THE 101 MOST POPULAR COCKTAILS MADE IN BARS TODAY BY THEREALBARMAN 1. SCREWDRIVER 2. CAPE COD 3. SEA BREEZE VODKA-BASED COCKTAILS Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Orange Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, OJ Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, cranberry Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime (or grapefruit) Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, grapefruit, cranberry 4. BAY BREEZE 5. MADRAS 6. GREYHOUND 7. BLACK RUSSIAN Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, pineapple, cranberry Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Orange Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, OJ, cranberry Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime (or grapefruit) Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, grapefruit Variation: Salty Dog is a Greyhound with a salted rim on the glass Glass: Rocks Mixing Method: Build Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. Kahlua 8. WHITE RUSSIAN 9. VODKA GIMLET 10. MOSCOW MULE Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. Kahlua, cream Glass: Rocks or Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, Rose’s Lime Juice Note: Served on the rocks or in a martini glass. Can also be served w/ fresh lime juice Glass: Copper Mug Mixing Method: Roll Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 2 oz. Vodka, lime juice, ginger beer 11. BLOODY MARY 12. COSMOPOLITAN (COSMO) 13. LEMON DROP Glass: Pint or Hurricane Mixing Method: Roll Garnish: Celery, green bean, lime, olive Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, Bloody Mary mix, celery salt, Worcestershire sauce Note: Bloody Mary mixes and additives will vary from bar to bar Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 1½ oz. Citron vodka, ¾ oz. triple sec, cranberry, lime juice Glass: Martini or shot Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Lemon wedge on a sugar rim Ingredients: 1½ oz. citron Vodka, ¾ oz. triple sec, lemon juice, simple syrup 14. APPLETINI 15. CHOCOLATE MARTINI 16. KAMIKAZE Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Cherry or apple slice Ingredients 1½ oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. apple pucker, splash of sweet/sour Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Chocolate syrup swirled in glass Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vanilla vodka, ¾ oz. Godiva liqueur, ½ oz., ½ oz. Baileys, cream Note: Recipe varies Glass: Shot or cocktail Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ½ oz. triple sec, Rose’s Lime Juice 17. CHI-CHI (VODKA PINA COLADA) 18. SEX ON THE BEACH 19. WOO WOO 20. GODMOTHER Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Blend Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, pineapple, coco Lopez or coconut flavoring, cream Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Roll Garnish: Flag Ingredients: ¾ oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. peach schnapps, cranberry, OJ Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Roll Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. peach schnapps, cranberry Glass: Rocks Mixing Method: Build Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. amaretto GIN-BASED COCKTAILS 21. GIBSON (MARTINI WITH ONION) 22. RAMOS GIN FIZZ 23. SINGAPORE SLING Glass: Martini or Rocks Mixing Method: Stir and strain Garnish: Onion Ingredients: 2.5 oz. Gin, dash of dry vermouth Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, heavy cream, egg white, lemon & lime juice, sugar, flower water Glass: Hurricane or Collins Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sloe gin, ¾ oz. Herring Cherry Liqueur, ½ oz. Benedictine, grenadine, pineapple, lemon juice, Angostura bitters 24. NEGRONI 25. CORPSE RIVER #2 26. FRENCH 75 Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Stir & strain over ice Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: ½ oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, ¾ oz. Campari Glass: Martini or Coupe Mixing Method: Stir & strain Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. Cointreau, ½ oz. Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, dash of absinthe Glass: Champagne flute Mixing Method: Shake and strain Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, lemon juice, ½ oz. Cointreau, champagne Note: Shake and strain gin, lemon juice and Cointreau, then fill with champagne 27. TOM COLLINS 28. AVIATION 29. BRONX COCKTAIL Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime or lemon twist Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, soda, sweet/sour Glass: Martini or Coupe Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Lemon twist or cherry Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ½ oz. maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, ½ oz. crème de violette Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Orange twist Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, ¾ oz. dry vermouth, OJ 30. PERFECT MARTINI 31. LAST WORD 32. WHITE LADY Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Stir & strain Garnish: Olives or lemon twist Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, ¾ oz. dry vermouth Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Gin, ¾ oz. Green Chartreuse, ¾ oz. maraschino liqueur, lime juice Glass: Martini or Coupe Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Lemon Twist Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, ½ oz. Cointreau, egg white, lemon juice 33. BEES KNEES 34. VESPER Glass: Martini or Coupe Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: 2 oz. gin, honey water, lemon juice Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Stir & strain Garnish: Lemon Twist Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Gin, ¾ oz. ½ oz. Lillet Blanc RUM-BASED COCKTAILS 35. MOJITO 36. BLUE HAWAIIAN 37. DARK & STORMY Glass: Pint or Collins Mixing Method: Muddle, Shake and Roll Garnish: Mint and Limes (in drink) Ingredients: 2 oz. Light rum, simple syrup, limes, mint, soda water Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 oz. Rum, 1 oz. vodka, ½ oz. blue curacao, pineapple, sweet & sour mix Glass: Pint or collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 2 oz. Goslings dark rum, ginger beer 38. DAIQUIRI 39. PINA COLADA 40. HURRICANE Glass: Multiple options Mixing Method: Blend or shake & strain Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Rum, lime juice, simple syrup Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Blend Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag Ingredients: 2 oz. Rum, pineapple, coco Lopez, cream Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Pineapple cherry flag Ingredients: ¾ oz. Dark rum, 1 oz. light rum, passion fruit syrup, lime juice Note: Float dark rum on top 41. MAI TAI 42. ZOMBIE 43. RUM RUNNER Glass: Hurricane or collins Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 oz. Light rum, ½ oz. orange curacao, ½ oz. orgeat syrup, pineapple, OJ, lime juice, ¾ oz. dark rum Note: Float dark rum on top Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 oz. Light rum, ¾ oz. dark rum, ¾ oz. apricot brandy, pineapple, OJ, simple syrup, lime juice, ½ oz. Bacardi 151 Note: Float dark rum and 151 on top Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 oz. Light rum, ¾ oz. dark rum, ½ oz. crème de banana, ½ oz. blackberry brandy, grenadine, Rose’s Lime Juice 44. BAHAMA MAMA 45. CAIPIRINHA 46. EL PRESIDENTE Glass: Hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 ½ oz. Malibu rum, ¾ oz. dark rum, coco Lopez, red punch Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Muddle, shake & roll Garnish: Limes (already in drink) Ingredients: 2 oz. cachaça, limes, 1 oz. simple syrup Glass: Martini or Coupe Mixing Method: Stir & strain Garnish: Orange peel Ingredients: 2 oz. Rum, ½ oz. dry vermouth, dash of grenadine 47. SCORPION 48. PAINKILLER 49. JAMAICAN ME CRAZY Glass: Collins or hurricane Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 oz. light rum, ½ oz. brandy, ½ oz. orgeat, OJ, lemon juice, ½ oz. Bacardi 151 float Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Nutmeg Ingredients: 2 oz. rum, pineapple, coco Lopez, OJ Glass: Bucket or pint Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Pineapple flag Ingredients: 1 oz. light rum, ½ oz. Malibu, ½ oz. banana liqueur, cranberry, pineapple TEQUILA-BASED DRINKS 50. MARGARITA 51. PALOMA 