BASIC TECHNIQUES IN MIXING

COCKTAILS
•DEFINITION:

•A mixture or blend of one or more

alcoholic beverages with one or more
non-alcoholic beverages served with
an appropriate garnish and
glassware.
METHODS:

o Built
o Shaken
o Stirred
o Blended
BAR EQUIPMENTS
CLASSIFICATIONS:

o Whisky based cocktails

o Gin based cocktails
o Vodka based cocktails
o Rum based cocktails
o Brandy based cocktails
o Tequila based cocktails
o Liqueur based cocktails
WHISKEY
BASED
COCKTAILS
OLD FASHIONED MINT JULEP

Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 2 oz Bourbon Whiskey • 2 ½ oz Bourbon Whiskey
• 1 tsp Sugar • 1 tsp Caster Sugar
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitter • 4-6 Fresh Mint Leaves
• 1 splash Soda Water • 2 tsp Soda Water
• Top-up with Ice Cubes • Crushed Ice

Glassware: Glassware:
• Old Fashioned Glass • Tall Glass

Garnish: Garnish:
• Lemon Twist • Mint Spring
• Maraschino Cherry
• Orange Wedge
HIGHBALL WHISKEY SOUR

Ingredients:
Ingredients: • 2 oz Blended Whisky
• 1 ½ oz Bourbon Whiskey • ½ tsp Powdered Sugar
• Top-up with Ginger Ale • Juice of ½ Lemon
• Ice Cubes • ½ White of Egg
• Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Tall or Old Fashioned Glass Glassware:
• Old Fashioned or Sour Glass
Garnish:
• Lemon Twist /Peel Garnish:
• Mint Leaves • Lemon twist/slice
• Maraschino Cherry
GIN
BASED
COCKTAILS
GIMLET PINK GIN

Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 2 oz Gin • 2 oz Plymouth Gin
• ½ oz Lime Juice • 3 dashes Angostura Bitter
• Ice Cubes • Iced Water

Glassware: Glassware:
• Cocktail Glass • Cocktail Glassware or Paris
Goblet
Garnish:
• Lemon Slice Garnish:
• Maraschino Cherry
MARTINI GIN SLING

Ingredients:
Ingredients:
• 2 oz Gin
• 1 ½ oz Gin
• Juice of ½ Lemon
• ½ oz Vermouth
• 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
• Ice Cubes
• 1 tsp Soda Water
• Top-up with Ice Cubes
Glassware:
• Martini Glass
Glassware:
• Old Fashioned or Tall Glass
Garnish:
• Stuffed Green
Garnish:
Olive
• Twist of Orange or Lemon
Peel
RUM
BASED
COCKTAIL
DAIQUIRI BLUE HAWAIIAN

Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz white rum • 1 oz white rum
• 1 tsp lime juice • 1 oz blue curacao
• 1 tsp powdered sugar • 1 oz coconut cream
• Ice cubes • 2 oz pineapple juice
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail glass Glassware:
• Highball or cocktail glass
Garnish:
• Lemon slice Garnish:
• Orange peel • Pineapple slice
• Maraschino cherry
MOJITO
CUBA LIBRE
Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz light rum • 2 oz white rum
• 3 mint leaves • Cola
• 2 tsp sugar • ½ juice of lime
• 3 tbsp fresh lime juice • Ice cubes
• Club soda
• Ice cubes Glassware:
• Highball glass
Glassware:
• Parfait glass Garnish:
• Lemon slice
Garnish:
• Lemon slice
• Mint leaves
VODKA
BASED
COCKTAIL
BLOODY MARY BLUE LAGOON

Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 1 ½ oz vodka • 1 oz vodka
• 3 oz tomato juice • 1 oz blue curacao
• 1 dash lemon juice • Top-up with lemonade
• ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce • Crushed ice
• 2-3 drops tabasco sauce
• Pinch of pepper powder Glassware:
• Pinch of celery salt • Highball glass

Glassware: Garnish:
• Salt-rim old fashioned glass • Half orange wheel

Garnish:
• Celery stick
KAMIKAZE MOSCOW MULE

Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 1 part vodka • 2 oz vodka
• 1 part triple-sec • 2 oz lime juice
• 1 part lime juice • 8 oz ginger ale
• Ice • Ice cubes

Glassware: Glassware:
• Shot glass • Old fashioned glass

Garnish: Garnish:
• Lemon jest or half • Lemon wedge
wheel
BRANDY
BASED
COCKTAIL
BRANDY ALEXANDER BETWEEN THE SHEETS

