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Duos and Trios: CHART 1

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Cream1 Godfather scotch amaretto2 Godson scotch amaretto cream3 Godmother vodka amaretto4 Goddaughter vodka amaretto cream

5 Chocolate Martini vodka white crème de cacao6 Alexander gin white crème de cacao cream7 Brandy Alexander cognac dark crème de cacao cream8 Planter's Cocktail rum Godiva Chocolate Liqueur9 Amaretto Alexander amaretto white crème de cacao cream

10 Pink Squirrel crème de noyau white crème de cacao cream11 Golden Cadillac galliano white crème de cacao cream12 Black Russian vodka Kahlua13 White Russian vodka Kahlua cream14 Mudslide vodka Kahlua Baileys15 Brave Bull tequila Kahlua16 Toasted Almond amaretto Kahlua cream

17 Stinger brandy white crème de cacao18 White Spider vodka white crème de cacao19 Grasshopper white crème de cacao green crème de cacao cream

20 French Connection cognac Grand Marnier21 Raspberry Martini raspberry vodka Grand Marnier22 Pacific Rim gin or vodka ginger liqueur23 Debonaire scotch ginger liqueur

Of particular note in this family is the bond that ties the Black and White Russians to the Mudslide. Could Bailey's be substituted for the cream in any of these Trios? It certainly looks that way.

Definition: Duos are composed of two ingredients, usually a base spirit and a liqueur, and are normally served in an old-fashioned glass.

Definition: Trios are Duos to which cream or a cream liqueur has been added.

Note: Not all Duos can be made into Trios. Not all Trios start out as Duos.


Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur1 Tremblement de Terre cognac absinthe2 Burnished Gold cognac Frangelico

3 Dubonnet Cocktail gin Dubonnet4 Starry Night gin Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps5 Alaska gin yellow Chartreuse6 Apple Martini gin or vodka green-apple schnapps

7 Irish Peach Cream peach vodka Baileys

8 Copper Swan Cocktail scotch apricot brandy9 Burnet scotch cherry brandy

10 Rusty Nail scotch Drambuie

The second chart in this family is composed entirely of Duos, tied together by their base ingredient. The room for expansion in this family is massive.



The most important Duos and Trios are in this chart; all are also listed in the previous charts.

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Cream1 Godfather scotch amaretto2 Godmother vodka amaretto3 Rusty Nail scotch Drambuie4 Dubonnet Cocktail gin Dubonnet5 Apple Martini gin or vodka green-apple schnapps6 Black Russian vodka Kahlua7 White Russian vodka Kahlua cream8 Mudslide vodka Kahlua Baileys9 Toasted Almond amaretto Kahlua cream

10 Chocolate Martini vodka white crème de cacao11 Alexander gin white crème de cacao cream12 Brandy Alexander cognac dark crème de cacao cream13 Stinger brandy white crème de cacao14 White Spider vodka white crème de cacao15 Grasshopper white crème de cacao green crème de cacao cream


Definition: Trios are Duos to which cream or a cream liqueur has been added.

Note: Not all Duos can be made into Trios. Not all Trios start out as Duos.

French-Italian Family: Gin and Vodka: CHART 1

Item Cocktail name Spirit Vermouth Juice Modifier Modifier1 Dry Martini gin or vodka dry vermouth

2 Gibson gin or vodka dry vermouth

3 Dirty Martini gin or vodka dry vermouth olive brine4 Third Degree gin dry vermouth absinthe

5 Vesper Martini gin or vodka Lillet

6 gin dry vermouth

7 Abbey Cocktail gin Lillet Angostura

8 Bronx Cocktail gin

9 gin Angostura

10 gin absinthe

11 gin triple sec Campari

12 Chanticleer gin dry vermouth triple sec

13 gin dry vermouth triple sec

14 gin dry vermouth

The similarities between the first five drinks here are obvious, but you should also pay attention to the following two, and to the band of three that follow them. The Caricature Cocktail makes a bridge for liqueurs to be introduced to this family, and the remaining drinks omit any fruit juices but remain fairly closely bound.

Definition: French-Italian drinks contain a distilled spirit and sweet or dry vermouth, sometimes both. They can be modified by other ingredients.

