Barbie Shot

Note: 1 ounce + 1 ounce + 1 ounce + 1 ounce…math is hard!

• 1 ounce coconut rum liqueur
• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• 1 ounce orange juice
• 2 Lemon wedges for garnish
• Castor sugar for rimming the glasses

1. Fill a cocktail mixer with ice.
2. Add coconut rum liqueur, vodka, and juices.
3. Shake.
4. Strain into two rimmed rocks glass.

                                                                                                           -- Bartender PANDAT

BLOOD HOUND

Turn the tables on this canine detective—pursue doggedly.

• 1 ounce gin
• 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
• 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1/2 ounce strawberry liqueur

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Add gin, vermouths, and strawberry liqueur.
3. Shake.
4. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
5. Drop a whole strawberry into glass.

                                                                                                      -- Bartender PANDAT

BARTENDING - An ART II

GARNISHES AND THEIR FRIENDS

• Cherries (maraschino, of course)
• Cinnamon sticks
• Lemons
• Limes
• Nutmeg
• Olives
• Pickled pearl onions
• Oranges
• The Friends: picks, straws, and swizzle sticks

                       
                              
                                                             BOOSTER INGREDIENTS

• Celery salt
• Ice (The three C’s: cubes, cracked, crushed)
• Salt
• Sugar (Don’t forget saucers for salt and sugar for frosting the rims of glasses.)
• Tabasco
• Worcestershire sauce

ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT

• Bar glass
• Bar spoon
• Bottle opener
• Champagne bucket
• Corkscrew
• Cocktail napkins
• Covered cocktail shaker
• Cutting board
• Electric blender
• Knife—paring or bar
• Lemon/lime squeezer
• Martini pitcher
• Shot glasses
• Measuring cup
• Measuring spoons
• Mixing pitcher
• Muddler
• Seltzer bottle
• Speed pourers (optional, but handy)
• Strainer
• Towels

                                                                                                       --Bartendar PANDAT

BARTENDING - An ART

Just like in a kitchen, a functional bar requires certain basic items: liquors, liqueurs, wine and beer, mixers, garnishes, booster ingredients, bar ware, and glassware.



  1. THE LIQUORS

• Bourbon
• Brandy
• Canadian whiskey
• Dry gin
• Rum
• Scotch whiskey
• Tequila
• Vodka

                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
2. THE LIQUEURS

• Triple sec
• Crème de menthe
• Crème de cacao
• Kahlúa (or a coffee liqueur)
• Amaretto
• Drambuie
• Benedictine
• Cointreau

3. WINE AND BEER

• Dry vermouth
• Sweet vermouth
• White wine
• Red wine
• White zinfandel
• Champagne (optional)
• Beer—one six-pack regular, one six-pack light

4. MIXERS
 

• Bloody Mary mix (store-bought or homemade)
• Club soda
• Cola
• Cranberry juice cocktail
• Cream (heavy and light)
• Cream of coconut
• Ginger ale
• Grapefruit juice
• Grenadine
• Lemon juice
• Lime juice (Most popular: Rose’s. Not to be used as a substitute for fresh lime juice.)
• Orange juice
• Orgeat
• Piña Colada mix
• Pineapple juice
• Seltzer
• 7-Up
• Sour mix
• Tomato juice
• Tonic water
• Water

-- TO BE CONTINUED                                                       -- Bartender PANDAT

MOON RACK --Bartender PANDAT

Share this with her, and you just might fly to the moon.
Careful not to burn up on re-entry.

• 3/4 ounce brandy
• 3/4 ounce red Dubonnet
• 3/4 ounce peach brandy
• 1/4 ounce pastis

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Add brandy, Dubonnet, brandy, and pastis.
3. Shake.
4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

                                               --Bartender PANDAT

CAFÉ MOCHA

Mochalicious. A caffeine chocolate jolt for any Swiss miss.

• 4 ounces strong hot black coffee
• 4 ounces hot chocolate

1. Pour coffee and hot chocolate into a large mug.
2. Top with whipped cream.
3. Dust with cinnamon and nutmeg.

                                                                                                         --Bartender PANDAT

LEMON HEAD -- Bartender PANDAT

Sweet, fizzy, and tart, like your favorite candy in a glass.

• 1/2 fresh lemon
• 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon water
• 2 1/2 ounces champagne

1. Squeeze lemon into a chilled cocktail shaker.
2. Add sugar and water to lemon.
3. Stir.
4. Pour into a cocktail glass.
5. Fill cocktail glass with shaved ice.
6. Add champagne.
7. Stir.

                                                                                                      --Bartender PANDAT