Classic recipes

Kir Origin
Crème de cassis 25 Milliliters
Chardonnay 75 Milliliters A cocktail dated back to 1904 known as the Cassis Blanc made
glass wine Café George, Dijon, France. It is named after Felix Kir (1876-
method build 1968), mayor of Dijon in Burgundy . It is simply known as Kir
due to its being promoted by the colorful politician and WWII
garnish cherry resistance hero. During his time as Mayor, he sought to
promote regional products at official function

knickerbocker Origin
Rum 45 Milliliters
Dry curacao 15 Milliliters
The name Knickerbocker originally referred to the style of
Raspberry syrup 30 Milliliters
pants, rolled up just below the knee that Dutch settlers wore.
Lime juice 45 Milliliters
The cocktail first appeared in Jerry Thomas' 1862 The
glass Highball
method Shake Bartender's Guide
garnish Berries of the season

Leap year Origin

Gin 40 Milliliters
Orange curacao 10 Milliliters The drink becomes a special at many bars on February 29 but
Italian vermouth 10 Milliliters is then forgotten for the next four years. Harry Craddock of the
Lemon juice 20 Milliliters Savoy Bar in London created the Leap Year cocktail to
glass Martini
celebrate February 29, 1928. The Savoy Cocktail Book insists
method Shaken
that this drink has been responsible for more proposals than
garnish Lemon peel any other cocktail that has ever been mixed

Lynchburg lemonade Origin

jack daniel 30 Milliliters
triple sec 15 Milliliters It was created and its name by Alabama restaurant and lounge
lemon juice 30 Milliliters owner Tony Mason in 1980. It was the subject of the 1987
simple syrup 10 Milliliters court case Mason v. Jack Daniel Distillery. Mason alleged that a
sprite 60 Milliliters Jack Daniel's distillery sales representative visited his
glass highball restaurant and somehow learned the recipe for the drink,
method shaken
which he contended
garnish lemon wedge

Maitai Origin
rum 45 Milliliters
orange curacao 15 Milliliters King of tiki cocktails. In 1934, Victor Jules Bergeron , or Trader
orgeat 10 Milliliters Vic as he become known, opened his first restaurant in
lime juice 30 Milliliters Oakland, San Francisco. He is best known for the rum based
glass old fashioned cocktails and particularly for the MaiTai. The story goes one
method shaken evening, in 1944, he tested a new drink on two friends from
Tahiti, Ham and Carrie Guild. After the first sip, Carrie is said to
garnish orange slice, pineapple triangle and cherry have exclaimed , 'mai tai - rao ae' which in Tahitian means out
of this world - the best ? Thus , Mai tai was created

Manhattan Origin
Rye 50 Milliliters
Italian vermouth 10 Milliliters A cocktail invented more than a century ago, with many
Angostura 2 dash different versions being passed down and put into print, it is
glass martini nearly impossible to nail down the one true recipe to rule them
method stir all, a plausible story comes from a book published in 1923,
Valentine's Manual of New York ' . In this a William F. Mulhall
who was a bartender at New York's Hoffman House in the
1880s recounts , The manhattan cocktail was invented by a
man named black who kept a place ten doors below Houston
street on Broadway in the 1860s- he said it is probably the
most famous drink in the world in its time
 A cocktail invented more than a century ago, with many
different versions being passed down and put into print, it is
nearly impossible to nail down the one true recipe to rule them
all, a plausible story comes from a book published in 1923,
Valentine's Manual of New York ' . In this a William F. Mulhall
who was a bartender at New York's Hoffman House in the
1880s recounts , The manhattan cocktail was invented by a
garnish orange or cherry man named black who kept a place ten doors below Houston
street on Broadway in the 1860s- he said it is probably the
most famous drink in the world in its time

Margarita Origin
Tequila 45 Milliliters
Triple sec 15 Milliliters In October 1941, Margarita Henkel visited Hussong's Cantina in
Lime juice 30 Milliliters Ensenada Mexico. The bartender there, Don Carlos, had been
glass margarita experimenting with drinks and offered her one of his recent
method shaken concoctions. The drink was made with equal parts tequila,
Controy ( a mexican orange liqueur now known as Naranja in
the US) and lime . It was served in a salt- rimmed glass over
ice. Don Carlos named the drink after Margarita , as she was
the first to try it
garnish lime wheel

