ScientiSt McGee’S Drink Menu & Manual 8th Edition – Updated for 2019 Originally Published in January of 2012 St. Louis, USA ScientiSt McGee’S Drink Menu & Manual 1st Edition – January 2012 2nd Edition – December 2012 3rd Edition – February 2014 4th Edition – May 2014 5th Edition – January 2015 (In memory of Oscar Taveras 1992-2014) 6th Edition – January 2016 7th Edition – April 2018 8th Edition – January 2019 Table of Contents Ingredient Inventory and Shopping List – Section I The Basics: Measurements & Syrup recipes – Section II My Personal Favorites – SEction III Table of Contents – Section IV The Drinks Guide, by Base Ingredient – Pages 1 through 134 The Bookshelf – Page 138 Index of Modifying, Flavoring & Coloring Agents – Pages 139+ My Favorite Bottles: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Drinkers Take Heed! Ingredients that are Frighteningly Low: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Ingredients currently depleted: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Shopping List: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ I The Basics Measurements: Dash (d) = 6 drops Teaspoon = 1/8 ounce Splash = 1/2 ounce Tablespoon = 1/2 ounce Pony = 1 ounce Cordial = 1 ounce Pousse-cafe glass = 1.5 ounces (oz) Jigger = 1.5 ounces Shot = 1.5 ounces Cocktail glass = 2 ounces Wineglass = 4 ounces Cup = 8 ounces Small tumbler = 8 ounces Large tumbler = 16 ounces Mixing glass = 16 ounces Fifth = 750 ml = 25.4 ounces Syrup recipes: Simple Syrup: Equal parts sugar & water (1:1 ratio) | Combine the sugar & water in a small sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Continue simmering, stirring until the sugar dissolves. This will only take a few minutes. Remove pan from the heat, and let it sit to cool down to room temperature. After it's cooled down, go ahead and transfer it to a container. You can store the simple syrup in the refrigerator for up to a month. Grenadine: Equal parts pomegranate juice and superfine sugar (1:1 ratio) | Combine juice and sugar, shake until the sugar dissolves Demerara Syrup: Equal parts demerara sugar & water (1:1 ratio) | Same prep instructions as simple syrup above. Jalapeno Syrup: Equal parts sugar & water (1:1 ratio) + 1 jalapeno pepper | Mix sugar and water, boil to make a basic simple syrup; add jalapeno pepper, sliced lengthwise with seeds included; bring to a quick boil again, then let simmer for 10 minutes; let cool. II My Personal Favorites (In No Particular Order) Aviation II – page 1 Summer Relief – page 61 Sidecar – page 3 Billiken Cocktail – page 63 Manhattan (H. Craddock’s) – pg 21 East Village Athletic Club – pg 39 Cloister – page 35 Little Man – page 69 Eclipse – page 43 Corpse Reviver #2 – page 48 Monte Carlo – page 30 Loop Tonic – page 28 Last Word – page 9 Reanimator – page 78 Margarita – page 16 Martinez – page 71 Sazerac – page 6 Champagne Cocktail – page 18 Martini – page 11 Vieux Carre – page 31 Trinidad Sour – page 56 Negroni – page 5 Blood & Sand – page 15 Americano – page 32 Pink Gin – page 70 Japanese Cocktail – page 63 Mr. Clark’s Cane – page 58 Pimm’s Cup – page 72 Robert Treat Special – page 17 Dare