua
• 10 ml amaretto
• 10 ml bailey’s irish cream
Glassware:
• Shot glass
Garnish:
• Mostly, served flambeed
Ingredients:
• 2 oz galliano
• 1 oz crème de cacao
• ½ oz triple-sec
• 3 oz orange juice
• 3 oz light cream
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail glass
29. • Cocktail garnishes are decorative ornaments
that add character or style to a mixed drink, most
notably to cocktails.
A large variety of cocktail garnishes are
used. Many rum-based cocktails,
especially those with fruit flavors, tend to
be decorated with tropical-themed
garnishes or slices of fruit. Tequila-based
drinks favor limes and other circuits
fruits. Gin-and vodka-based drinks tend
toward garnishes with a more dignified
flair, unless they are variations of a fruity
rum-based drink. Whiskey-and brandy-
based drinks tend toward minimal
garnishment, if any. Restaurant chains and
hotel bars tend to use larger and more
ostentatious garnishes, and neighborhood
bars tend to go the other extreme.
30. • Lemon wedges and wheel,
paring knife, channel knife tool
and the makings of lemon
spirals, dark chocolate square
and microplane grater.
1. Obtain the proper garnishing tools.
Most garnishes can be made with a paring
knife, but it is helpful to have a channel
knife tool and a grater. A larger knife may
be needed if larger fruits are to be
prepared, such as oranges and pineapples.
Channel knife tools are used to make
twists and spirals from circuits fruits,
while a greater enables one to grate
ingredients such as chocolate and nutmeg
fresh right over the cocktail. A grater can
also be used to grate ingredients that are
used for rimming glasses. A combination
of different garnishes can be used, so have
the tools ready for the types of garnishes
that are to be made.
31. • 2. Decide what kinds of garnishes should be used. The
cocktail recipe will usually call for a certain garnish, but this
is not always the case. Different garnishes can be used
according to personal preference, and combinations of
multiple garnishes can be used. Citrus garnishes are generally
great for cocktails that do not contain milk or cream, although
there are creamy cocktails that call for citrus garnishes such
as orange spirals. Maraschino cherries complement many
different types of cocktails, but should never be used in
certain cocktails, such as a standard martini. Many garnishes
complement one of the primary cocktail ingredients. Tomato-
based cocktails are generally garnished with limes, lemons
and celery stalks. Always consider how the garnish will
complement the flavor of the primary ingredients. Vodka-
based cocktails tend to pair well with lemon and lime flavors,
tequila and rum pair well with lemon and lime, rum can pair
well with mint, chocolate pairs with crème de cacao liqueur,
and coffee beans complement coffee liqueur. Also consider
the overall theme of the drink. Tropical cocktails may use
tropical fruits, and dessert cocktails may use cookies or
chocolate. A cocktail that uses spiced rum may be garnished
with a cinnamon stick.
Bloody bull cocktail
garnished with salt-
rimmed glass, lemon
wedge and lime wheel
32. • 3. Rim the glass. The rim of the empty glass
can be coated with garnishes such as fine
sugar, salt, cocoa powder, finely grated
chocolate and finely crushed graham crackers
or cookies. To coat the rim of a glass, first
spread or mound the garnish ingredients on a
small plate or tray, then briefly rub around the
rim of the glass with something such as a
lemon wedge to moisten it. The garnish will
adhere to the area that is moistened. Then lay
the glass on its side so that the rim is touching
the garnish, and rotate or roll the glass on the
garnish so that the entire rim is coated. The
glass can also just be placed upside down on
the rimming ingredient and rotated somewhat
to coat the rim. Additional garnishes may be
added to cocktails that are served in rimmed
glasses.
Rimming glass with superfine sugar
33. • 4. Prepare standard or simple garnishes. Garnishes generally need to be
prepared before the cocktail is mixed. Common, relatively simple
garnishes for cocktails include maraschino cherries as well as citrus
wedges, wheels, twists and spirals. Olives, cocktail onions and celery
stalks are also commonly used for certain drinks.
• Wheels are made by simply slicing a fruit widthwise. The ends of the
fruit are disposed of, and the slices should be about ¼” thick. To make
wedges, first cut off and dispose of the ends of the fruit, then the fruit
into eight wedges. Start by cutting the fruit in half from one cut end to
the other lengthwise.
Making lemon wedges
34. 5. Prepare more elaborate or exotic garnishes. Use a
toothpick to stick together different fruits to make fruit
“flags” and “boats”. Flags are stuck onto the rim of the
glass, with one fruit struck on top of another. Boats
essentially rest against the rim and on or partially in the
drink, but are not stuck onto the rim of the glass.
However, a boat garnish can rest on the rim of the glass
with help of a toothpick. An orange and cherry boat is
made by placing a cherry on the center of an orange
wheel and blending the slice somewhat around the cherry
like a taco. A toothpick is inserted through the orange
slice and the cherry to keep the slice curved like a boat
around the cherry. Use boats with frothy cocktails. Try
using fruits such as pineapples, bananas, kiwis, and
berries when slicing them into garnishes such as wheels.
Strawberries and other fruits can be dipped in melted
chocolate and placed on the rim of the glass.
Orange boat and orange
flag (use one to garnish a
prepared cocktail)
Pear slice and kiwi wheel
(use one to garnish a
prepared cocktail)
35. 6. Garnish the prepared cocktail. Right after mixing the
cocktail, garnish the cocktail as called for by the recipe
or as desired.
Sprinkle ingredients such as cocoa powder and ground
cinnamon on top of the cocktail. Grate or zest
ingredients such as dark chocolate, nutmeg and citrus
fruits fresh right over the cocktail. Cocktails made with
hot coffee or hot chocolate, such as Irish Cream Coffee
and Black Forest Hot Chocolate may be topped with
whipped cream, and the garnished with grated
chocolate, cocoa powder or a maraschino cherry.
You can also float the garnish on the surface of the
cocktail. Float coffee beans on frothy cocktails. Also
float citrus spirals and thin fruit wheels on various
cocktails, not just frothy ones.
Frothy cocktail with grated dark
chocolate garnish
Persimmon wheel
floating in cocktail
36. Tips
- Always have garnishes prepared and ready before making
cocktails.
- Practice making the garnishes before making actual cocktails
- There are many variations on certain cocktail recipes, and
garnishes will vary according to the recipe
- Always use fresh, sanitary ingredients for garnishes, as the
garnishes are foods and are meant to be consumed.
Warnings
- Knives and other garnishing tools are sharp and may cause
injury if not handled property and with care
- No matter what kind of knife you are using, always make
sure it’s sharp. A dull knife tends to do more harm than
good
Things You’ll Need
- Garnishing tools (grater, paring knife, channel knife tool for citrus spirals)
- Various garnishes (depending on your drinks)- maraschino cherries, citrus fruits, etc.