Ingredients:
Ingredients: • 1 oz brandy
• 1 oz brandy • 1 oz light rum
• 1 oz crème de cacao • 1 oz triple-sec
• 1 oz light cream • 1 oz lemon juice
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Martini glass Glassware:
• Cocktail glass
Garnish:
• Grated nutmeg Garnish:
• Twist of lemon rind
 SIDECAR
FRENCH CONNECTION

Ingredients:
Ingredients:
• 1 measure cognac
• 1 oz brandy
• 1 measure amaretto
• ¾ oz triple-sec
• Ice cubes
• ½ lemon juice
Glassware:
Glassware:
• Old fashioned glass
• Martini glass
Garnish:
Garnish:
• Maraschino cherry
• Quarter lemon slice
(optional)
TEQUILA
BASED
COCKTAIL
TEQUILA SUNRISE MARGARITA

Ingredients: Ingredients:
• 2 measure tequila • 1 ½ oz tequila
• Top-up with orange juice • ½ oz triple-sec
• 2 dashes grenadine syrup • 1 oz lime juice
• Crushed ice • Salt for rimming
• Crushed ice
Glassware:
• Highball glass Glassware:
• Margarita glass
Garnish:
• Lemon wedge Garnish:
• Lemon wheel
TEQUILA SUNSET LONG ISLAND ICE TEA
Ingredients:
• 1 oz tequila Ingredients:
• ½ oz tequila
• 2 oz orange juice
• ½ oz vodka
• ½ oz blackberry
• ½ oz light rum
brandy
• ½ oz gin
• Ice cubes
• 1 splash cola
• Ice cubes
Glassware:
• Cocktail glass
Glassware:
• Collins glass
Garnish:
• Lemon peel
Garnish:
• Lemon wedge
• Twist of lime peel
LIQUEUR
BASED
COCKTAIL
 GRASSHOPPER FLAMING B-52
GOLDEN DREAM

Ingredients: Ingredients: Ingredients:

• ¾ oz crème de • 10 ml kalhua • 2 oz galliano
menthe • 10 ml amaretto • 1 oz crème de cacao
• ¾ oz crème de cacao • 10 ml bailey’s irish cream • ½ oz triple-sec
• ¾ oz light cream • 3 oz orange juice
Glassware: • 3 oz light cream
Glassware: • Shot glass • Ice cubes
• Champagne saucer
Garnish: Glassware:
• Mostly, served flambeed • Cocktail glass
 BASIC TECHNIQUES
IN
DECORATING COCKTAILS
 COMMON EDIBLE GARNISHES USED IN COCKTAIL:

1. Orange 3. Cherry

2. Pineapple 4. Lime
5. Lemon 7. Orchid

6. Olives
8. Apple
•Cocktail garnishes are decorative ornaments
that add character or style to a mixed drink, most
notably to cocktails.
A large variety of cocktail garnishes are
used. Many rum-based cocktails,
especially those with fruit flavors, tend to
be decorated with tropical-themed
garnishes or slices of fruit. Tequila-based
drinks favor limes and other circuits
fruits. Gin-and vodka-based drinks tend
toward garnishes with a more dignified
flair, unless they are variations of a fruity
rum-based drink. Whiskey-and brandy-
based drinks tend toward minimal
garnishment, if any. Restaurant chains
and hotel bars tend to use larger and more
ostentatious garnishes, and neighborhood
bars tend to go the other extreme.
•Lemon wedges and wheel,
paring knife, channel knife tool
1. Obtain the proper garnishing tools.
and the makings of lemon
Most garnishes can be made with a paring
spirals, dark chocolate square
knife, but it is helpful to have a channel
and microplane grater.
knife tool and a grater. A larger knife may
be needed if larger fruits are to be
prepared, such as oranges and pineapples.
Channel knife tools are used to make
twists and spirals from circuits fruits,
while a greater enables one to grate
ingredients such as chocolate and nutmeg
fresh right over the cocktail. A grater can
also be used to grate ingredients that are
used for rimming glasses. A combination
of different garnishes can be used, so
have the tools ready for the types of
garnishes that are to be made.
•2. Decide what kinds of garnishes should be used. The
cocktail recipe will usually call for a certain garnish, but this Bloody bull cocktail
is not always the case. Different garnishes can be used garnished with salt-
according to personal preference, and combinations of
multiple garnishes can be used. Citrus garnishes are generally
rimmed glass, lemon
great for cocktails that do not contain milk or cream, although wedge and lime wheel
there are creamy cocktails that call for citrus garnishes such as
orange spirals. Maraschino cherries complement many
different types of cocktails, but should never be used in
certain cocktails, such as a standard martini. Many garnishes
complement one of the primary cocktail ingredients. Tomato-
based cocktails are generally garnished with limes, lemons
and celery stalks. Always consider how the garnish will
complement the flavor of the primary ingredients. Vodka-
based cocktails tend to pair well with lemon and lime flavors,
tequila and rum pair well with lemon and lime, rum can pair
well with mint, chocolate pairs with crème de cacao liqueur,
and coffee beans complement coffee liqueur. Also consider the
overall theme of the drink. Tropical cocktails may use tropical
fruits, and dessert cocktails may use cookies or chocolate. A
cocktail that uses spiced rum may be garnished with a
cinnamon stick.
 Rimming glass with superfine sugar