(onion garnish)

Riveredge Cocktail

orange juice

orange zest and orange bitters

orange juice

dry and sweet vermouth

orange juice

orange bitters

Income Tax Cocktail


orange juice

Maurice Cocktail


orange juice

Caricature Cocktail

sweet vermouth

grapefruit juice

Claridge Cocktail

apricot brandy

Pompier Cocktail

crème de cassis


Item Cocktail name Spirit Vermouth Juice Modifier Modifier

The similarities between the first five drinks here are obvious, but you should also pay attention to the following two, and to the band of three that follow them. The Caricature Cocktail makes a bridge for liqueurs to be introduced to this family, and the remaining drinks omit any fruit juices but remain fairly closely bound.


15 gin dry vermouth

16 Allies Cocktail gin dry vermouth kummel

17 Martinez gin Angostura

18 Bermuda Rose gin grenadine

Goldfish Cocktail

Danziger goldwasser

sweet vermouth

maraschino

sweet vermouth

apricot brandy



1 Dry Martini

2 Gibson

3 Dirty Martini olive brine

4 Vesper Martini Lillet

5 Bronx Cocktail gin

6 Martinez gin maraschino Angostura

The cocktails in the chart below, which are also listed in the previous chart, are the most important drinks in this family.


gin or vodka

dry vermouth

gin or vodka

dry vermouth

(onion garnish)

gin or vodka

dry vermouth

gin or vodka


orange juice

orange bitters

sweet vermouth

French-Italian Family: Whiskey and Brandy: Chart 1


1 Paddy Cocktail Angostura

2 Blackthorne

3 Manhattan bourbon Angostura

4 Rob Roy scotch Peychaud's

5 brandy Dubonnet absinthe

6 applejack brandy

7 Bobby Burns scotch Benedictine

8 bourbon Benedictine Angostura

9 bourbon

10 Blood and Sand scotch orange juice

11 Dubliner

12 Deadly Sin bourbon maraschino

13 bourbon Angostura

You should pay attention to a number of aspects in these formulas. Note the relationship between the Paddy Cocktail and the Blackthorne; the Bobby Burns and the Preakness; and the Remember the Maine and Blood and Sand. Also of note here are the similarities between Deadly Sin, created by a Spanish cocktailian, and the Millennium Manhatten, a creation of Mardee's and mine. Both drinks were conceived independently, but we all went in the same direction. The same thing happened with the Black Feather and the CEO Cocktails, the first created by Robert Hess, the second by Dr. Cocktail.


Irish Whiskey

sweet vermouth

Irish Whiskey

sweet vermouth

Angostura and absinthe

sweet vermouthsweet vermouth

Phoebe Snow Cocktail

Corpse Reviver No. 1

sweet vermouth

sweet vermouth

Preakness Cocktail

sweet vermouth

Remember the Maine

sweet vermouth

cherry brandy

Angostura and absinthe

sweet vermouth

cherry brandy

Irish Whiskey

sweet vermouth

Grand Marnier

orange bitters

sweet vermouth

orange bitters

Millennium Manhattan

sweet vermouth

peach schnapps



You should pay attention to a number of aspects in these formulas. Note the relationship between the Paddy Cocktail and the Blackthorne; the Bobby Burns and the Preakness; and the Remember the Maine and Blood and Sand. Also of note here are the similarities between Deadly Sin, created by a Spanish cocktailian, and the Millennium Manhatten, a creation of Mardee's and mine. Both drinks were conceived independently, but we all went in the same direction. The same thing happened with the Black Feather and the CEO Cocktails, the first created by Robert Hess, the second by Dr. Cocktail.


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15 Arawak Cocktail bourbon Angostura

16 applejack Dubonnet

17 brandy triple sec Angostura

18 CEO Cocktail brandy Lillet Blonde

Algonquin Cocktail

rye whiskey

dry vermouth

pineapple juice

dry vermouth

pineapple juice

tamarind juice

Princess Mary's Pride

dry vermouth

Bleack Feather Cocktail

dry vermouth

crème de cassis

orange bitters


This quartet of cocktails includes the most important drinks in this family.


