The IBA Official Cocktails

An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association ("IBA") for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC) in bartending. As such, these mixed drinks are some of the most notable and frequently-made cocktails by professional bartenders around the world.
As of January 1, 2008, the IBA Official Cocktails were divided into four categories:

• PRE-DINNER COCKTAIL
  
• AFTER-DINNER
  
• LONG DRINK STYLE
  
• POPULAR COCKTAILS
  

PRE-DINNER COCKTAILS


AMERICANO - (old fashioned glass)

3.0 cl Campari
3.0 cl Sweet Red Vermouth
Mix the ingredients directly in old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes.
Add Soda Water. Garnish with half orange slice and lemon peel.


BACARDI - (cocktail glass)

4.5 cl Bacardi Rum White
2.0 cl Lemon or lime juice
0.5 cl Grenadine syrup
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes, shake well, strain into chilled cocktail glass .

DAIQUIRI - (cocktail glass)

4.5 cl White Rum
2.0 cl Fresh lemon or lime juice
0.5 cl Gomme syrup
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain in chilled cocktail glass.

FROZEN DAIQUIRI - ( goblet )

4.5 cl White Rum
2.0 cl Lemon juice or Lime Juice
0.5 cl Gomme syrup
One scoop of ice cream
Pour all ingredients into blender with crushed ice. Blend until slushy and smooth and pour into chilled goblet.


BANANA FROZEN DAIQUIRI - (goblet)

4.5 cl White Rum
2.0 cl Fresh lemon or lime juice
0.5 cl of Gomme Syrup
½ Fresh Banana
Pour all ingredients, with half fresh banana, into blender with crushed ice, blend until slushy. Pour into chilled

goblet.


BRONX - (cocktail or martini glass)

3.0 cl Gin
1.5 cl Sweet Red Vermouth
1.0 cl Dry Vermouth
1.5 cl Orange Juice
Pour into shaker all ingredients with ice cubes, shake well. Strain in chilled cocktail or martini glass.


KIR - (flute or wine glass)

9.0 cl Dry White Wine
1.0 cl Crème de Cassis
Pour Crème de Cassis into flute glass, top up with white wine.


KIR Royale - (flute glass)

9.0 cl Champagne
1.0 cl Crème de Cassis
Pour Crème de Cassis into flute glass, top up with Champagne.


MANHATTAN - (martini or cocktail glass )

5.0 cl Rye or Canadian whiskey
2.0 cl Red Vermouth
1 Dash Angostura Bitter
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini or cocktail glass.

Garnish with maraschino cherry.


MANHATTAN DRY - ( martini or cocktail glass )

5.0 cl Rye or Canadian whiskey
2.0 cl Dry vermouth
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain in chilled martini or cocktail glass.

Garnish with lemon twist.


MANHATTAN MEDIUM (or Perfect) - ( martini or cocktail glass )

5.0 cl Rye or Canadian Whiskey
1.0 cl Red Vermouth
1.0 cl Dry Vermouth
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain in chilled martini or cocktail glass.

Garnish with maraschino cherry and lemon twist.

MARGARITA - (cocktail glass)

3.5cl Tequila
2.0 cl Cointreau
1.5 cl Fresh lemon or lime juice
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass rimmed with crusted

salt.
(Fruit Margarita - blend selected fruit with the above recipe)


MARTINI ( DRY ) - ( martini glass )

5.5 cl Gin
1.5 cl Dry Vermouth
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well Strain in chilled martini cocktail glass. Squeeze

oil from lemon peel onto the drink, or garnish with olive.

MARTINI ( PERFECT ) - ( martini glass )

5.5 cl Gin
1.0 cl Dry Vermouth
1.0 cl Red Vermouth
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain in chilled martini glass. Garnish with

lemon peel and, or, maraschino cherry.


MARTINI ( SWEET ) - ( martini glass )

5.5 cl Gin
1.5 cl Red Vermouth
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain in chilled martini glass. If served "On

the rocks ", pour ingredients and ice into old fashioned glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.


MARTINI ( VODKA ) - ( martini glass )

5.5 cl Vodka
1.5 cl Dry Vermouth
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into martini glass. Squeeze oil from lemon

peel onto the drink. Optional garnish: green olive.


GIBSON - (martini glass )

6.0 cl Gin
1.0 cl Dry Vermouth
Pour gin and vermouth into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish

with silverskin onion.

NEGRONI - ( old fashioned glass )

3.0 cl Gin
3.0 cl Campari
3.0 cl Sweet Red Vermouth
Pour all ingredients directly into old fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with half orange slice

and stirer.
Optional : Splash of Soda Water.


