The Art of the Simple Cocktail

Elayne Werns-Duke

Don’t mess with a good thing

Just enhance it…..

•The Right Glass

•The perfect accruement

•The exotic garnish

•Beautiful ice

•The special serve

•Some spirits are perfect just the way are

SIGNATURE SERVE- NEGRONI1 oz Tanqueray Ten1 oz Lillet1 oz AperolStirred over ice

Served up in a martini glass

Garnish: Grapefruit twist

Definition of a Cocktail

1803- first time the word cocktail is printed

Strong spirit bitterssugar water

The Original Manhattan• 3 dashes of bitters

• 2 dashes of curacao or marashino

• 1 oz Whisky

• 1 oz Vermouth

• ice

MARTINEZ VS MARTINI

• Martinez Cocktail• 1 dash Bokers bitters• 2 dashes maraschino• 1 oz Old Tom Gin• 2 oz Vermouth• Garnished with a slice

of Lemon

Ice Changes Everything

Jerry Thomas-The God Father

The First Cocktail Books

• Bon Viviant’s Companionby Jerry Thomas

• Bartenders Guideby Jerry Thomas

• IMBIBE by David Wonderich

BAR TOOLS

Boston Shaker Bar Spoon

Julep

Muddler

JiggersHawthorn Strainer

The Perfect Ten

2.5 oz Tanqueray Ten

.5 oz Dolins Dry vermouth

4-6 dashes of grapefruit or orange bitters

Glass: Martini

Garnish: Grapefruit zest

Vermouth

German word “Wermut,” meaning wormwood

vermouth is an aromatic fortified wine flavored with herbs, roots, bark, flowers and other botanicals.

White vs Red

Storage

Prohibition

• Another good reason not to piss off a woman

DAVID AUGUSTUS EMBURY

• David Augustus Embury:

• The author of “The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, published in 1948

Basic principles

• Anyone can one make a good drink

• A drink will never be any better than the quality of the cheapest ingredient in it

Things to Consider• It must wet the appetite not dull it

•

• stimulate the mind as well as the appetite

• It must be pleasing to the palate

• It must be pleasing to the eye

• it must be balanced

3 Components of a cocktail

• The base

• The modifying agent

• The Flavoring agent

Balance

Acid

Sugar

Alcohol

Dale Degroff-aka King Cocktail

• The man who made it all happen

• The Cosmopolitan

• Book “The essential cocktail”

Cosmopolitan

• 1 1/2 oz Vodka (Citrus preferred)

• 1/2 oz Cointreau

• 1/4 oz fresh lime juice

• 1 oz cranberry Juice

• orange peel for garnish

Margarita

2 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila

1 oz Orange Liqueur

.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Daiquiri

2 oz White Rum

1 oz Simple Syrup

.75 oz Fresh Lime juice

Sidecar

2 oz Cognac

1 oz Cointreau

.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

sugar rim

Fresh Juice vs Not

VS

Sour Mix Fresh Vs Homemade

• Pre Package Cost: $5 for a 32 oz container

VS

• Cost of Fresh: 32 oz = 18 oz of simple syrup and 14 oz of lemon or lime juice.

18 oz Simple syrup9 oz water: Cost Free9 oz sugar:Cost 6 cents per oz = $0.54

14 oz lemon or lime juice:14 lemons - $3.50

Total = $4.04

Rules of Citrus

• Lime vs Lemon- Storage timed

• Hand Juicing vs Sunkist Juicer

• Aged vs Non aged

How To Create a cocktail

• The base:– Your cocktail is only as good as the quality of

the base you begin with

• The modifier: – Character builder

• Flavor agent: – A new cocktail is one exchange of ingredient or one

one addition of flavor away

Tequila Cocktails 1920’s

Picador

1/2 Tequila1/4 Cointreau1/4 Lime Juice

Toreador1/2 Tequila

1/4 Apricot Brandy

1/4 Lime Juice

St. Ginger-Rita

St-rita

1.5 oz Don Julio Blanco

1 oz St. Germain

.75 oz Fresh Lime

Ginger-Ritaadd

. 5 oz Stirrings ginger

Ginger Sugar

Muddle Cocktails

• The Mojito

• The Caiprisoka

• Caiprinia– Very Berry Smash

• Sugar Syrup vs granulated sugar to muddle

My Whisky Smash

2 oz Bulleit Rye

4 lemon wedges

5-6 mint leaves

1 oz simple syrup

Glass: Rocks

Garnish: Mint sprig

How do I create drinks

• Flavor profile of the base spirit

• Flavor Bible

• Target Clientele

• Hot trends

• Seasonal ingredients

• Review classics for inspiration

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Bulleit Bourbon: Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

Bulleit Bourbon

Color: Deep Amber

Nose: Creamy Vanilla, Pickling Spices and Buttery Pralines.

Taste: A delicate, silky entry leads to a full body of honeyed grain, vanilla bean and pralines. Finishes long with rich, fruity

caramel, and peppery spice.

Adding Flavor• The Flavor Bible is as useful to

anyone who cooks as a thesaurus is to anyone who writes. It's a guide to hundreds of ingredients and herbs, spices, and other seasonings that will best enhance their flavor.

Spirit Flavors

• Three ways to flavor a spirit:– Maceration– Infusion– Flavoring

Flavored Spirit Cocktails

• Benefits:– Tend to be naturally sweeter and

lower in alcohol– Less ingredients needed

• HOW– Use similar flavors – Use complimentary flavors

Chocolate Decadence

1.5oz Godiva Choc Raspberry vodka

Chilled brut champagne

Glass: Chilled champagne flute, drizzled with honey

Garnish: Godiva champagne truffle with raspberries