For one semester Metropolitan Community College offered a community education course that covered the history and making of some of America's favorite drinks. This is the presentation I used to teach the class.

1. HOME BARTENDING
Dazzle your friends, impress your co-
workers.

2. 1 Bottle of red wine
(Cabernet Sauvignon,
Merlot, Rioja, Zinfandel,
Shiraz)
1 Lemon cut into wedges
1 Orange cut into wedges
1 Lime cut into wedges
2 Tbsp sugar
Splash of orange juice or
lemonade
2 Shots of gin or triple sec
4 Cups ginger ale
Sangria
A batch drink at its best

3. GETTING DRUNK
Where are my pants?

4. HOME BARTENDING
Dazzle your friends, impress your co-
workers.

5. In the beginning…
 …there was whiskey and taxes.
 The most popular drink in the nineteenth
century was whiskey—an “all-American” liquor
borrowed from Scotland and Ireland which
replaced rum during the British blockades in
the American Revolution and War of 1812.

6. The Tudor family of Boston

7. The Tudor family of Boston
 ICE!
It is the ONLY ingredient we will use in ALL of the drinks tonight.

8. Tools of the trade
 Hand Juicer
 Boston Shaker / Three piece shaker
 Strainer
 Jigger

9. Whiskey / Bourbon
A gentleman's drink of choice.

10. Between 1100 and 1300, distillation spread
Whiskey to Ireland and Scotland,[7] with monastic
distilleries existing in Ireland in the 12th
century. Since the islands had few grapes
with which to make wine, barley beer was
used instead, resulting in the development
Bourbon of whisky.
During the Prohibition era in the 1920s in
the US, all alcohol sales were banned in the
country. However, the federal government
Rye made an exemption for whisky, which could
be prescribed by a doctor and sold through
licensed pharmacies. During this time,
the Walgreens pharmacy chain grew from
20 retail stores to almost 400.
Whiskey / Bourbon
A gentleman's drink of choice.

11. 12fresh Mint leaves
4.5 oz. bourbon
1.5 oz. Pure Cane sugar syrup
(65°brix, 2:1 sugar/water)
3 dashes Angostura aromatic
bitters
Lightly MUDDLE (only bruise) mint in base
of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE
with ice and strain into glass half filled with
crushed ice. CHURN (stir) the drink with the
crushed ice using a bar spoon. Top up the
glass with more crushed ice and CHURN
again. Repeat this process until the drink
fills the glass and serve.
Mint Julep
Classic, refreshing, bourbon.

12. 2 whole Maraschino cherries &
syrup
1 slice Fresh orange
(cut into eight segments)
2 oz bourbon
⅛ shot Maraschino syrup
(from cherry jar)
MUDDLE orange and cherries in
.5 oz Pure Cane sugar syrup base of shaker. Add other
(65°brix, 2:1 sugar/water) ingredients, SHAKE with ice and
fine strain into ice-filled glass.
2 dashes Angostura aromatic
bitters
Old Fashioned (US version)
A favorite among gentlemen called Mike Ekey

13. 2 oz bourbon
1oz Cointreau triple sec
1oz Freshly squeezed lime
juice
.5 oz Pure Cane sugar syrup
(65°brix, 2:1 sugar/water)
Top up with Ginger ale
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with
ice and fine strain into ice-filled
glass. TOP with ginger ale.
Kentucky Tea
For a sweeter palate.

14. Tequila
You have been warned.

15. Tequila was first produced in the 16th
Blanco century near the location of the city of
Tequila, which was not officially
established until 1656. The Aztec
Joven people had previously made a
fermented beverage from
the agave plant, which they called
octli (later, and more popularly
Resposado called plaque), long before
the Spanish arrived in 1521. When
the Spanish conquistadors ran out of
Anejo their own brandy, they began to distill
this agave drink to produce North
America's first indigenous distilled
spirit.[4]
Tequila
You have been warned.

16. 2 oz Tequilla
1.5 oz Cointreau triple sec
1.5 oz Freshly squeezed lime
juice
1 oz Pure Cane sugar syrup
(65°brix, 2:1 sugar/water)
Margarita
If it comes from a bucket, run away.