Martinez Origin
Gin 50 Milliliters
french vermouth 20 Milliliters
italian vermouth 10 Milliliters Drink historian broadly agree that the Martinez evolved from
cherry liqueur 5 Milliliters the Manhattan and preceded the Martini and that it emerged
angostura 1 dash sometime in the 1860s or early 1870s. First known recipe for a
glass martini Martinez in O.H. Byron's 1884 The Modern Bartender would
method stir appear to corroborate both its morphing from the Manhattan
and its birth period, as rather a stand- alone recipe, Byron lists
garnish orange peel the Martinez as a variation of the Manhattan

Dry Martini Origin

gin 50 Milliliters
french vermouth 10 Milliliters No one really knows the Martini's origins, but the widely
orange bitters 1 dash accepted theory is that it evolved from the Martinez , which in
glass martini turn evolved from the Manhattan. First known written recipe
method stir for a Martini in Harry Johnson second edition of his 1888
Bartender Manual listing old tom gin, sweet vermouth, orange
curacao, gum, boker's bitters and a lemon twist. Over time, the
garnish lemon peel / olive martini turns progressively drier. Remember, the martini, like
the Martinez morphed from the initially sweet, hence the need
to distinguish its descendant as a Dry Martini

Mary Pickford Origin

Rum 45 Milliliters
cherry liqueur 15 Milliliters
pineapple juice 10 Milliliters A prohibition Era cocktail named after the famed silent movie
grenadine 25 Milliliters actress. It is attributed to Eddie Woelke, who fled to cuba
glass coup during Prohibition. First appeared in print in 1928's When it's
method Shaken cocktail time in Cuba by Basil woon
garnish brandied cherry

mimosa Origin
champagne 75 Milliliters
orange juice 60 Milliliters
A cocktail with much disputed history, Mimosa is said to have
glass flute
been created in 1925 by Frank Meier at the Ritz hotel in Paris
method build
garnish orange peel

Mint julep Origin

bourbon 50 Milliliters
mint 10 piece Its origin are from the Arab world centuries ago. An arabic
simple syrup 15 Milliliters drink called Julab, made with water and rose petals. Mint julep
glass pewter first mention in print in 1803 described as "dram of spirituos
method build liquor that has mint in it where it was once made with spirits
like rum and brandy, taken by the Virginians in the morning. In
1938, Mint Julep became the official drink of the Kentucky
garnish mint leave Derby. Most historians believe that the Mint Julep was
developed with the Virginian high society during the late 1700s
to 1800s

Mojito Origin
rum 50 Milliliters
lime juice 15 Milliliters The predecessor to the cocktail El Draque and reportedly the
mint leave 10 piece oldest the cocktail ever dated. In 1586, a fleet of English ship
soda 30 Milliliters
commanded by Sir Francis Drake was stranded near Havana.
simple syrup 15 Milliliters
The ships were full of gold but the crew were too sick to sail or
glass highball
method build more importantly fight. Considering the number of natives that
were out for their blood. According to legend, Drake took local
medicine such as mint, lime, bark from the chuchuhuasi tree
soaked in rum and cane sugar, dubbed the El Draque, is
garnish mint leave credited with curing the sailors. El draque bears a striking
resemblance with the drink now known as the mojito

Monkey gland Origin

gin 45 Milliliters
orange juice 30 Milliliters Credited to Harry McElhone , the fame proprietor of Harry's
Absinthe 1 dash New York Bar in Paris , the drink's name was inspired by
Grenadine 10 Milliliters experiments the surgeon Serge Voronoff performed male
glass coupette enhancement surgeries by transplanting monkey parts into
method shaken rich old man who believed the procedures would help them
regain lost virility
garnish
lemon swirl

Moscow mule Origin

Vodka 40 Milliliters
Ginger beer The moscow mule was invented circa 1941, and although
120 Milliliters
lime 10 Milliliters Martin often said that he and Jack Morgan, owner of the Los
Angeles British pub Cock n Bull , created the drink, such might
glass copper mug
method build not actually be the case. According to a 2007 article in the Wall
street journal penned by the reliable Eric Feltonm the cock n
bull head bartender Wes Price also laid claim to the recipe.
What we do know for certain is that Martin had bought the
rights to Smirnoff for Heublein in the late 1930s. Vodka wasn't
very popular in the states back then. And it's well known that
had ordered far too much ginger beer for his bar and was also
garnish nil
having trouble getting rid of it. Morgan apparently had a
girlfriend who owned a company that made copper products ,
so the copper Moscow mule mugs were relatively easy to
come by for him. Bottom line he just wanted to clean out his
basement