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Cocktail Ingredients Quiz



Know what gives a Mai Tai its signature sweet, or what morphs a Martini into a Gibson? Just wanna know a dram more about mixology? We've got the quiz for you.

There's an exceptionally steep curve when it comes to spirits savvy, so we're just hoping there's a li'l something in there to quench everyone's thirsts. Take the quiz and c'mon back to gloat or glower.

Cocktail Ingredients Quiz

Filed Under: Liquor Cabinet, Guilty Pleasures, Drink Recipes, Drinks
Tags: brandy, cocktails, gin, guilty pleasures, liqueurs, liquor cabinet, rum, spirits, tequila, vodka, whiskey, whisky

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SuZ

6-01-2008 @2:46PM SuZ said... EZ test. I guess my bartending days are still in my head!
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Greg

6-01-2008 @5:43PM Greg said... This quiz was way too easy.
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ashley

6-01-2008 @2:48PM ashley said... ummmm I call a little bs on the answers to some of these questions, there is NO TEQUILLA in a long island tea, AND OJ goes into a mai tai. But overall I still scored well
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Linda

6-01-2008 @2:51PM Linda said... I don't drink very often and some of these were only guesses, but now that I know what are in some of these coctails, I just might try some of them. They sound very tasty.
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ruth

6-01-2008 @3:35PM ruth said... I GOT 14 OUT OF 20 RIGHT, NOT BAD CONSIDERING SOME WERE GUESS'S
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Meg

6-01-2008 @3:19PM Meg said... I was a bartender 25 years ago in college. I know the standards - the new ones not so much.
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kathi h

6-01-2008 @3:22PM kathi h said... lol-missed one-once a bartender, always a bartender-lovin it
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mark allen

6-01-2008 @3:36PM mark allen said... 19 out of 20 ain't bad........missed the almond stuff in the mai tai. too easy.
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Kewalo

6-01-2008 @3:37PM Kewalo said... I tended bar in Hawaii and no self respecting mixologist would ever put grenedine in a Mai Tai.


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Jonah

6-01-2008 @4:09PM Jonah said... 20 out of 20. I was hoping for more of a challenge but still a fun quiz.
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shawn s

6-02-2008 @8:55AM shawn s said... i got 19 out of 20, but it should have been a perfect score. the gimlet answer is not necessarily right. it can be fresh lime too (add a little simple syrup to taste)
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cc

6-01-2008 @5:13PM cc said... piece of cake
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Chris Diaz

6-01-2008 @5:18PM Chris Diaz said... I missed one out of twenty. Something about sugar.
I guess bartending some 25yrs ago at Red Lobster taught me something.
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Carry Nations

6-01-2008 @5:30PM Carry Nations said... excuses, excuses...make way for the STARtender! 20 for 20...woop woop, lg in the house!
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Dave

6-01-2008 @5:41PM Dave said... Bartenders all around should have to pass this one because these are the basics! Thanks for proving that I should still be in the bar business!
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allen

6-01-2008 @6:51PM allen said... 17 for 20 and i havent been behind a bar in 12 years.
good lord i am still pretty good. and i see from the comments that like me all bartenders are terribly modest as a group. lol bet i am still faster than you guys lmao
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Aaliyah

6-01-2008 @7:57PM Aaliyah said... Fun Took Me A Minute But 20 Out Of 20 And I Don't Even Drink G Maybe I'm A Just A Gr8 Hostest And Didn't Know It, But Now I'm Reporting All My Friends To AA LOL
~A~
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Chips

6-02-2008 @5:23AM Chips said... Thought I was in trouble, missed the first 3! Then all correct until the Long Island Iced Tea... Who knew it didn't have Bourbon, but did have Tequila? Then all right to the end... 16 out of 20!!! and never was a bartender.
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bouv

6-03-2008 @12:51AM bouv said... The gimlet and James Bond ones were the only ones I got wrong. And I agree with the previous guy, you can make a gimlet using fresh limes and simple syrup, and in fact it will make a superior one at that. And I don't even bartend!
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Anna

6-08-2008 @3:28AM Anna said... Sorry fellow cocktail quiz takers ;) Been in the bar business for years and bitters does not go into a manhattan...Bitters goes into an old fashion..They need to fix that question...With that said my score is 20 out of 20 ;-)
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