Recipes

Most of us can’t live the 007 lifestyle, due to factors like jealous spouses, too many doughnuts, and a very real lack of casino chips. But don’t despair...we’ve all got a licence to swill. Get a taste of the good life with these authentic drink recipes. Cheers!

| Drinks from the Novels | Drinks from the Films | Heroes and Villains |
| Bond-inspired Drinks | 007’s Hangover Cure | A Shot of Humor |

Authentic 007 Drinks from the Novels:

The Vesper
(from Casino Royale)

• Three measures of Gordon’s gin
• One measure of vodka (preferably a Russian grain vodka)
• Half a measure of Lillet Blanc

Shake very well until ice-cold. Pour in a deep champagne goblet, and add a large thin slice of lemon-peel.

Americano
(from Casino Royale and “From a View to a Kill”; Bond’s first-ever drink)

• 1 oz. Campari
• 1 oz. Cinzano Rosso
• Perrier (because expensive soda water is the cheapest way to improve a poor drink)

Put ice in an old-fashioned glass. Add the Campari and Cinzano, then pour in a splash of soda water. Add a large slice of lemon-peel.

Old Fashioned
(from Live and Let Die)

• 2 oz. bourbon
• 1 tsp sugar, or 1 sugar cube
• splash of water
• two dashes Angostura® bitters
• orange slice
• maraschino cherry

Muddle the sugar, water, and bitters in the bottom of an old-fashioned glass. Add the orange and cherry. Fill the glass with ice, add the bourbon and stir.

Black Velvet
(from Diamonds Are Forever)

• 1 part Guinness Stout
• 1 part chilled champagne (preferably Taittinger)

Add the Guinness to a pint glass, and pour the champagne on top.

Stinger
(from Diamonds Are Forever; the signature drink of Ian Fleming’s buddy Evelyn Waugh)

• 1½ oz. Brandy
• ½ oz. White Crème de Menthe

Shake ingredients with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.

Negroni
(from “Risico”)

• 1 oz. gin (Bond asked for Gordon’s)
• 1 oz. sweet vermouth
• 1 oz. Campari
• orange slice

Shake ingredients with ice, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add the orange slice.

Pink Gin
(from The Man with the Golden Gun; favorite of Ian Fleming)

• 2 oz. gin
• two to four dashes of Angostura® bitters

Shake ingredients with ice, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Can also be served on the rocks.

Medium-Dry Vodka Martini
(from Dr. No)

• 2 oz. vodka
• ½ oz. measure dry vermouth

Shake well with ice and pour into a martini glass. Add a thin slice of lemon peel.

Mint Julep
(from Goldfinger)

• 2½ oz. bourbon
• 4–6 sprigs fresh mint
• 1 tsp powdered sugar
• 2 tsp water

In a julep cup, muddle the mint leaves, sugar and water. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and a mint sprig.

Rum Collins
(from Thunderball)

• 2 oz. light rum
• juice of 1 lime
• 1 tsp powdered sugar
• club soda
• orange slice

Shake rum, lime juice and sugar with ice. Strain into a collins glass, over ice cubes. Fill with club soda and stir. Add the slice of orange.

Sazerac
(from Live and Let Die)

• 1 tsp sugar or simple syrup
• 2 oz. rye whiskey
• 1 dash of Herbsaint or Pernod
• 2 dashes Peychaud bitters
• 1 twist lemon peel

Coat the inside of a chilled old-fashioned glass with Herbsaint, and then pour out most of the liqueur. In a mixing glass, blend the sugar or simple syrup with the bitters. Add the rye and the sugar mixture to the old-fashioned glass. Rub the lemon twist on the rim of the glass and serve.

Mojito
(from Die Another Day)

• 2 oz. light rum
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• fresh mint
• soda water
• lime slice

In a tall glass, muddle the mint leaves, sugar and lime juice. Fill the glass with ice, add rum and stir. Top with soda water, and garnish with lime slice and a mint sprig.

Heroes and Villains:

Felix Leiter’s Martini
(A definite gin man, he drinks them in Live and Let Die, Diamonds Are Forever and Thunderball)

• 2 oz. gin
• ½ oz. dry vermouth

Shake with ice and pour into a martini glass. Add a twist of lemon peel.

Brandy Alexander
(Used by Kristatos as a recognition signal in “Risico”)

• 1½ oz. brandy
• 1 oz. Dark Creme de Cacao
• 1 oz. cream or half-and-half
• grated nutmeg

Shake ingredients with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a sprinkle of nutmeg. The drink can also be made with White Creme de Cacao.

Bullshot
(Milton Krest has three of these in “The Hildebrand Rarity”)

• 1oz. vodka
• 4 oz. beef bouillon
• 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
• dash of lemon juice
• Tabasco® sauce
• celery salt
• pepper

Shake vodka, bouillon, Worcestershire and lemon juice with ice. Pour into a glass, and add celery salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste.

