IBA Official Cocktail
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An IBA Official Cocktail is one of many cocktail
s 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.
IBA
Cocktails are measured in centilitres (cl) rather than the more commonly used millilitres (ml). A rough equivalent for North America
is to use 1 U.S. fluid ounce
for each 3.0 cl.
Official Cocktails were divided into four categories:
Long Drink
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
s selected by the International Bartenders Association
International Bartenders Association
The International Bartenders Association, often confused with the International Bar Association, founded on February 24, 1951 in the Saloon of the Grand Hotel in Torquay, England, is an international organization established in order to represent the best bartenders in the world.An annual event,...
(IBA
International Bartenders Association
The International Bartenders Association, often confused with the International Bar Association, founded on February 24, 1951 in the Saloon of the Grand Hotel in Torquay, England, is an international organization established in order to represent the best bartenders in the world.An annual event,...
) 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.
IBA
International Bartenders Association
The International Bartenders Association, often confused with the International Bar Association, founded on February 24, 1951 in the Saloon of the Grand Hotel in Torquay, England, is an international organization established in order to represent the best bartenders in the world.An annual event,...
Cocktails are measured in centilitres (cl) rather than the more commonly used millilitres (ml). A rough equivalent for North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
is to use 1 U.S. fluid ounce
Fluid ounce
A fluid ounce is a unit of volume equal to about 28.4 mL in the imperial system or about 29.6 mL in the US system. The fluid ounce is distinct from the ounce, which measures mass...
for each 3.0 cl.
List of cocktails
As of January 1, 2008, the IBAInternational Bartenders Association
The International Bartenders Association, often confused with the International Bar Association, founded on February 24, 1951 in the Saloon of the Grand Hotel in Torquay, England, is an international organization established in order to represent the best bartenders in the world.An annual event,...
Official Cocktails were divided into four categories:
Before-Dinner Cocktail - Dry or Medium
- AmericanoAmericano (cocktail)The Americano is a cocktail composed of Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda. The cocktail was first served in creator Gaspare Campari's bar, Caffè Campari, in the 1860s. It was originally known as the "Milano-Torino" because of its ingredients: Campari, the bitter liqueur, is from Milan and...
- Bacardi CocktailBacardi cocktailThe Bacardi cocktail is an IBA Official Cocktail made primarily with Bacardi rum. It is served as a "pre-dinner" cocktail.-History of the Bacardi Cocktail:...
- Bronx
- Banana Daiquiri
- Frozen Daiquiri
- DaiquiriDaiquiriDaiquiri is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, lime juice, and sugar or other sweetener. There are several versions, but those that gained international fame are the ones made in the El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba....
- GibsonGibson (cocktail)The Gibson is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with a pickled onion. The drink bears great similarity to another cocktail, the martini, with the onion garnish being the only differentiating factor.-History:The exact origin of the Gibson is unclear, with numerous popular tales...
- Kir
- Kir RoyalKir Royal (cocktail)Kir Royal is the same as Kir except it's made with champagne instead of white wine....
- Manhattan Dry
- Manhattan Medium
- ManhattanManhattan (cocktail)A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Commonly used whiskeys include rye , Canadian whisky , bourbon, blended whiskey and Tennessee whiskey. The cocktail is often stirred with ice and strained into a cocktail glass, where it is garnished with a Maraschino cherry...
- MargaritaMargaritaThe margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila mixed with orange-flavoured liqueur and lime or lemon juice, often served with salt on the glass rim. It is the most common tequila-based cocktail in the United States...
- Martini (Dry)
- Martini (Perfect)
- Martini (Sweet)
- Martini (Vodka)
- NegroniNegroniThe Negroni cocktail is made of one part gin, one part sweet vermouth, and one part bitters, traditionally Campari. It is considered an apéritif.-History:...
- Old FashionedOld FashionedThe Old Fashioned is a type of cocktail made by muddling dissolved sugar with bitters then adding alcohol, such as jenever, whiskey, or brandy, and a twist of citrus rind. The name references the combination's age: it is possibly the first drink to be called a cocktail...
- ParadiseParadise (cocktail)The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, made with gin and brandy. It is classified as a "pre-dinner" drink, an apéritif....
- Rob Roy
- RoseRose (cocktail)Rose is a cocktail made of vermouth and cherry eau de vie....
- Whiskey SourWhiskey sourThe whiskey sour is a mixed drink containing whiskey , lemon juice, sugar, and optionally, a dash of egg white to make it a Boston Sour...
After-Dinner Cocktail - Sweet
- Black RussianBlack RussianThe Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur and sometimes mixed with Cola. When topped with Cola, it is referred to as a Dirty Black Russian, as opposed to Clean when without it...
- Brandy AlexanderBrandy AlexanderBrandy Alexander is a sweet, brandy-based cocktail consisting of cognac and crème de cacao that became popular during the early 20th century.It was supposedly created at the time of the wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, in London, in 1922...