OLD FASHIONED - ( old fashioned glass )

4.0 cl.Bourbon , Scotch or Rye whiskey
1 sugar cube
2 Dashes Angostura Bitter
1 Splash Soda Water
Place suger cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitter, as a dash of soda water. Muddle until dissolve.

Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whisky. Garnish with orange slice, lemon twist and two maraschino cherries

PARADISE - (cocktail glass)

3.5 cl Gin
2.0 cl Apricot Brandy
1.5 cl Orange juice
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake briskly for few seconds. Strain into chilled

cocktail glass.

ROB ROY - ( cocktail glass )

4.5 cl Scotch Whisky
2.5 cl Red Vermouth
1 Dash Angostura Bitter
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with

maraschino cherry .

ROSE - ( cocktail glass )

4.5 cl Dry Vermouth
1.5 cl Kirsch
1.0 cl Cherry Brandy
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with filled ice. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with

maraschino cherry.

WHISKEY SOUR - (old fashioned or cobbler glass)

4.5 cl Bourbon whiskey
3.0 cl Fresh lemon juice
1.5 cl Gomme syrup
1 Dash white egg
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain in old fashioned or cobbler glass. If

served "On the rocks", strain ingredients into old fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with half orange slice

and maraschino cherry.



AFTER-DINNER


BRANDY ALEXANDER - (cocktail glass)

2.0 cl Cognac
2.0 cl Créme de Cacao (brown)
2.0 cl Fresh cream
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes, shake well, strain into chilled cocktail glass . Sprinkle with

fresh ground nutmeg.

BLACK RUSSIAN - (old fashioned glass)

5.0 cl Vodka
2.0 cl Coffee liqueur
Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently.

WHITE RUSSIAN - ( old fashioned glass)

5.0 cl Vodka
2.0 cl Coffee liqueur
3.0 cl Fresh cream
Pour coffee liqueur and vodka directly into old fashioned glass filled with ice. Float fresh cream on the top and

stir in slowly..

FRENCH CONNECTION - ( old fashioned )

3.5 cl Cognac
3.5 cl Amaretto liqueur
Pour all ingredients directly into old fashioned with ice cubes. Stir gently.

GOD FATHER - ( old fashioned glass )

3.5 cl Scotch
3.5 cl Amaretto
Pour all ingredients directly into old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes

GOD MOTHER - ( old fashioned glass )

3.5 cl Vodka
3.5 cl Amaretto
Pour all ingredients directly in old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes.

GOLDEN CADILLAC - (cocktail glass)

2.0 cl Liquore Galliano
2.0 cl Créme de cacao (white)
2.0 cl Fresh cream
Pour all ingredients into shaker filled with ice. Shake briskly for few seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail

glass.

GOLDEN DREAM - (cocktail glass)

2.0 cl Liquore Galliano
2.0 cl Cointreau
2.0 cl Fresh orange juice
1.0 cl Fresh cream
Pour all ingredients into shaker filled with ice. Shake briskly for few seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail

glass.

GRASSHOPPER - (cocktail glass)

2.0 cl Créme de menthe (green)
2.0 cl Créme de cacao (white)
2.0 cl Fresh cream
Pour all ingredients into shaker filled with ice. Shake briskly for few seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail

glass.

PORTO FLIP - (cocktail glass)

1.5 cl Brandy
4.5 cl Red Port
1.0 cl Yolk egg
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. Sprinkle with

fresh ground nutmeg.

RUSTY NAIL - ( old fashioned glass)

4.5 cl Scotch whisky
2.5 cl Drambuie
Pour all ingredients directly into old fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with lemon twist.


LONG DRINK STYLE


BELLINI - ( flute )

10.0 cl Dry Sparkling Wine (white)
5.0 cl Fresh Peach puree
Pour peach puree into chilled flute, add gently chilled sparkling wine (white). Stir gently.
Garnish with slice of peach.

BLOODY MARY - (highball)

4.5 cl Vodka
9.0 cl Tomato sauce
1.5 cl Lemon juice
Add dashes of Worchestershire Sauce, Tabasco , salt and pepper into highball glass, then pour all ingredients into

highball with ice cubes. Stir gently. Garnish with Celery Salt and lemon wedge (optional).

BRANDY EGG NOGG - (highball)

4.0 cl Brandy
5.0 cl Milk
1.0 cl Gomme syrup
1 yolk egg
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes, shake well. Strain into a highball with ice cubes. Sprinkle with

fresh ground nutmeg.