I Say? – page 84 The 109th – page 79 The Ragazzino – page 85 Show Me Cocktail – page 99 Boulevardier- page 79 Don’t Blink – page 90 501 – page 60 The Highlander – page 96 Old Fashioned – page 36 Harvest Moon – page 54 Ferguson – page 97 Martica – page 99 Mint Julep – page 90 Hoop La! – page 56 Hoop La! – page 56 Whiskey Sour – page 122 Mark Twain – page 94 S. Grand – page 118 NEW Spectator – page 119 NEW Roycroft Cocktail – page 134 NEW Final Ward – page135 NEW III Section IV All The Drinks (Organized by Base ingredient, then type of drink, then by alphabet) Gin DRINKS “Jewel Cocktail” – page 37 Cocktail “Negroni” – page 5 Cocktail “Pink Gin” – page 70 Cocktail “Vesper” – page 107 Cocktail “Archangel” – page 73 Cocktail “Berlioni” – page 93 Cocktail “Bijou” – page 11 Cocktail “Billiken Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 63 Cocktail “Can-Can Martini” – page 38 Cocktail “Cynargroni” – page 109 Cocktail “Dubonnet Cocktail” – page 95 Cocktail “Ephemeral” – page 83 Cocktail “Fernet Branca Cocktail” – page 70 Cocktail “Hanson Dry” – page 130 Cocktail “Le Jacques Strap” – page 20 Cocktail “Lucien Gaudin Cocktail” – page 87 Cocktail “Obituary” – page 5 Cocktail “Poppy Variation” – page 26 Cocktail “Recital Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 89 Cocktail “Salome” – page 132 Cocktail “Statesman” – page 44 Cocktail “The Alaska” – page 85 Cocktail “The Joy Division” – page 118 Cocktail “The Martinez (#2)” – page 71 Cocktail “The Martinez” – page 25 Cocktail “The Martini” – page 11 Cocktail “The Move Over” – page 16 Cocktail “Xanthia” – page 42 Cocktail “Tom Collins” – page 108 Fizz “Ramos Fizz” – page 32 Fizz “Captain’s Table” – page 7 Fizz / Tiki “Negroni Flip” – page 125 Flip “Damn the Weather” – page 98 Sour “The Bronx Bomber” – page 12 Sour “The Gypsy” – page 24 Sour “Abbey Cocktail” – page 67 Sour “Appetiser Cocktail” – page 81 Sour “Aurora’s Bed” – page 35 Sour “Aviation II” – page 1 Sour “Aviation” – page 7 Sour “Bella Luna” – page 100 Sour “Biter” – page 91 Sour “Blue Moon” – page 1 Sour “Bronx Cocktail” – page 6 Sour “Cloister” – page 35 Sour “Colonial Cocktail” – page 23 Sour “Corpse Reviver #2 – page 48 Sour “Fine & Dandy” – page 36 Sour “French Gimlet” – page 19 Sour “Hanky Panky” – page 57 Sour “Have a Heart Cocktail” – page 55 Sour “L Train” – page 98 Sour “Lavender Bee’s Knees” – page 64 Sour “Monkey Gland” – page 27 Sour “Mujer Verde” – page 34 Sour “Pegu Club” – page 47 Sour “Sawyer” – page 68 Sour “Seville Cocktail” – page 25 Sour “South Grand” (SMcG) – page 118 Sour “South Slope” – page 49 Sour “Strike’s Off” – page 80 Sour “Summer Relief” – page 61 Sour “The Blue Devil” – page 29 Sour “The Communist” – page 19 Sour “The Counter Argument” (SMcG) – page 12 Sour “The Gilroy” – page 22 Sour “The Gimlet” – page 23 Sour “The Last Word” – page 9 Sour “The Plantation” – page 28 Sour “The Stork Club” – page 2 Sour “Twentieth Century” – page 122 Sour “Vie Rose” – page 119 Sour “Water Lily” – page 51 Sour “Wedding Belle” – page 130 Sour “Welcome Stranger” – page 88 Sour “Wellington” – page 57 Sour “White Lady” – page 86 Sour “Peach Shrub Aviation” – page 131 