17. 1oz agave tequila (reposado)
1 oz. Rye whiskey
1 spoon Runny honey
2 oz Pressed apple juice
Top up with Ginger ale
STIR honey with whiskey in
base of shaker until honey
dissolves. Add tequila and apple
juice, SHAKE with ice and strain
into ice-filled glass. TOP with a
splash of ginger ale.
The Bee Sting
Hold on to your sombrero.

18. Gin
From the bathtub to the shaker: This drink has history.

19. By the 11th century, Italian monks
were flavoring crudely distilled
spirits with juniper berries.
The Dutch physician Franciscus
Sylvius is credited with the
invention of gin. By the mid 17th
century, numerous small Dutch
distillers (some 400 in Amsterdam
alone by 1663).
It was only when William of
Orange, ruler of the Dutch
Republic, occupied the British
throne together with his wife
Mary that gin became vastly more
popular.
Gin
From the bathtub to the shaker: This drink has history.

20. Secretly produced "bathtub gin" was commonly available in
the speakeasies and "blind pigs" of Prohibition-era America due to
the relative simplicity of the production method. Gin remained popular
as the basis of many cocktails after the repeal of Prohibition.
Gimlet
2 oz. gin
1.5 oz. lime
Gin
From the bathtub to the shaker: This drink has history.

21. 2 oz. Bombay London dry gin
1 oz Cointreau triple sec
1.5 oz. Freshly squeezed lime
juice
.5 oz Pomegranate syrup
1 fresh Egg white
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and
fine strain into chilled glass.
Boxcar
The incredible, edible egg.

22. 1.5 oz Gin
.75 oz Noilly Prat dry vermouth
.75 oz Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
1 oz Freshly squeezed orange juice
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine
strain into chilled glass.
The Bronx (aka Satan’s Whiskers)
This is the B Train express traveling uptown. Watch the closing doors.

23. Vodka
Bad vodka tastes awful. Good vodka tastes like nothing.

24. According to Gin and Vodka
Association (GVA), the first
distilled beverage similar to a
crude brandy was produced in
Poland already in the 8th
century, while the first
'identifiable' vodkas appeared
in Poland in the 11th century.
It was used often as medicine
and called
'gorzalka'. Encyclopædia
Britannica writes that Vodka
originated in Russia during the
14th century, but exact origins
of vodka cannot be traced
definitively.
Vodka
Bad vodka tastes awful. Good vodka tastes like nothing.

25. By 1975, vodka sales in the United States overtook those
of bourbon, previously the most popular hard liquor and the native
spirit of the country.
Its neutral flavor allows it to be mixed into a wide variety of drinks,
often replacing other liquors (particularly gin) in traditional drinks,
such as the Martini.
Vodka
Uh oh…

26. WARNING!
Prepare for rant.

27. 2 oz Vodka
2 oz Cointreau triple sec
2 oz Ocean Spray cranberry juice
1 oz Freshly squeezed lime juice
1dash Angostura orange
bitters (optional)
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine
strain into chilled glass.
The Cosmopolitan
Oh, it hurts.

28. 2 oz vodka
1 oz Galliano liqueur
3½ oz Freshly squeezed
orange juice
Pour all ingredients into ice
filled glass
Harvey Wallbanger
Or… The screwdriver +

29. 2shots Ketel One vodka
4shots Tomato juice
½shot Freshly squeezed lemon
juice
7 drops Tobasco hot pepper
sauce
4 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2 pinches Black pepper
⅔ pinch Celery salt
Bloody Mary
Now this is cooking.

30. Asian Mary (with wasabi, ginger &
soy sauce)
Bloody Bull (with beef consommé)
Bloody Caesar (with clam juice)
Bloody Joseph (with Scotch
whisky)
Bloody Maria (with tequila)
Bloody Maru (with sake)
Bloody Shame (without alcohol)
Bullshot (with beef bouillon)
Cubanita (with rum)
Red Snapper (with gin)
Bloody Mary
Now this is cooking.

31. The Cape Cod
-Vodka
-Cranberry
Juice
The
Greyhound
-Vodka
-Grapefruit
Juice
Rock Lobster
-Vodka
-Pom Juice
And the rest…

32. http://www.diffordsguide.com
http://www.thebar.com
http://www.epicurious.com/
Cheers!
I also take requests…