- French ConnectionFrench Connection (cocktail)A French connection is a cocktail made with equal parts Cognac and Amaretto liqueur.-Recipe:Ingredients:*35 ml Cognac*35 ml Amaretto liqueurMixing Instructions:Pour all ingredients directly into a snifter with ice cubes. Stir gently....
- God Father
- God Mother
- Golden CadillacGolden CadillacThe Golden Cadillac is an IBA official cocktail, made with Galliano and crème de cacao. It is classified as an "after-dinner" drink, a digestif. This cocktail originated in Poor Red's Bar-B-Q in the town of El Dorado, California....
- Golden DreamGolden dream (cocktail)The Golden Dream is an IBA official cocktail made with the uncommon Liquore Galliano and Cointreau. It is classed as an "after dinner" drink....
- Grasshopper
- Porto flipPorto flipA Porto flip is a type of alcoholic beverage. It is typically made with brandy, ruby port, and one egg yolk. - References :...
- Rusty NailRusty Nail (cocktail)A Rusty Nail is made by mixing Drambuie and Scotch Whisky. Many prefer less Drambuie to decrease the sweetness of the drink. Scotch Whisky has a fairly biting and hot taste that is counterbalanced by the honeyed, herbal overtones of the Drambuie. A Rusty Nail can be served in an old-fashioned...
- White RussianWhite Russian (cocktail)A White Russian is a sweet cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueurs , and cream served with ice in an Old Fashioned glass...
Long DrinkLong drinkA long drink or tall drink is an alcoholic mixed drink with a relatively large volume . In Finland, the term refers to a type of premixed, ready to drink alcoholic beverage....
- Collins Type
- Bellini
- Bloody MaryBloody Mary (cocktail)A Bloody Mary is a popular cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Peri-Peri Sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish, celery, olive, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, and celery salt...
- Buck's Fizz
- Brandy Egg NogEggnogEggnog, or egg nog, is a sweetened dairy-based beverage traditionally made with milk and/or cream, sugar, beaten eggs , and liquor...
- Bull Shot
- Champagne Cocktail
- Gin Fizz
- Harvey WallbangerHarvey WallbangerThe Harvey Wallbanger is an alcoholic beverage or cocktail made with vodka, Galliano, and orange juice.-History:The Harvey Wallbanger is reported to have been invented in 1952 by three-time world champion mixologist Donato 'Duke' Antone , the brother-in-law of New York state Senator Carlo Lanzillotti...
- Horse's NeckHorse's NeckA Horse's Neck is an American cocktail recognized by the IBA. It is made with brandy and ginger ale, with a long spiral of lemon peel draped over the edge of an old fashioned or highball glass...
- Irish CoffeeIrish coffeeIrish coffee is a cocktail consisting of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar, stirred, and topped with thick cream. The coffee is drunk through the cream. The original recipe explicitly uses cream that has not been whipped, although whipped cream is often used. Irish coffee may be considered a...
- Tom CollinsTom CollinsThe Tom Collins is a type of Collins cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. First memorialized in writing in 1876 by "the father of American mixology" Jerry Thomas, this "Gin and Sparkling Lemonade" drink typically is served in a Collins glass over ice.-History:In 1874,...
- MimosaMimosa (cocktail)A Mimosa is a cocktail-like drink composed of one part champagne and one part thoroughly chilled orange juice. It is traditionally served in a tall champagne flute with a morning brunch as hair of the dog or to guests at weddings. ....
- Planter's Punch
- Piña ColadaPiña ColadaThe piña colada is a sweet, rum-based cocktail made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with a pineapple wedge or a maraschino cherry or both...
- ScrewdriverScrewdriver (cocktail)A screwdriver is a popular highball drink made with fresh orange juice and vodka. Outside the US, it is often referred to as "vodka and orange"...
- Singapore SlingSingapore SlingThe Singapore Sling is a cocktail that was developed sometime before 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon , a bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel Singapore...
- Tequila SunriseTequila Sunrise (cocktail)The Tequila Sunrise is a cocktail made in two different ways, the original and the more popular concoction...
Fancy Drink - Long, medium, short
- Apple MartiniAppletiniAn apple martini is a cocktail containing vodka and one or more of apple juice, apple cider, apple liqueur, or apple brandy. Optionally, vermouth may be included, as in a regular martini...
- B-52B-52 (cocktail)The B-52 is a layered shot composed of a coffee liqueur , an Irish Cream , and an orange cognac . When prepared properly, the ingredients separate into three distinctly visible layers...
- CaipirinhaCaipirinhaCaipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça , sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage . Both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products...
- CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (cocktail)A cosmopolitan is a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed lime juice or sweetened lime juice. Informally, it is referred to as a Cosmo.-History:...
- Cuba LibreCuba LibreThe Cuba Libre is a highball made of cola, lime, and white rum. This highball is often referred to as a Rum and Coke in the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland, where the lime juice is optional.-History:...
