Cocktail Anyone?!?

This is random but I found my old cocktail cheat sheet from my LA restaurant days! It is a list of the most commonly ordered cocktails. You may notice that there aren't any measurement and that is because ever glass is a different size and everyone likes drinks mixed the way they like drinks mixed... But I can give you these tips: 1. For a cocktail on the rocks, fill the glass with ice first and pack it! That way the drink won't fall short and that's just how the pro's do it! 2. Most cocktails are 1.5 oz or 2 oz of liquor and the rest filled with mixer. So for the first drink on the list Madras (for example), you'd fill your collins glass with ice, add 1.5 oz vodka and equal parts Cranberry and Orange Juice to almost fill the glass. Easy! 3. If you want to be exact just fill your martini glass, collins glass or whatever glass you have with water (and ice) and pour out an ounce at a time to see how many ounces it holds! 4. There are NO RULES, just go for it! Enjoy!

Basic Cocktail List ('On The Rocks'): 

Madras: Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Orange Juice

Bay Breeze: Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Pineapple Juice

Sea Breeze: Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice

Cape Cod: Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Lime Wedge

Greyhound: Vodka, Grapefruit Juice

Cuba Libre: Rum & Coke with a Lime Wedge

Fuzzy Navel: Vodka, Peach Schnapps, OJ

Mai Tai: White Rum, Pineapple Juice, OJ, Grenadine, Float of Dark Rum

Tom Collins: Gin or Vodka, Sweet & Sour Mix, Soda Water

Sex on the Beach: Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Pineapple Juice, Cranberry Juice

Screwdriver: Vodka, OJ

Tequila Sunrise: Tequila, OJ, Grenadine

7 and 7: Seagrams 7 (Whiskey) and 7up, Lemon Wedge

Gimlet: Gin or Vodka and Lime Juice (Roses Lime or Fresh squeezed  or both)

Kamikaze: 3/4 oz of each: Vodka, Triple Sec, Lime Juice (Rose's or Fresh Squeezed or a little of both)

Margarita: 1.5oz Tequila, 3/4oz Triple Sec, Fresh Lime Juice, fill with Sweet & Sour

Side Car: 2oz Brandy, 1/2oz Triple Sec, 1/2oz Lemon Juice

White Russian: Vodka, Kahlua, fill with cream

Black Russian: Vodka, Kahlua

Negroni: Equal parts Compari, Gin, & Sweet Vermouth

French Connection: Courvosier, Grand Marnier

Rusty Nail: Scotch, Drambuie

Melon Ball: Vodka, Midori, OJ

Scooby Snack: Malibu Rum, Midori, Pineapple Juice, Cream (on the rocks or a shot)

Colorado Bulldog: Vodka, Kahlua, Cream, Coke

Irish Car Bomb: Half Pint of Guinness, shot of Irish Cream & Irish Whisky dropped in & chugged.

Highball drinks (Basically they have more mixer in them so they need to be in a bigger glass)

Long Island Iced Tea: Vodka, Tequila, White Rum, Triple Sec, Gin, Sweet & Sour Mix, & Coke with a cherry & Lemon Wedge

Bloody Mary: Vodka, Tomato Juice or Mary Mix, dash of Worcester Sauce, dash of Tabasco, dash of fresh Lemon Juice, pepper, Salt rim on glass, garnish with celery and/or olives, lemon or lime, cheese, onions, whatever you like to eat in your drink!

Coffee Cocktails (Served Hot):

Keoke Coffee: Kahlua, Brandy, Coffee

Mexican Coffee: Tequila Kahlua, Coffee

Irish Coffee: Bushmills, Baileys, Coffee

Martini's (Served 'Up' in a Martini Glass):

Traditional Martini: Can be made with Gin or Vodka. Can be served 'Up' = in a chilled martini glass or 'On The Rocks' = over ice. It's usually garnished with olives but can be served with a twist of lemon, or cocktail onions (which is called a 'Gibson'), Dirty = adding some brine juice from the olive jar, Dry = little or no vermouth.  

Cosmopolitan: Vodka, Triple Sec, Cranberry Juice, Lime Juice with Lime Wedge

Lemon Drop: Vodka, Lemon Juice, Sugar cube, Triple Sec with Lemon Twist (Shake until sugar dissolves) (Can be a shot too)

Mojito: White Rum, Fresh Lime Juice or wedges, fresh mint, sugar (muddle all but the rum until sugar is mostly dissolved then add rum & ice, shake, strain into a martini glass lined with sugar, add wedge of lime, sprig of mint! (Can be served on the rocks too, just pour mix over ice, muddled mint included and top with Club Soda, garnish is the same.)

Manhattan: Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters, garnish with a cherry

French 75: Gin, Champagne, Lemon Juice, Sugar, twist of lemon. (Can be on the rocks too)

Appeltini or Apple Martini: Vodka with (usually) Apple Puckers and a cherry (Or you can use apple juice, cider, brandy or other apple liqueurs)

Nut's & Berries: Frangelico (Hazelnut Liquor), Chambord (Raspberry Liquor) and Cream shaken up in a Chocolate rimmed glass

Sparkling Drinks (Served in a Flute): 

Bellini: Pureed Peaches, Prosecco OR (in real life) Prosecco & Peaches Schnapps

Champagne Cocktail: Cube of Sugar, Bitters poured over sugar and topped with Champagne or Sparking Wine

Flirtini: Vodka, Champagne, Lime Juice, & Pineapple Juice

Kir Royal: Creme de Cassis topped with Champagne

Mimosa: Champagne and chilled OJ

*I did not include drinks in which all the ingredients are listed in the name (i.e. Rum & Coke, Vodka Soda, Gin & Tonic, Whiskey Sour, Jack n' Ginger, if you must Vodka & Redbull). 

* Feel free to turn martini's into cocktails and cocktails into martini's, shots can make good martini's too (Scooby Snack Martini, why not!?!).