1 Manhattan bourbon Angostura

2 Rob Roy scotch Peychaud's

3 Bobby Burns scotch Benedictine

4 Blood and Sand scotch


sweet vermouthsweet vermouthsweet vermouth

sweet vermouth

orange juice

cherry brandy

Highballs

Item Cocktail name Base Mixer Juice1 Bourbon and Branch bourbon bottled water2 Bourbon and Coke bourbon Coca-Cola3 Brandy and Soda brandy club soda4 Gin Rickey gin club soda lime juice5 Gin Buck gin ginger ale6 Gin and Tonic gin tonic water7 Jack and Coke Jack Daniel's Coca-Cola

8 Pimm's Cup Pimm's No. 1

9 Cuba Libre rum cola lime juice10 Dark and Stormy rum ginger beer

11 Presbyterian rye whiskey

12 Rye and Ginger rye whiskey ginger ale13 Scotch and Water scotch bottled water14 Scotch and Soda scotch club soda15 Mamie Taylor scotch ginger ale

16 Seven and Seven 7UP

17 Moscow Mule vodka ginger beer18 Vodka and Tonic vodka tonic water

This is, by definition, a simple family of drinks, and most of these formulas are obvious from the name of the drink. Note the lime juice in both the Gin Rickey and the Cuba Libre; it can be incorporated by squeezing extra wedges into the glass or by the addition of fresh juice, but it's an intergral part of both drinks.

Definition: Highballs are built in highball glasses; they call for a base spirit and a mixer, such as soda or water.

ginger ale, lemon-lime soda, or club soda

ginger ale, club soda

Seagram's Seven-Crown whiskey

Florida Highballs

Item Cocktail name Base Spirit Liqueur Juice Modifier1 Screwdriver vodka orange juice

2 Fuzzy Navel vodka orange juice

3 Harvey Wallbanger vodka Galliano orange juice

4 Freddie Fudpacker tequila Galliano orange juice

5 Tequila Sunrise tequila grenadine orange juice6 Bocce Ball amaretto orange juice

7 vodka sloe gin amaretto orange juice

8 Alabama Slammer sloe gin amaretto orange juice

9 Black-Eyed Susan vodka rum triple sec

10 Greyhound vodka

11 Salty Dog vodka

12 Salty Chihuahua tequila

13 Muddy Waters rum lime wedges

It's easy to see how these drinks come together as a family. It's also quite obvious that if one were to start substituting different liqueurs in some of these drinks, the family could explode.

Definition: Florida Highballs are mixed drinks built in a highball glass that contain orange or grapefruit juice, but not cranberry juice.

peach schnapps

Sloe Comfortable Screw

Southern Comfort

orange juice, pineapple juice

grapefruit juicegrapefruit juice

salt-rimmed glass

grapefruit juice

salt-rimmed glass

grapefruit juice

New England Highballs

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Juice Juice

1 Cape Codder vodka

2 Sea Breeze vodka

3 Bay Breeze rum

4 Madras vodka orange juice

5 Sex on the Beach vodka peach schnapps orange juice

6 Woo Woo vodka peach schnapps

The New Englanders are a small family, but it's fun to look at how secondary juices are introduced; then comes peach schnapps, and finally the Woo Woo holds on to the schnapps but decides against a second juice.

Definition: All New England Highballs contain cranberry juice and are built in a highball glass.

cranberry juicecranberry juice

grapefruit juice

cranberry juice

pineapple juice

cranberry juicecranberry juicecranberry juice

Florida Meets New England

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Juice Juice

1 Greyhound Florida vodka

2 Sea Breeze New England vodka

3 Fuzzy Navel Florida vodka orange juice

4 New England vodka orange juice

This small chart points out what can happen to Floridian Highballs when they visit New England.

Highball Family

grapefruit juice

cranberry juice

grapefruit juice

peach schnapps

Sex on the Beach

peach schnapps

cranberry juice

International Coffees

BUILD the drink with 4 to 5 ounces of hot coffee in an Irish coffee glass.

Item Name Liquor or Liqueur 1 Liquor or Liqueur 2

1 American No.1 Bourbon Peach Schnapps

2 American No.2 Bourbon Southern Comfort

3 American No. 3 Rye Whiskey Cinnamon Schnapps

4 American No. 4 Bourbon Wild Turkey Liqueur

5 Caribbean Spiced Rum Tia Maria

6 French Cognac Grand Marnier

7 Gaelic Scotch Drambuie or Glayva

8 German Jagermeister

9 Greek No. 1 Metaxa Simple Syrup

10 Greek No. 2 Ouzo

11 Italian No. 1 Frangelico

12 Italian No. 2 Amaretto

13 Italian No. 3 Limoncello

14 Jamaican No. 1 Dark Rum Tia Maria

15 Jamaican No. 2 Tia Maria

16 Keoke Brandy

17 Mexican Kahlua

18 New Orleans Rye Whiskey Herbsaint

19 Spanish Brandy de Jerez Cuarenta y Tres

Kahlua and dark crème de cacao (optional)