52. TEQUILA SUNRISE Glass: Margarita, bucket, pint, Collins Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 2 oz. Tequila, 2 oz. lime juice, 1 ½ oz. agave nectar Note: Margaritas are often made with triple sec and sweet/sour as well. Glass: Margarita, bucket, pint, Collins Mixing Method: Shake & strain over blend Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 2 oz. Tequila, 2 oz. lime juice, 1 ½ oz. agave nectar, grapefruit, soda water Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Orange & cherry Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, OJ, grenadine 53. TEQUILA SUNSET 54. EL DIABLO 55. BLOODY MARIA Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Cherry Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, OJ, ¾ oz. blackberry brandy Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Cherry Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, ½ oz. crème de cassis, lime juice, ginger bee Glass: Pint or Hurricane Mixing Method: Roll Garnish: Celery, green bean, lime, olive Ingredients: 1½ oz. Tequila, Bloody Mary mix, celery salt, Worcestershire sauce Note: Bloody Mary mixes and additives will vary from bar to bar WHISKEY-BASED COCKTAILS 56. SAZERAC 57. MINT JULEP 58. OLD FASHIONED Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Muddle, stir, strain Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: 2 oz. Rye Whiskey, sugar cube, Peychaud’s bitters, absinthe Glass: Copper mug or bucket Mixing Method: Muddle, shake & strain Garnish: Mint sprig Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon, sugar, mint, water Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Muddle, roll Garnish: Orange peels Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon or rye, sugar, Angostura bitters, splash of soda Note: Classic version is orange or peel only. Modern version is orange slices and cherries muddled. 59. MANHATTAN 60. JOHN COLLINS 61. LYNCHBURG LEMONADE Glass: Martini or rocks Mixing Method: Stirred & strained in martini glass or on the rocks Garnish: Cherry Ingredients: 2 oz. Bourbon, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lime & cherry on a pick Ingredients: 1½ oz. Bourbon, sweet/sour, soda water Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: 1½ oz. Jack Daniels, ¾ oz. triple sec, lemon juice, 7-up 62. AMERICANA 63. BOULEVARDIER Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build and stir Garnish: Orange peel Ingredients: 1oz. Campari, 1 oz. sweet vermouth, soda water Glass: Rocks Mixing Method: Stir Garnish: Orange twist Ingredients: ½ oz. rye whiskey, ½ oz. Campari, ½ oz. sweet vermouth SCOTCH-BASED COCKTAILS 64. RUSTY NAIL 65. GODFATHER 66. ROB ROY Glass: Rocks Mixing Method: Stir Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. Drambuie Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Stir Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. amaretto Glass: Martini or rocks Mixing Method: Stir and strain Garnish: Cherry Ingredients: 2 oz. Scotch, ¾ oz. sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters 67. AGGRAVATION 68. BLOOD & SAND Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. Kahlua, cream Note: Float cream on top Glass: Martini or coupe Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Cherry or lemon twist Ingredients: 1½ oz. Scotch, ½ oz. sweet vermouth, ½ oz. cherry Herring, OJ BRANDY-BASED COCKTAILS 69. BRANDY ALEXANDER 70. HOT TODDY 71. SIDECAR Glass: Martini or snifter Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Nutmeg Ingredients: 1½ oz. Brandy, ¾ oz. dark crème de cacao, cream Glass: Coffee mug or handled glass Mixing Method: stir Garnish: Lemon or lemon twist Ingredients: 2 oz. Brandy, lemon juice, honey, hot water Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Lemon sugar-rimmed glass Ingredients: 1½ oz. Brandy, ¾ oz. Cointreau, lemon juice, simply syrup 72. STINGER Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Stir & strain Garnish: None Ingredients: 1½ oz. Brandy, ¾ oz. white crème de menthe THE TEAS 73. LONG ISLAND 74. TEXAS TEA 75. TOKYO TEA Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, coke Note: Original Long Island adds tequila Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, ½ oz. bourbon, sweet/sour, Coke Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon, cherry Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz., melon liqueur, sweet/sour 76. LONG BEACH ICED TEA 77. ADIOS MOTHERFUCKER (AMF) 78. BLACK WIDOW (GRATEFUL DEAD) Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, cranberry Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, ½ oz. blue curacao Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. triple sec, sweet/sour, ½ oz. Chambord 79. GEORGIA PEACH Glass: Collins or pint Mixing Method: Shake & roll Garnish: Lemon Ingredients: ½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. peach schnapps, OJ, cranberry ALL THE REST 80. BOILERMAKER 81. PISCO SOUR 82. ORGASM Glass: Pint or beer mug Mixing Method: Drop Garnish: None Ingredients: 1½ oz. Whiskey, beer Note: Drop shot of whiskey into beer Glass: Marini or coupe Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Lime Ingredients: 2 oz. Pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, dash of bitters Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: None Ingredients: ½ oz. Grand Marnier, ½ oz. Bailey’s, ½ oz. Cointreau 83. SCREAMING ORGASM 84. ALABAMA SLAMMER 85. GRASSHOPPER Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ½ oz. amaretto, ½ oz. crème de cacao, ½ oz. triple sec, cream Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Shake & strain over ice Garnish: Orange slice Ingredients: 1 oz. Southern Comfort, ½ oz. amaretto, ½ oz. sloe gin, OJ, sweet/sour Glass: Martini or hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend Garnish: Mint sprig Ingredients: 1 oz. White crème de cacao, 1 oz. green crème de menthe, cream 86. FUZZY NAVEL 87. HARVEY WALLBANGER 88. IRISH COFFEE Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Orange slice Ingredients: 1½ oz. Peach schnapps, OJ Glass: Bucket Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Orange slice Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. Galliano, OJ Glass: Coffee mug Mixing Method: Build Garnish: Whipped cream Ingredients: 2 oz. Irish whiskey, coffee Note: Modern version uses ½ irish whiskey, ½ Bailey’s 89. PIMM’S CUP 90. FRENCH MARTINI 91. CREAMSICLE Glass: Collins Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Cucumber Ingredients: 2 oz. Pimm’s Cup, muddled cucumber, lemon juice, lemon-lime soda Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake, strain & float Garnish: Pineapple wedge Ingredients: 1½ oz. Vodka, ½ oz. Chambord, pineapple, champagne Note: Float champagne on top Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Orange slice Ingredients: 1 oz. Vanilla vodka, ½ oz. triple sec, ½ oz. amaretto, pineapple, OJ, simple syrup, cream 92. POMTINI 93. KIR 94. KIR ROYALE Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake, strain & float Garnish: Lemon Twist Ingredients: 1½ oz. Pomegranate vodka, ½ oz. triple sec, pomegranate juice, sweet/sour, champagne Note: Float champagne after shake & strain Glass: Champagne flute Mixing Method: Pour Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: Champagne, 1 oz. crème de cassis Glass: Champagne flute Mixing Method: Pour Garnish: Lemon twist Ingredients: Champagne, 1 oz. Chambord 95. MIMOSA 96. BELLINI 97. MUDSLIDE Glass: Champagne flute Mixing Method: Pour Garnish: Orange peel Ingredients: Champagne, OJ Glass: Champagne flute Mixing Method: Pour & stir Garnish: Peach or orange peel Ingredients: 2 oz. peach nectar, Champagne Glass: Bucket or hurricane Mixing Method: Shake & strain or blend Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Vodka, ¾ oz. Kahlua, ¾ oz. Bailey’s, cream 98. NUTTY IRISHMAN 99. ESPRESSO MARTINI 100. FRENCH KISS Glass: Rocks or shot Mixing Method: Build Garnish: None Ingredients: 1 oz. Bailey’s, 1 oz. Frangelico Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Espresso beans or Lemon twist Ingredients: 1 oz. vanilla vodka, ½ oz. Bailey’s, ½ oz. Kahlua, espresso shot Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: Raspberries or lemon twist Ingredients: 1 oz. vodka, ½ Chambord, ½ oz. Grand Marnier, whipped cream 101. PINK SQUIRREL Glass: Martini Mixing Method: Shake & strain Garnish: None Ingredients: ¾ oz. crème de noyaux, ¾ oz. white crème de cacao, cream