COCKTAILS

• COCKTAIL
- is a mixed drink
made up of base
liquor, a
modifying
ingredients and
a mixer
presented with a
garnish.
3 ELEMENTS OF COCKTAIL
1. Base Liquor
- it determines the
type of cocktail. It
consists of single
spirituous liquor or a
combination of
wines, liqueurs or
aromatic wines.
2. MODIFIER
- it gives flavor and
smell to the cocktail

Ex: Grenadine syrup,

almond extract,
Tabasco, Worcestershire
sauce, Angostura
bitters, mint, Gomme
syrup
3. MIXER
- it neutralizes the
sharpness in the base
liquor and perking up
the drink itself. Also
called as fillers.

Ex: Tonic water, sodas,

colas, fresh fruit
juice, giŶgeƌ ale…
 CLASSIFICATIONS OF COCKTAILS
1. INTERNATIONAL
COCKTAIL
- are cocktails that are
recognized Worldwide.

Ex: French75, Moscow

Mule, Zombie, Long Island
Iced Tea.
2. Tropical Cocktail
- are cocktails that are
heavily blended with
fresh fruits.

Ex: Mai tai, Pina Colada,

Daiquiri, Tequila sunrise.
3. CLASSIC COCKTAIL
- are cocktails named
after a person or places.

Ex: margarita,
manhattan, rob boy,
white russian
4. SHOOTER
- Cocktails with a
combination of two or
more liqueurs. It should
be served flaming and
drunk in one gulp.
5. MOCKTAILS
- non alcoholic drinks.

EX: four season, Shirley

Temple, orange squash,
leŵoŶ sƋuash…
 TYPES OF COCKTAILS
ADES
- Served tall with ice and
garnish with slices of
fruits. Mainly made with
sweetened lemon or lime
juice and a variety of
liquors and filled with
plain soda water.
• BUCKS
- made with an ounce of
liquor and lemon juice
plus ginger ale and
topped with a twist of
lemon.
• COBBLERS
- tall drinks generally
served in a large goblet
fills with two-thirds
shaved ice heavily
flavored fruit juices and
liquor, decorated
with fresh fruit and a
spring of mint. Served
with a straw or stirrer.
• COOLERS
- a tall, hot weather
drink made with
different types of liquor,
flavoring, cracked ice,
carbonated beverage
and fruit rinds.
• DAISIES
- large cocktails made of
liquor, grenadine of any
other cordial with
lemon or lime juice.
Shaken with ice and
served in an old
fashioned glassor over
champagne glass
ice cubes decorated
with cherry fruit.
• FIZZ
- an effervescent drink,
popular drink for
late the morning
afternoon. Fromand
liquor,
lemon juices and syrup.
• FIX or LOWBALL
- Drinks pit in an small
tumbler , with lots of
ice..
• FLIP
- a drink made with liquor
and sugar mixed with
an egg and spices. This
was originally a hot
drink. Today, however,
Flips are served cold.
and strained
Shaken well into
stemmed glasses,
sprinkled with grated
nutmeg. An eggnog and
Fizz combination.
• HIGHBALL
- a tall drink. Any liquor
served with ice in tall
glass with soda
carbonate mixers such
as soda and tonic,
ginger ale, etc.
• HALF & HALF
- any mixture of low
fermented malt
beverages. Generally
half beer and half ale.
Or half beer and half
porter or stout.
• JULEP
- a mixed drink with fresh
mint, bourbon and
rye whisky, sugar and
crushed ice served in
Refreshing drinks
a frosted
glass.
ideally prepared with
fresh mint. If you
cannot obtain fresh
mint, add 2 teaspoons
of mint liqueur or mint
cordial to the glass
instead.
• PUNCH
- a drink usually mixed
in a bowl in
large quantity and
served from the buffet
cups or glasses. A
punch may also mixed
and served in
individual glasses.
Care should b taken
to mix ingredients
such a way that
neither the sweet,
the bitter, the spirits
or liquor is more
apparent than
another. Served cold.
• POSSET
- a drink of hot milk
with egg, ale wine, and
flavored honey and
spices. An old British
drink from which the
eggnog was derived.
• POUSSE CAFÉ
- made from several
cordials and liqueurs
in series so that one
floats atop another.
Each has a different
color and weight
to permit floating.
• SANGAREES
- made with whisky, gin,
rum or brandy with
port wine floated on
top pr with wine, ale,
porter or stout. Slightly
sweet long drinks
served cold in a
highball glass or warm in
punch glass. In addition
to alcohol, they
always contain sugar, hot
or cold water and a
trace of grated nutmeg.
• SLING
- made like sangarees
with the addition of
lemon juice and a twist
or lemon peel. Served
in an old
fashioned glass.
• SMASH
- Small julep. Served in
an old fashioned
glass. Made with
muddled sugar, ice
cubes, whisky, gin, rum
or brandyGarnish
soda. and with
springs of mint and
fruit.
 *The End*

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