- Japanese SlipperJapanese slipperA Japanese slipper is a cocktail made from Midori, Cointreau, and lemon juice. It is an International Bartenders Association Official Cocktail...
- KamikazeKamikaze (cocktail)The Kamikaze is made of two to one parts vodka, triple sec and lemon juice. According to the International Bartenders Association, it is served straight up in a cocktail glass. Garnish is typically a wedge or twist of lime....
- Long Island Iced TeaLong Island Iced TeaA Long Island Iced Tea is a highball made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum, and triple sec with 1½ parts sour mix and a splash of cola. Most variants use equal parts of the main liquors but include a smaller...
- Mai TaiMai TaiThe Mai Tai is an alcoholic cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur, and lime juice, associated with "Polynesian-style" settings.-History:It was purportedly invented at the Trader Vic's restaurant in Oakland, California in 1944. Trader Vic's rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it in...
- MojitoMojitoMojito is a traditional Cuban highball.Traditionally, a Mojito is not very strong and made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar , lime juice, sparkling water and mint. The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or yerba buena, a mint variety very popular on the island...
- OrgasmOrgasm (cocktail)The Orgasm is a cocktail that can be either served on the rocks or layered and drunk as a shooter. It is an IBA official cocktail.There are many other versions of this popular mixed drink. One of those forms is remembered by "being made on your B.A.C.K.", or made with Bailey's, Amaretto, cream and...
- Salty DogSalty dog (cocktail)A Salty Dog is a cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice, served in a glass with a salted rim. The salt is the only difference between a Salty Dog and a Greyhound...
- Sea-BreezeSea breeze (cocktail)A Sea Breeze is a cocktail containing vodka with cranberry juice and grapefruit juice. The cocktail is usually consumed during summer months due to availability of the fruit ingredients. The drink may be shaken in order to create a foamy surface...
- Sex on the BeachSex on the BeachSex on the Beach is a cocktail that has many variations. There are two general types:*The first type is made from vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice. This is an International Bartenders Association Official Cocktail....
List of sweetened products
The following "Sweetened products" are restricted to two centilitres (4 tsp, or 2/3 US fl oz) in the Before-Dinner Cocktail category:- VermouthVermouthVermouth is a fortified wine flavored with various dry ingredients. The modern versions of the beverage were first produced around the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Italy and France...
(White, Red, Rose) - All Sweet Liqueurs, e.g. Grand MarnierGrand MarnierGrand Marnier is a liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle. It is made from a blend of true cognacs and distilled essence of bitter orange. Grand Marnier is 40% alcohol . It is produced in several varieties, most of which can be consumed "neat" as a digestif and can be used in...
, CointreauCointreauCointreau is a brand of triple sec produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, France. It is drunk as an apéritif and digestif, and is a component of several well-known cocktails. It was originally called "Curaçao Blanco Triple Sec".-Production:...
, DrambuieDrambuieDrambuie is a sweet, golden colored 80-proof liqueur made from malt whisky, honey, herbs, and spices.Produced in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, it is served straight, on the rocks, or added to mixed drinks such as the Rusty Nail....
, MidoriMidori liqueurMidori is a bright, green-coloured, muskmelon-flavored cordial made by Suntory. It is manufactured in Japan, Mexico and France, though it was made only in Japan until 1987. It was first concocted in 1978, with a launch party held in New York's famous Studio 54....
, GallianoGalliano (drink)Liquore Galliano L'Autentico, known more commonly as Galliano, is a sweet herbal liqueur, created in 1896 by Italian distiller and brandy producer Arturo Vaccari of Livorno, Tuscany. Vaccari named the spirit after Giuseppe Galliano, an Italian hero of the First Italo–Ethiopian War at the end of...
, and Creams - BolsLucas BolsLucas Bols is a privately held Dutch company in the business of production, distribution, sales and marketing of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest Dutch company still active and the oldest distillery brand in the world. Its brand portfolio consists of Bols, Galliano, Vaccari, Pisang Ambon,...
, Monin, Marie Brizard, De Kuyper range of products - Sweet PortPort winePort wine is a Portuguese fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet, red wine, often served as a dessert wine, and comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties...
, Sweet MarsalaMarsala wineMarsala is a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. Marsala wine first received Denominazione di Origine Controllata status in 1969.... - Cream SherrySherrySherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez , Spain. In Spanish, it is called vino de Jerez....
- All Syrups
- Asti Sparkling WineSparkling wineSparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. The carbon dioxide may result from natural fermentation, either in a bottle, as with the méthode champenoise, in a large tank designed to withstand the pressures involved , or as a result of carbon dioxide...
External links
- IBA Official Cocktails - the official list with links to the preparation instructions for each drink.
- http://www.aibmproject.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127:anteprima-nuovi-cocktails-iba&catid=2&Itemid=101 News from thn next list of coktails IBA 2011 (italian)