•3. Rim the glass. The rim of the empty glass

can be coated with garnishes such as fine
sugar, salt, cocoa powder, finely grated
chocolate and finely crushed graham crackers
or cookies. To coat the rim of a glass, first
spread or mound the garnish ingredients on a
small plate or tray, then briefly rub around the
rim of the glass with something such as a
lemon wedge to moisten it. The garnish will
adhere to the area that is moistened. Then lay
the glass on its side so that the rim is touching
the garnish, and rotate or roll the glass on the
garnish so that the entire rim is coated. The
glass can also just be placed upside down on
the rimming ingredient and rotated somewhat
to coat the rim. Additional garnishes may be
added to cocktails that are served in rimmed
glasses.
 Making lemon wedges

•4. Prepare standard or simple garnishes. Garnishes generally need to be

prepared before the cocktail is mixed. Common, relatively simple
garnishes for cocktails include maraschino cherries as well as citrus
wedges, wheels, twists and spirals. Olives, cocktail onions and celery
stalks are also commonly used for certain drinks.

• Wheels are made by simply slicing a fruit widthwise. The ends of the
fruit are disposed of, and the slices should be about ¼” thick. To make
wedges, first cut off and dispose of the ends of the fruit, then the fruit
into eight wedges. Start by cutting the fruit in half from one cut end to
the other lengthwise.
5. Prepare more elaborate or exotic garnishes. Use a
toothpick to stick together different fruits to make fruit
“flags” and “boats”. Flags are stuck onto the rim of the Orange boat and orange
glass, with one fruit struck on top of another. Boats flag (use one to garnish a
essentially rest against the rim and on or partially in the prepared cocktail)
drink, but are not stuck onto the rim of the glass.
However, a boat garnish can rest on the rim of the glass
with help of a toothpick. An orange and cherry boat is
made by placing a cherry on the center of an orange
wheel and blending the slice somewhat around the cherry
like a taco. A toothpick is inserted through the orange
slice and the cherry to keep the slice curved like a boat Pear slice and kiwi wheel
around the cherry. Use boats with frothy cocktails. Try (use one to garnish a
using fruits such as pineapples, bananas, kiwis, and prepared cocktail)
berries when slicing them into garnishes such as wheels.
Strawberries and other fruits can be dipped in melted
chocolate and placed on the rim of the glass.
6. Garnish the prepared cocktail. Right after mixing the
cocktail, garnish the cocktail as called for by the recipe
or as desired.

Sprinkle ingredients such as cocoa powder and ground

cinnamon on top of the cocktail. Grate or zest
ingredients such as dark chocolate, nutmeg and citrus
fruits fresh right over the cocktail. Cocktails made with Frothy cocktail with grated dark
hot coffee or hot chocolate, such as Irish Cream Coffee chocolate garnish
and Black Forest Hot Chocolate may be topped with
whipped cream, and the garnished with grated
chocolate, cocoa powder or a maraschino cherry.

You can also float the garnish on the surface of the Persimmon wheel
cocktail. Float coffee beans on frothy cocktails. Also floating in cocktail
float citrus spirals and thin fruit wheels on various
cocktails, not just frothy ones.
 Tips

- Always have garnishes prepared and ready before making

cocktails.
- Practice making the garnishes before making actual cocktails
- There are many variations on certain cocktail recipes, and
garnishes will vary according to the recipe
- Always use fresh, sanitary ingredients for garnishes, as the
garnishes are foods and are meant to be consumed.
Warnings

- Knives and other garnishing tools are sharp and may cause
injury if not handled property and with care
- No matter what kind of knife you are using, always make
sure it’s sharp. A dull knife tends to do more harm than
good

Things You’ll Need

- Garnishing tools (grater, paring knife, channel knife tool for citrus spirals)
- Various garnishes (depending on your drinks)- maraschino cherries, citrus fruits, etc.
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