Sours: CHART 1

Item Cocktail name Base Modifier Juice

1 Amaretto Sour amaretto lemon juice

2 Apricot Sour lemon juice

3 gin lime juice simple syrup

4 Bennett Cocktail gin lime juice

5 Clover Club gin egg white lemon juice

6 Daiquiri rum lime juice simple syrup

7 Bacardi Cocktail lime juice grenadine

8 Jack Rose applejack lemon juice grenadine

9 El Presidente rum grenadine

10 Tropical Cocktail rum

11 rum lime juice simple syrup

12 lime juice, lemon juice simple syrup

13 Bolero Cocktail orange juice lime juice simple syrup

14 Apple Sidecar vodka apple brandy lemon juice tangerine juice

15 Lemon Drop lemon juice simple syrup

In this, the first of the Sour families, it's best to separate the drinks by base liquor--you can see at a glance how similar many of these drinks are. The curveball here is the Jack Rose, which I placed among the rums just to illustrate that it's a Bacardi Cocktail made with applejack as a base.

Definition: Sours contain a base liquor, lime or lemon juice, and a non-alcoholic sweetening agent, such as simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice. If a base of a sour is a liqueur, no additional sweetening agent is required.

Sweetening Agent

apricot brandy

Delicious Cocktail

simple syrup, Angostura

raspberry syrup

rum (Bacardi)

lime juice, pineapple juice


grenadine, Angostura

Old San Juan Sour

cranberry juice

Fish House Cocktail

rum and brandy

peach brandy

rum and brandy

citrus vodka

Sours: CHART 1


In this, the first of the Sour families, it's best to separate the drinks by base liquor--you can see at a glance how similar many of these drinks are. The curveball here is the Jack Rose, which I placed among the rums just to illustrate that it's a Bacardi Cocktail made with applejack as a base.


Sweetening Agent

16 Tea Tini lemon juice sweet iced tea

17 OP Lemonade OP vodka peach puree lemon juice simple syrup

18 Whiskey Sour bourbon lemon juice simple syrup

19 bourbon dry vermouth lemon juice

20 Ward Eight orange juice lemon juice grenadine

21 Pisco Sour egg white lemon juice

orange vodka

Scofflaw Cocktail

grenadine, orange bitters

rye whiskey

pisco brandy


Sours: CHART 2


1 Amaretto Sour amaretto lemon juice

2 Apricot Sour lemon juice

3 Daiquiri rum lime juice

4 Bacardi Cocktail rum (Bacardi) lime juice

5 Jack Rose applejack lemon juice6 Lemon Drop citrus vodka lemon juice7 Whiskey Sour bourbon lemon juice

8 Pisco Sour pisco brandy egg white lemon juice

The Sours in this chart, which also appear on the previous chart, are the most important drinks in this family.


apricot brandy

Sours: CHART 2

simple syrup

grenadine

grenadinesimple syrupsimple syrup

The Sours in this chart, which also appear on the previous chart, are the most important drinks

Sours contain a base liquor, lime or lemon juice, and a non-alcoholic sweetening agent, such as simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice. If a base of a sour is a liqueur, no

Sweetening Agent


International Sours: CHART 1

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Modifier Juice Modifier1 Stiletto bourbon amaretto lime juice

2 tequila amaretto lime juice

3 gin amaretto lemon juice Angostura

4 Delmarva No. 3 amaretto lemon juice

5 Canteen Marini rum amaretto lime juice

6 Charlie Chaplin sloe gin lime juice

7 rum sloe gin lime juice

8 Hop Toad rum lime juice Angostura

9 English Rose gin lemon juice grenadine

10 Paradise Cocktail gin lemon juice

11 gin lemon juice

12 Delmarva No. 2 lemon juice

13 El Floridita No. 2 rum lime juice grenadine

14 vodka lemon juice grenadine

15 Aviation Cocktail gin lemon juice

When these drinks are arranged by the secondary ingredient, their similarities immediately become apparent.