Crème de Menthe Frappé
(The favorite drink of Emilio Largo in Thunderball; for this alone, he deserved to die)

• Crème de Menthe
• shaved ice
• maraschino cherry

Fill a cocktail or wine glass to the top with shaved ice. Add the Crème de Menthe, and put the cherry on top. Serve with a straw.

Bond-inspired Drinks:

The 007 Cocktail
(Created as a promotional tie-in by Martini & Rossi during the Dalton era)

• 3 parts Martini & Rossi Extra Dry Vermouth
• 2 parts orange juice
• splash of grenadine

Serve shaken or stirred.

The 007 Classic Martini
(Created by Smirnoff as a promotional tie-in with Tomorrow Never Dies)

• 2 oz. Smirnoff vodka
• splash of Cinzano dry vermouth

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with two olives.

The Wai Lin Martini
(Created by Smirnoff as a promotional tie-in with Tomorrow Never Dies)

• 2 oz. Smirnoff vodka
• ¼ oz. cranberry juice
• ¼ oz. melon liqueur

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with lemon or lime twist.

The Moneypenny Martini
(Created by Smirnoff as a promotional tie-in with Tomorrow Never Dies)

• 1¼ oz. Smirnoff vodka
• ½ oz. raspberry liqueur
• ¼ oz. cranberry juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

The Q Martini
(Created by Smirnoff as a promotional tie-in with Tomorrow Never Dies)

• 2 oz. Smirnoff vodka
• splash of blue curacao
• ¼ oz. lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

The James Bond Perfect Martini
(Created by Finlandia as a promotional tie-in with Die Another Day)

• 2 parts Finlandia vodka
• a whisper of vermouth

Shaken, not stirred, until cold. Serve in frosted martini glass.

The GoldenEye Martini
(Version 1)

• 1 oz. Smirnoff vodka
• ½ oz. cognac
• ½ oz. amaretto

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

The GoldenEye Martini
(Version 2)

• 2½ oz. tequila
• ½ oz. Grand Marnier
• splash of Cointreau
• ½ oz. of Orange Juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange slice.

The Walther PPK

• 2½ oz. gin
• ½ oz. dry sherry

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an olive.

The ESB (or Ernst Stavro Blofeld)
(from Cypher’s Bar, Osaka, Japan)

• 2 oz. Polish vodka (preferably potato-based, like Chopin)
• 1 oz. sake
• 2 dashes of bitters
• 1 anchovy (or an anchovy-stuffed olive)

Shake the vodka, sake and bitters with ice. Pour in a martini glass, and garnish with the anchovy (or you can feed it to your pet cat).

The Goldfinger
(version 1, from San Antonio’s Swig, one of the world’s great martini bars)

• Gordon’s gin
• Noilly Prat vermouth

Shake with ice, and serve in a martini glass. Garnish with bocconcini marinated olives (stuffed with mozarella cheese).

The Goldfinger
(version 2)

• 1 oz. Goldschlager
• 1 oz. Amaretto
• Lemonade

Shake with ice, and serve in a highball glass on the rocks. Garnish with a twist of lemon.

The 007
(Thanks to J. Darlington)

• 2 oz. Orange vodka
• 2 oz. Orange juice
• 3 oz. 7-Up

Strain vodka over ice into a highball glass; add the orange juice and 7-Up.

The Minister’s Martini
(Not really Bond-related, but it is my site)

• 2 oz. Chopin vodka
• ½ oz. Stock vermouth

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Rub a lime twist once around the lip, and place it into the drink.

007’s Hangover Cure:

The Prairie Oyster
(In Thunderball, Bond admits to having one of these about once a week)

• 1 whole egg
• 1½ oz. brandy
• Dash of Worcestershire sauce
• Dash of Tabasco® sauce (optional)

Carefully crack the egg and place inside a highball glass (the yolk should be unbroken). Add the other ingredients. When drinking, the yolk should be swallowed whole. Warning: raw eggs may contain salmonella.

A Shot of Humor:

The Anagram
(Parody of the Vesper, from the Harvard Lampoon’s Alligator)

• 2 oz. Wolfschmidt’s vodka
• 2 oz. Beefeater’s gin
• ½ oz. Cointreau
• 1 oz. creme de menthe
• 1 oz. Bacardi light rum
• 1 dash of Angostura bitters
• Falernum syrup
• ½ cup of sugar
• lemon twist

The glass must be pre-chilled to 28° F. Add the vodka, gin and Cointreau to a large shaker. On the side, mix the creme de menthe, rum, bitters and Falernum (not going too heavy on the syrup). Add to the shaker along with the sugar and shake firmly. Pour the contents slowly into an old-fashioned glass containing not more than two cubes of ice per measure. Rub a twist of lemon once around the lip and place it into the drink.

More to come!