BARTENDING 101 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
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✔✔Tom Collins - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of gin, 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice, one shot of simple syrup and
shake.
3. Return mix to glass and fill with lemon & lime soda.
4. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.
✔✔John Collins - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of whiskey, 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice, one shot of simple syrup
and shake.
3. Return mix to glass and fill with lemon & lime soda.
4. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.
✔✔Vodka Collins - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of vodka, 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice, one shot of simple syrup and
shake.
3. Return mix to glass and fill with lemon & lime soda.
4. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.
✔✔Cuba Librė - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of rum.
3. Fill glass with cola.
4. Garnish with a lime.
✔✔Old Fashioned - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucket
1. Place orange slice and a cherry in the glass. Fill glass with ice.
2. Muddle mix until fruit is crushed.
3. Add one shot of whiskey to the glass.
4. Fill glass with soda water.
✔✔Surfer on Acid - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of Jagermeister ™ and one half shot of coconut rum.
, 3. Fill glass with pineapple juice.
4. Garnish with a pineapple. This drink can also be served as a chilled shot with less
pineapple.
✔✔Rusty Nail - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Rocks or Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of scotch and one half shot of Dramboie ™
3. No garnish.
✔✔Snakebite - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & mixer
Glass: Rocks or Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of Yukon Jack ™ Canadian Whiskey.
3. Add one half shot of lime juice.
4. No garnish.
✔✔Dirty Mother - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucker or Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of brandy and one half shot of coffee liquor.
3. Fill glass with half & half.
4. Garnish with a cherry.
✔✔Root Beer Float - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins or Pint
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of Galliano ™ and one half shot of vodka.
3. Fill glass with equal parts cola and half & half.
4. Garnish with a cherry.
✔✔Dead Nazi - ✔✔Glass: Shot or Rocks
1. Shake over ice one shot of Jagermeister ™ and one half shot of peppermint
schnapps.
2. Strain into glass.
✔✔Brain Hemorrhage - ✔✔Glass: Shot or Rocks
1. Pour one shot of peach schnapps into glass.
2. Pouring over a spoon or cherry, add one half shot of Irish cream into the center of the
glass. It will float on the schnapps and create a blob.
3. Into blob, add a dash of grenadine.
✔✔Buttery Nipple - ✔✔Glass: Rocks or Shot
1. Mix in glass, one shot of Irish cream and one half shot of butterscotch schnapps.
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✔✔Tom Collins - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of gin, 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice, one shot of simple syrup and
shake.
3. Return mix to glass and fill with lemon & lime soda.
4. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.
✔✔John Collins - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of whiskey, 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice, one shot of simple syrup
and shake.
3. Return mix to glass and fill with lemon & lime soda.
4. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.
✔✔Vodka Collins - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of vodka, 2 ounces of lemon or lime juice, one shot of simple syrup and
shake.
3. Return mix to glass and fill with lemon & lime soda.
4. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.
✔✔Cuba Librė - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of rum.
3. Fill glass with cola.
4. Garnish with a lime.
✔✔Old Fashioned - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucket
1. Place orange slice and a cherry in the glass. Fill glass with ice.
2. Muddle mix until fruit is crushed.
3. Add one shot of whiskey to the glass.
4. Fill glass with soda water.
✔✔Surfer on Acid - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of Jagermeister ™ and one half shot of coconut rum.
, 3. Fill glass with pineapple juice.
4. Garnish with a pineapple. This drink can also be served as a chilled shot with less
pineapple.
✔✔Rusty Nail - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Rocks or Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of scotch and one half shot of Dramboie ™
3. No garnish.
✔✔Snakebite - ✔✔Basic Form: Liquor & mixer
Glass: Rocks or Bucket
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of Yukon Jack ™ Canadian Whiskey.
3. Add one half shot of lime juice.
4. No garnish.
✔✔Dirty Mother - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Bucker or Collins
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of brandy and one half shot of coffee liquor.
3. Fill glass with half & half.
4. Garnish with a cherry.
✔✔Root Beer Float - ✔✔Basic Form: Double Liquor & Mixer
Glass: Collins or Pint
1. Fill glass with ice.
2. Add one shot of Galliano ™ and one half shot of vodka.
3. Fill glass with equal parts cola and half & half.
4. Garnish with a cherry.
✔✔Dead Nazi - ✔✔Glass: Shot or Rocks
1. Shake over ice one shot of Jagermeister ™ and one half shot of peppermint
schnapps.
2. Strain into glass.
✔✔Brain Hemorrhage - ✔✔Glass: Shot or Rocks
1. Pour one shot of peach schnapps into glass.
2. Pouring over a spoon or cherry, add one half shot of Irish cream into the center of the
glass. It will float on the schnapps and create a blob.
3. Into blob, add a dash of grenadine.
✔✔Buttery Nipple - ✔✔Glass: Rocks or Shot
1. Mix in glass, one shot of Irish cream and one half shot of butterscotch schnapps.