BUCK'S FIZZ - (flute)

10.0 cl Orange juice
5.0 cl Champagne or Dry Sparkling Wine
Pour orange juice into flûte and gently pour Champagne or Dry Sparkling Wine. Stir gently. Garnish with orange

twist (optional)

MIMOSA - (flute)

7.5 cl Orange juice
7.5 cl Champagne
Pour orange juice into flûte and gently pour sparkling wine. Stir gently. Garnish with orange twist (optional)


BULL SHOT Long Drink (highball)

3.0 cl Vodka
6.0 cl Cold beef bouillon
1.0 cl Fresh lemon juice
Pour all ingredients directly into highball with ice cubes, add several dashes of Worchestershire Sauce, Tabasco,

Salt and Pepper. Stir the ingredients. Garnish with Celery Salt.
(Note: May be served hot in cold weather).

CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL - (flûte)

9.0 cl Chilled Champagne or Sparkling wine
1.0 cl Brandy
Add two dashes Angostura Bitter into flute, and one half sugar cube. Pour gently chilled champagne. Garnish with

orange slice and maraschino cherry

JOHN COLLINS - ( highball )

4.5 cl Gin
3.0 cl Fresh lemon juice
1.5 cl Gomme syrup
6.0 cl Soda water
Pour all ingredients directly into highball filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with lemon slice and maraschino

cherry.
Add dash of Angostura bitter.
(Note: Use 'Old Tom' Gin for Tom Collins).

GIN FIZZ - ( highball )

4.5 cl Gin
3.0 cl Fresh lemon juice
1.0 cl Gomme syrup
8.0 cl Soda Water
Shake all ingredients with ice cubes, except soda water. Pour into highball glass. Top with Soda water.

HARVEY WALLBANGER - ( highball )

4.5 cl Vodka
1.5 cl Liquore Galliano (float on the top)
9.0 cl Fresh orange juice
Pour vodka and orange juice directly into highball, filled with ice cubes, stir gently, add (float) Liquore

Galliano on the top . Garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry.

HORSE'S NECK - ( highball glass)

4.0 cl Brandy
11.0 cl Ginger Ale
Dash of Angostura bitter (optional)
Pour brandy and ginger ale directly into highball glass with ice cubes. Stir gently. Garnish with rind of one lemon

spiral. If required, add dashes of Angostura Bitter.

IRISH COFFEE - ( Irish coffee- glass )

4.0 cl Irish Whiskey
8.0 cl Hot coffee
3.0 cl Fresh cream
1 tea spoon of brown sugar
Pour into the glass (for hot drink) hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and add a teaspoon of sugar. Warm the mixture over a

burner. Do not boil the mixture.
Float Cream on top. Suggested to use a coffee spoon, place near the surface of glass and pour the cream gently over

to enable it to float.

PINA COLADA Long drink ( tumbler or fashion glass )

3.0 cl White Rum
3.0 cl Coconut cream
9.0 cl Pineapple juice
Pour all ingredients into blender or shaker with crushed ice. Blend or shake until smooth. Pour into chilled glass.

Garnish with pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry and straw.

PLANTERS PUNCH - ( highball )

6.0cl Dark Rum
3.0 cl Fresh lemon juice
1.0 cl Grenadine syrup
Soda water.
Pour all ingredients into shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Pour into highball with ice. Top up with Soda water.

Stir gently and add a dash of Angostura bitters. Garnish with lemon and orange slices.

SCREWDRIVER - ( highball )

5.0 cl Vodka
10.0 cl Orange Juice
Pour all ingredients directly into highball glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with orange slice.

SINGAPORE SLING - ( highball )

4.0 cl Gin
2.0 cl Cherry Brandy
0.5 cl Cointreau
0.5 cl DOM Benedictine
1.0 cl Grenadine
8.0 cl Pineapple juice
3.0 cl Fresh lemon juice
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into highball glass. Garnish

with pineapple and maraschino cherry.

TEQUILA SUNRISE - ( highball )

4.5 cl Tequila
9.0 cl Orange juice
1.5 cl Grenadine syrup
Pour tequila and orange juice directly into highball with ice cubes. Add a splash of Grenadine syrup to create

chromatic effect (sunrise), do not stir. Garnish with orange slice and cherry, straw and stirrer.


POPULAR COCKTAILS

CAIPIRINHA ( old fashioned glass )

5.0 cl.Cachaca
1/2 Fresh Lime cut into 4 wedges
2 teaspoons sugar
Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass & muddle. Filled glass with ice and add Cachaca.
(Note: Caipiroska - instead of Cachaca use Vodka)


COSMOPOLITAN ( Large cocktail glass )

4.0 cl. Vodka Citron
1.5 cl. Cointreau
1.5 cl. Fresh Lime juice
3.0 cl. Cranberry juice
Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into large cocktail glass. Garnish

with lime slice.