Sour / Shrub “Far East” – page 114 Sour / Tiki Genever DRINKS “Improved Gin Cocktail” – page 52 Cocktail “Genever Daisy” – page 117 Sour Rye Whiskey DRINKS “Breast Pocket Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 45 Beer Cocktail “1794” – page 102 Cocktail “3, 2, 1” – page 34 Cocktail “Boulevardier” – page 79 Cocktail “Brooklyn” – page 46 Cocktail “Algonquin” – page 75 Sour “Bang Up Cocktail” – page 77 Sour “Blinker” – page 41 Sour “Brown Derby” – page 59 Sour “Clifton Heights Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 42 Sour “Harry’s Manhattan” – page 21 Cocktail “Waldorf” – page 8 Cocktail "Up The Mississippi" - page 135 Cocktail “Dandy Cocktail” – page 82 Cocktail “Dare I Say?” – page 84 Cocktail “De La Louisiane” – page 40 Cocktail “Harvest Moon” – page 54 Cocktail “Hunter” – page 128 Cocktail “Improved Whiskey Cocktail” – page 44 Cocktail “Maple Sunset Improved Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 92 Cocktail “Maple Sunset Old-Fashioned” (SMcG) – page 96 Cocktail “Monte Carlo” – page 30 Cocktail “New Pal” – page 60 Cocktail “Old Fashioned” – page 36 Cocktail “Remember the Maine” – page 22 Cocktail “Sazerac” – page 6 Cocktail “Show Me Cocktail” (SMcG) - page 99 Cocktail “The Conference” – page 117 Cocktail “The Hesitation” – page 55 Cocktail “The Manhattan” – page 10 Cocktail “Toronto” – page 68 Cocktail “Understudy Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 94 Cocktail “Vieux Carre” – page 31 Cocktail Reanimator – page 78 Cocktail “Millionaire” – page 31 Flip “Junior” – page 53 Sour “Rhubarb & Rye” – page 43 sour “The Scofflaw” – page 17 sour "Augustus" - page 136 Sour "Final Ward" - page 135 Sour "Roycroft Cocktail" - page 134 Sour "Ward 8" - page 4 Sour “Don’t Blink” – page 89 Sour “N.Y. Sour” – page 121 Sour “Over Easy” – page 93 Sour “S.G. Cocktail” – page 48 Sour “The Little Man” (SMcG) – page 69 Sour “The Ragazzino” (SMcG) – page 85 Sour Bourbon Whiskey Drinks “Gray Heart”– page 106 Cocktail “Left Hand Cocktail” – page 45 Cocktail “Autumn Sunset” – page 62 Cocktail “Black Heart” – page 73 Cocktail “Boulevardier” – page 77 Cocktail “Mint Julep Cocktail” – page 74 Cocktail “Mint Julep” – page 90 Cocktail “Old Fashioned” – page 36 Cocktail “Old Pal” – page 13 Cocktail “Pendergrast” – page 114 Cocktail “Preakness” – page 101 Cocktail “The Conference” – page 117 Cocktail “The Liberal” – page 49 Cocktail “The Manhattan” – page 10 Cocktail “Waldorf” – page 8 Cocktail “Oh, Henry! Cocktail” – page 82 Fizz “43 Flip” – page 129 Flip “Paper Plane” – page 50 Sour “San Francisco” – page 37 sour “Stiletto” – page 14 Sour “Whiskey Sour” – page 122 Sour Irish Whiskey Drinks “Weeski” – page 54 Cocktail “Cameron’s Kick” – page 74 Sour Scotch Whisky DRINKS “Coleman Hawkins” (SMcG) – page 113 Cocktail “Gratiot Street Cocktail” (SMcG) – page 111 Cocktail “Black Scottish Cyclops” – page 66 Cocktail “Bobby Burns” – page 38 Cocktail “Dry Rob Roy” – page 15 Cocktail “Highlander” – page 96 Cocktail “Rob Roy” – page 13 Cocktail “Mamie Taylor” – page 50 Fizz “Cameron’s Kick” – page 74 Sour “Mark Twain” – page 94 Sour “Pete's Word” – page 108 Sour “Salt in the Wound”