BARSMARTS FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Sazerac - ✔✔2 oz rye
2 dashes Peychaud's
splash absinthe (Pernod 68)
0.5 oz simple syrup (or 1 sugar cube and water)
Lemon twist
Chill 1 old fashioned glass. In other, combine rye, simple and bitters, stir. Dump ice from
first glass. Splash absinthe and swirl. Dump absinthe. Strain second glass into first
glass and twist lemon peel over top.
✔✔Sidecar - ✔✔1.5 oz cognac (Martell VS, VSOP)
.75 oz cointreau
.5 - .75 oz lemon juice
Shake, cocktail glass with sugar rim, orange peel.
✔✔Stinger - ✔✔2 oz cognac (Martell VS, VSOP, or Cordon Bleu)
1 oz white creme de menthe
Shake, cocktail glass -or- old fashioned glass with crushed ice. - One of the only drinks
that is shaken and 100% pure liquor.
✔✔Whiskey Sour - ✔✔2 oz bourbon or rye
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice
Shake, old fashioned glass (or sour glass), orange slice and cherry.
✔✔Bloody Mary - ✔✔1.5 oz Absolut vodka
2 dash Worcestershire
4 dash Tobasco
Pinch of salt & pepper
.25 oz fresh lemon juice
4 oz tomato juice
Combine in mixing glass. Roll into tin and back. Strain into iced goblet. Garnish: wedge
lemon, lime. Improvise.
(Ferdinand Petiot)
✔✔Caipirissima - ✔✔2 oz white rum
1.5 barspoons sugar or .75 simple syrup
half lime, quartered
, ✔✔Caipiroska - ✔✔2 oz vodka
1.5 barspoons sugar or .75 simple syrup
half lime, quartered
✔✔Silver Fizz - ✔✔1.5 oz gin
.75 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
egg white
club soda
Dry shake, shake, strain into a highball, no ice. No garnish
✔✔Hot Toddy - ✔✔2 oz single-malt Scotch
1 barspoon Demerara sugar (or .25 oz honey)
1 thin lemon peel
2-4 oz boiling water
Warm the mug or hot whiskey glass. Add sugar/honey, lemon peel and .5 oz water. Stir
to dissolve. Add whiskey and the rest of the water.
✔✔Emerald - ✔✔2 oz Johne Powers or Redbreast Irish whiskey
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dash Ango or Orange bitters
Garnish with orange twist
✔✔ Aviation - ✔✔2 oz Beefeater gin
.5 oz Maraschino
.5 oz lemon juice
Shake, cocktail glass, no garnish.
(Optional: reduce maraschino to 2 teaspoons and add 1 teaspoon crème de violettte)
✔✔Bellini - ✔✔1.5 oz white peach puree
4 oz Perrier-Jouët champagne
(optional .5 oz peach liqueur)
Put peach in bottom of mixing glass, no ice. Slowly add PJ while gently stirring,
dragging peach up sides. Strain into champagne flute.
(Optional: float 0.5 oz peach liquer)
✔✔Blood and Sand - ✔✔.75 oz Chivas Regal scotch
.75 oz Cherry Heering
.75 oz sweet vermouth
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Sazerac - ✔✔2 oz rye
2 dashes Peychaud's
splash absinthe (Pernod 68)
0.5 oz simple syrup (or 1 sugar cube and water)
Lemon twist
Chill 1 old fashioned glass. In other, combine rye, simple and bitters, stir. Dump ice from
first glass. Splash absinthe and swirl. Dump absinthe. Strain second glass into first
glass and twist lemon peel over top.
✔✔Sidecar - ✔✔1.5 oz cognac (Martell VS, VSOP)
.75 oz cointreau
.5 - .75 oz lemon juice
Shake, cocktail glass with sugar rim, orange peel.
✔✔Stinger - ✔✔2 oz cognac (Martell VS, VSOP, or Cordon Bleu)
1 oz white creme de menthe
Shake, cocktail glass -or- old fashioned glass with crushed ice. - One of the only drinks
that is shaken and 100% pure liquor.
✔✔Whiskey Sour - ✔✔2 oz bourbon or rye
.75 oz simple syrup
.75 oz lemon juice
Shake, old fashioned glass (or sour glass), orange slice and cherry.
✔✔Bloody Mary - ✔✔1.5 oz Absolut vodka
2 dash Worcestershire
4 dash Tobasco
Pinch of salt & pepper
.25 oz fresh lemon juice
4 oz tomato juice
Combine in mixing glass. Roll into tin and back. Strain into iced goblet. Garnish: wedge
lemon, lime. Improvise.
(Ferdinand Petiot)
✔✔Caipirissima - ✔✔2 oz white rum
1.5 barspoons sugar or .75 simple syrup
half lime, quartered
, ✔✔Caipiroska - ✔✔2 oz vodka
1.5 barspoons sugar or .75 simple syrup
half lime, quartered
✔✔Silver Fizz - ✔✔1.5 oz gin
.75 oz lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
egg white
club soda
Dry shake, shake, strain into a highball, no ice. No garnish
✔✔Hot Toddy - ✔✔2 oz single-malt Scotch
1 barspoon Demerara sugar (or .25 oz honey)
1 thin lemon peel
2-4 oz boiling water
Warm the mug or hot whiskey glass. Add sugar/honey, lemon peel and .5 oz water. Stir
to dissolve. Add whiskey and the rest of the water.
✔✔Emerald - ✔✔2 oz Johne Powers or Redbreast Irish whiskey
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dash Ango or Orange bitters
Garnish with orange twist
✔✔ Aviation - ✔✔2 oz Beefeater gin
.5 oz Maraschino
.5 oz lemon juice
Shake, cocktail glass, no garnish.
(Optional: reduce maraschino to 2 teaspoons and add 1 teaspoon crème de violettte)
✔✔Bellini - ✔✔1.5 oz white peach puree
4 oz Perrier-Jouët champagne
(optional .5 oz peach liqueur)
Put peach in bottom of mixing glass, no ice. Slowly add PJ while gently stirring,
dragging peach up sides. Strain into champagne flute.
(Optional: float 0.5 oz peach liquer)
✔✔Blood and Sand - ✔✔.75 oz Chivas Regal scotch
.75 oz Cherry Heering
.75 oz sweet vermouth