Definition: International Sours call for a base liquor and either lime or lemon juice, and are sweetened by a liqueur, another fruit juice, or both.

Disaronno Margarita

Jockey Club Cocktail

rye whiskey

dry vermouthSouthern Comfort

apricot brandy

Millionaire Cocktail No. 4

apricot brandy

apricot brandyapricot brandy

dry vermouth

apricot brandy

orange juice

Twentieth-Century Cocktail

white crème de cacao

dry vermouth

rye whiskey


dry vermouth


sweet vermouth

Kretchma Cocktail


maraschino liqueur


Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Modifier Juice Modifier

When these drinks are arranged by the secondary ingredient, their similarities immediately become apparent.


16 El Floridita No. 1 rum lime juice simple syrup

17 An Apple a Day gin simple syrup

18 tequila lime juice

19 gin lemon juice

maraschino liqueur

maraschino liqueur

apple liqueur

lime juice, grapefruit juice

Millionaire's Margarita

Grand Marnier

Leap-Year Cocktail

Grand Marnier

sweet vermouth


The remaining International Sours.

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Other Juice Other

1 Chatham Cocktail gin

2 Delmarva Cocktail

3 Gotham Cocktail brandy

4 Modernista absinthe

5 RBS Special kummel grenadine

6 bourbon

7 Fernandito Chambord

8 Bistro Sidecar brandy Tuaca Frangelico

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ginger liqueur

lemon juice

rye whiskey

white crème de menthe

dry vermouth

lemon juice

crème de cassis

dry vermouth

lemon juice

scotch and rum

lemon juice

orange bitters

rye whiskey

lemon juice

A Quick Little Pick-Me-Up

Branca Menta

lemon juice

simple syrup

spiced rum

lime juice, orange juice

lemon juice, tangerine juice

Chaya Candy Apple Cosmo

apple vodka

Cuarenta y Tres

lime juice, cranberry juice


Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Other Juice Other1 Stiletto bourbon amaretto lime juice

2 Aviation Cocktail gin

3 gin

4 rum sloe gin lime juice

5 El Floridita No. 1 rum lime juice

6 El Floridita No. 2 rum lime juice grenadine

All these formulas are listed on the previous two charts, but these are the most important International Sours to the cocktailian bartender.


maraschino liqueur

lemon juice

Twentieth-Century Cocktail


dry vermouth

lemon juice

Millionaire Cocktail No. 4

apricot brandy

maraschino liqueur

simple syrup


sweet vermouth

New Orleans Sours: CHART 1

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Other Juice1 Margarita tequila triple sec lime juice

2 Sidecar brandy triple sec lemon juice

3 Cacharita triple sec lime juice

4 triple sec lemon juice

5 Crux Cocktail brandy triple sec lemon juice

6 Classic Cocktail brandy triple sec lemon juice

7 Cherry Blossom brandy triple sec lemon juice

8 brandy triple sec lemon juice

9 calvados triple sec orange juice lemon juice

10 Kamikaze vodka triple sec lime juice

11 triple sec lime juice

12 Cosmopolitan triple sec lime juice

13 Metropolitan triple sec lime juice


15 Marin-i-tini vodka triple sec lime juice

16 Lola Martini OP vodka triple sec lime juice

It's obvious that this is a very important family--look who's here: the Margarita, the Sidecar, the Cosmopolitan, the Metropolitan, and the Kamikaze. This chart displays how relatively simple it is to take a proven formula and run with it.

Definition: New Orleans Sours call for a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, and triple sec or another orange-flavored liqueur, such as curacao.

pisco brandy

Deauville Cocktail

brand and applejack

Dubonnet Rouge

maraschino liqueur

cherry brandy

East India Cocktail

pineapple juice

Calvados Cocktail

Footloose Cocktail

raspberry vodka

citrus vodka

cranberry juice

currant vodka

cranberry juice

Rosebud Cocktail

citrus vodka

grapefruit juice

peach schnappscranberry juice


Other

Angostura

orange bitters

Peychaud's

blue curacao

It's obvious that this is a very important family--look who's here: the Margarita, the Sidecar, the Cosmopolitan, the Metropolitan, and the Kamikaze. This chart displays how relatively simple

New Orleans Sours call for a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, and triple sec or

elderflower syrup


Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Other Juice Other

1 rum triple sec lime juice

2 Missing Link rum triple sec lemon juice

3 triple sec lemon juice

4 citrus rum triple sec lime juice Angostura

5 rum triple sec lime juice

6 gin triple sec lime juice

7 gin triple sec lime juice

8 gin triple sec grenadine lemon juice

9 gin triple sec Lillet lemon juice absinthe

10 Maiden's Prayer gin triple sec orange juice lemon juice Angostura


12 Oriental Cocktail triple sec lemon juice

The rest of the New Orleans Sours. It's no coincidence that both whiskey-based drinks in this family call for sweet vermouth; the James Joyce was based on the Oriental.