JAPANESE SLIPPER (cocktail glass )

3.0 cl. Midori
3.0 cl. Cointreau
3.0 cl. Lemon juice
Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. . Garnish with

a slice of honeydew melon.

KAMIKAZE (cocktail glass )

3.0 cl. Vodka
3.0 cl. Cointreau
3.0 cl. Lemon juice
Add all ingredients into cocktail glass shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. .

Garnish with a lime wedge and stirrer..

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA (highball glass )

1.5 cl Vodka
1.5 cl Tequila
1.5 cl White Rum
1.5 cl Cointreau
1.5 cl Gin
2.5 cl Lemon juice
3.0 cl Gomme Syrup
Dash of Cola
Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with lemon spiral. Serve with straw.

MAI-TAI (highball glass )

3.0 cl White Rum
3.0 cl Dark Rum
1.5 cl Orange Curacao
1.5 cl Orgeat syrup (almond)
0.5 cl Rock Candy syrup
1.0 cl Fresh Lime juice
Add all ingredients except dark rum into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into highball

galss. Float dark rum, garnish with pineapple spear and lime peel. Serve with straw.

MOJITO (highball glass )

4.0 cl White Rum
3.0 cl Fresh lime juice
3 sprigs of Mint
2 teaspoons Sugar
Soda Water
Muddle mint sprigs with sugar and lime juice. Add rum and top with soda water. Garnish with sprig of mint leaves.

Serve with straw.

ORGASM (old fashioned glass )

3.0 cl Cointreau
3.0 cl Bailey's Irish Cream
2.0 cl Grand Marnier
Build all ingredients over ice in a old fashioned glass or shot glass. Garnish with cherry.

B52 (shooter glass )

2.0 cl Kahlua
2.0 cl Bailey's Irish Cream
2.0 cl Grand Marnier
Build all ingredients over ice into a shooter glass.Serve with stirrer.

SALTY DOG (highball glass )

4.0 cl Vodka
10.0 cl Grapefruit juice
Shake vodka and grapefruit juice in cocktail shaker. Strain into a salt rimmed highball glass filled with ice.

SEA BREEZE (highball glass )

4.0 cl Vodka
12.0 cl Cranberry juice
3.0 cl Grapefruit juice
Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge..

CUBA LIBRE (highball glass )

5.0 cl White Rum
10.0 cl Cola

Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge..


SEX ON THE BEACH (highball glass )

4.0 cl Vodka
2.0 cl Peach Schnapps
4.0 cl Orange jiuce
4.0 cl Cranberry juice

Pour all ingredients into shaker. Shake and pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with orange slice.

APPLE MARTINI ( cocktail glass )

4.0 cl Vodka
1.5 cl Apple Schnapps
1.5 cl Cointreau
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain in chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of apple.

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Some of my personal favorites (shots) that is:

Purple Hooter:

1 Shot of your favorite Vodka
1/2 shot of RazzMatazz (Raspberry liqueur)
Splash of 7 up
Splash of sweet and sour bar mix.

Pour into mixing glass with ice, shake, strain and pour into shot glass.



Atomic Panty Dropper:

1 shot of 151 Bacardi Rum
1/2 shot of Peach Schnapps
splash of 7 up

Light on fire and drink




Lemon Drop (This one has many recipes, but this is my favorite one):

1 1/2 shots of vodka
1/2 shot of Triple Sec
splash of sweet and sour bar mix

Pour ingredients in a silver mixing glass with ice, shake and strain. Rim the shot glass with sugar. Pour into the shot glass. Cheers



Caramel Apple:

1 shot of Vodka
1/2 shot of Butterscotch Schnapps
1/2 shot of Apple Pucker

Pour into mixing glass with ice, strain then pour into a shot glass...Tastes EXACTLY like a caramel apple.



Two of my own creations :

The Turbo Fruit Salad Slammer:

1 shot of vodka
1/2 shot of Apple Pucker
1/2 shot of Grape Pucker
1/2 Shot of Cherry Pucker
Splash of 7 up

Pour ingredients right into a rocks glass and slam then shoot.



The Tangy _____ (Can't put the name on BTS )

1 shot of vodka
1/2 shot of Triple Sec
1/2 shot of Blue Island Pucker
Splash of sweet and sour bar mix
Splash of 7 up

Pour ingredients into a mixing glass with ice, strain and pour into a shot glass. The color is a light blue froth, kind of like Windex CHEERS!!!



[edit on 4-7-2008 by LateApexer313]