Mount Gay Rumrita

Between the Sheets

rum and brandy

Caribbean Cosmopolitan

cranberry juice, pineapple juice

Beachcomber Cocktail

maraschino liqueur

Big Pine Key Cocktail

Pegu Club Cocktail

Angostura and orange bitters

Maiden's Blush Cocktail

Corpse Reviver No. 2

James Joyce Cocktail

Irish whiskey

sweet vermouth

rye whiskey

sweet vermouth


Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Other Juice

1 Margarita tequila triple sec lime juice

2 Sidecar brandy triple sec lemon juice

3 Kamikaze vodka triple sec lime juice

4 Cosmopolitan citrus vodka triple sec cranberry juice lime juice

5 Metropolitan currant vodka triple sec cranberry juice lime juice

6 Pink Lemonade citrus rum triple sec cranberry juice lemon juice

All these formulas are in Chart 1, but these are the most important drinks in the New Orleans Sour family--a six-pack that every cocktailian bartender should know.


Sparkling Sours

Item Base Other Juice

1 Apricot Fizz club soda

2 John Collins bourbon simple syrup club soda

3 Tom Collins gin simple syrup club soda

4 sloe gin simple syrup club soda

5 rum sloe gin lime juice club soda

6 club soda

7 triple sec cola

8 gin Benedictine kirsch club soda

9 gin club soda

10 gin simple syrup club soda

As you can see from this chart, Tom and John Collins have a third brother in the Sloe Gin Fizz. Those three drinks, along with the Singapore Sling No. 2 and the Long Island Iced Tea, are the most important drinks in this family. The Ramos Gin Fizz is also a handy formula to have memorized.

Definition: Sparkling Sours contain a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, a sweetening agent, and a carbonated beverage.

Cocktail name

Sweetening Agent

Sparkling Beverage

apricot brandy

lemon juice

lemon juice

lemon juice

Sloe Gin Fizz lemon juice

Carbonated Piston Slinger

Pretty in Pink

Van Gogh Wild Appel Vodka

crème de noyau

lemon juice

Long Island Iced Tea

vodka, gin, rum, and tequila

lemon juice

Singapore Sling No. 1

lemon juice

Singapore Sling No. 2

Benedictine and triple sec

cherry brandy


Ramos Gin Fizz

lime juice, lemon juice

Sparkling Sours

Item Base Other Juice

As you can see from this chart, Tom and John Collins have a third brother in the Sloe Gin Fizz. Those three drinks, along with the Singapore Sling No. 2 and the Long Island Iced Tea, are the most important drinks in this family. The Ramos Gin Fizz is also a handy formula to have memorized.

Definition: Sparkling Sours contain a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, a sweetening agent, and a carbonated beverage.

Cocktail name

Sweetening Agent

Sparkling Beverage

11 gin Benedictine club sodaMaravel Sling

lemon juice, mango nectar

Sparkling Sours

Other

Angostura

As you can see from this chart, Tom and John Collins have a third brother in the Sloe Gin Fizz. Those three drinks, along with the Singapore Sling No. 2 and the Long Island Iced Tea, are the most important drinks in this family. The Ramos Gin Fizz is also a handy formula to

Sparkling Sours contain a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, a sweetening agent,

Angostura and orange bitters

cream, egg white, orange-flower water

Sparkling Sours

Other

As you can see from this chart, Tom and John Collins have a third brother in the Sloe Gin Fizz. Those three drinks, along with the Singapore Sling No. 2 and the Long Island Iced Tea, are the most important drinks in this family. The Ramos Gin Fizz is also a handy formula to

Sparkling Sours contain a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, a sweetening agent,

Angostura, tamarind juice

Squirrel Sours

Item Cocktail name Base Liqueur Juice

1 British Squirrel gin crème de noyau lime juice

2 Carribean Squirrel rum crème de noyau lemon juice

3 Dutch Squirrel crème de noyau lemon juice

4 French Squirrel brandy crème de noyau lemon juice

5 Irish Squirrel Irish whiskey crème de noyau lemon juice

6 Kentucky Squirrel bourbon crème de noyau lemon juice

7 Maryland Squirrel rye whiskey crème de noyau lemon juice

8 Mexican Squirrel tequila crème de noyau lime juice

9 New Jersey Squirrel applejack crème de noyau lemon juice

10 Russian Squirrel vodka crème de noyau lime juice

11 Scottish Squirrel scotch crème de noyau lemon juice

This simple category is easy to remember. I named the drinks for the country or state most representative of the base spirit; the "squirrel," of course, is derived from the nutty flavor of crème de noyau.

Definition: Squirrel Sours call for a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, and crème de noyau or another nut-flavored liqueur.

Van Gogh Wild Appel Vodka

Item Family Definition

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2 Bottled Cocktails

3 Champagne Cocktails

4 Cobblers

5 Duos and Trios

6 French-Italian Drinks

7 Frozen Drinks

Beer- And Cider-Based Mixed Drinks

Beer- and cider-based mixed drinks contain beer or cider; it doesn't matter what ratio the beer or cider has to any other ingredient or groups of other ingredients.

Bottled cocktails are mixed drinks made for gatherings and parties, usually in advance of the event. Water should be added to the recipe to compensate for the lack of ice meltage present in cocktails mixed in a shaker or mixing glass.

Champagne Cocktails are drinks that contain champagne or any other sparkling wine, no matter what ratio the champagne has to any other ingredient or groups of ingredients.

Cobblers call for a base liquor and a sweetening agent, such as simple syrup, grenadine, or a liqueur; they are built in glasses filled to the brim with crushed ice and are garnished with an abundance of fruits.

Duos are composed of two ingredients, usually a base spirit and a liqueur, and are normally served in an old-fashioned glass. Trios are Duos to which cream or a cream liqueur has been added.

French-Italian drinks contain a distilled spirit and sweet or dry vermouth, sometimes both. They can be modified by other ingredients.

Frozen drinks, made in an electric blender, call for enough ice to achieve a semisolid consistency after being thoroughly blended.


8 Highballs

9 Highballs: Florida Highballs

10

11 Hot Drinks

12 Infusions

13 Jelly Shots Jelly Shots are drinks gelatinized by the addition of unflavored gelatin.

14 Juleps Depend on fresh mint as a flavoring agent, or simply as an aromatic garnish.

15 Milanese Drinks Use Campari as an ingredient.

16 Muddled Drinks

17 Orphans

Highballs are built in highball glasses; they call for a base spirit and a mixer, such as soda or water.

Florida Highballs are mixed drinks built in a highball glass that contain orange or grapefruit juice, but not cranberry juice.

Highballs: New England Highballs

All New England Highballs contain cranberry juice and are built in a highball glass.

Muddled drinks are made by crushing some of the ingredients with a wooden muddler, or pestle, before adding ice and spirits.

Those that don't fit into a family. Include the Sazerac, the Gimlet, the Kir, and the Monkey Gland Cocktail.


18 Pousse-Cafes

19 Punches

20 Snappers

21 Sours

22 Sours: International Sours

23 Sours: New Orleans Sours

24 Sours: Sparkling Sours

25 Sours: Squirrel Sours

Pousse-Cafes are drinks made by floating one ingreient on top of another, or several others, to create a multilayered effect.

Punches are mixed drinks made in large quantities for parties and other social gatherings.

Snappers are mixed drinks made with savory ingredients such as tomato juice, beef bouillon, and clam juice and seasoned with a variety of condiments.

Sours contain a base liquor, lime or lemon juice, and a non-alcoholic sweetening agent, such as simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice. If a base of a sour is a liqueur, no additional sweetening agent is required.

International Sours call for a base liquor and either lime or lemon juice, and are sweetened by a liqueur, another fruit juice, or both.

New Orleans Sours call for a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, and triple sec or another orange-flavored liqueur, such as curacao.

Sparkling Sours contain a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, a sweetening agent, and a carbonated beverage.

Squirrel Sours call for a base spirit, lemon or lime juice, and crème de noyau or another nut-flavored liqueur.


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