What is the most stylish and sexiest super spy of all time drinking? First of all, of course, vodka with martini (“mix, but do not shake”). However, this is far from the only Bond cocktail, we will figure out what other alcoholic drinks Agent 007 prefers – moreover, both of his incarnations: both book and screen.
Let’s leave aside the overt advertising that has appeared in recent films, such as Heineken beer, and focus on classic cocktails, since Mr. Bond is a model of taste for men all over the world.
1. Vesper Martini. It is claimed in Bond that James himself invented the recipe for this cocktail in honor of the only woman he was truly in love with, Vesper Lind. It was this drink that the spy ordered in the seventh chapter of the book “Casino Royale”.
Ingredients:
- gin – 6 parts;
- vodka – 2 parts;
- Kina Lillet vermouth – 1 part.
Please note that Kina Lille’s dry white vermouth today is called Lillet Blanc.
Recipe: Mix all ingredients in a champagne glass with ice.
2. Vodka Martini. “Vodka Martini” – a variation of “Gin Martini” for those who do not want to “spoil” the taste of vermouth with the characteristic juniper flavor of gin.
More often than this cocktail, James Bond drinks only champagne, the famous phrase “mix, but do not shake” sounded from the screens more than 20 times, and for the first time – in the movie “Dr. No”.
The cocktail itself was invented in the 1950s, when a lot of vodka appeared in the West.
Ingredients:
- vodka – 2 parts;
- white dry vermouth (martini) – ¾ parts;
- bitter angostura – 2 drops.
Recipe: mix all the ingredients in a shaker, pour the resulting mixture into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish with lemon zest or olives.
3. Gin Martini. Gin Martini is the base from which Vodka Martini appeared. “Cinema” Bond does not drink this cocktail, but the book Bond ordered it as many as 19 times.
Ingredients:
- dry white vermouth (martini) – 1 part;
- gin – 5 parts;
- angostura or other bitter – to taste.
Recipe: mix all the ingredients in a glass, then pour the mixture into a cocktail glass, garnish with lemon zest or olives.
4. Scotch & Soda (Whiskey with soda). The screen Bond is too sophisticated for such a cocktail, and the book Bond drinks it 21 times. However, Agent 007 did not disdain pure scotch and even bourbon.
The recipe is very simple: pour two fingers of whiskey into a glass with ice, fill to the top with soda. Proportions may vary depending on the taste of the taster.
5. Vodka Tonic. Gin Tonic. Twin cocktails: replacing gin with vodka makes the taste of the drink “cleaner” and nobler. In 1958, in Dr. No, Fleming allowed his main character to drink 4 gin and tonics, but 5 years later, in 1963, in the book On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Bond already drinks vodka and tonic.
Recipe: pour gin (vodka) into a highball with ice to taste, top up with tonic. The super agent also added a “secret ingredient” – a drop of angostura.
6. American. First appears in Casino Royale, then in A View to a Kill. The cocktail is designed to demonstrate the refined taste of the British spy. Bond drinks it in a cozy French cafe, and asks to use Perrier as a soda, as “expensive soda is the best way to fix bad booze.” This classic cocktail was invented in Italy in the 1860s, at first it was called “Milan-Turin”.
Ingredients:
- bitter Campari – 1 part;
- sweet red vermouth – 1 part;
- soda – 2 parts.
Recipe: Mix Campari, sweet vermouth and soda in a serving glass, garnish with an orange slice.
7. Old-Fashioned. Another classic cocktail that Bond Fleming often drinks and does not use the on-screen character at all. This drink appears in the books “Diamonds are forever”, “Live and let die”, “Operation Thunder”. Agent 007 often uses it at night and always mixes a double dose. The cocktail appeared in 1806, and in 1860 received its current name – “Old Fashioned”.
Ingredients:
- bourbon or rye whiskey – 2 parts;
- sugar – 1 cube;
- angostura – 2-3 drops.
Recipe: put sugar on the bottom of a glass, drop bitters on the sugar, fill the glass with ice cubes, add whiskey, mix.
8. Stinger. Perhaps the most “non-Bond” (in terms of style) drink from the entire list. However, it is him that Agent 007 drinks with Tiffany in Diamonds Are Forever and Felix Leiter in Operation Thunder. In films, however, the cocktail is not shown – perhaps because it is not very justified from a marketing point of view.
Ingredients:
- Crème de menthe liqueur – 1 part;
- brandy – 2 parts.
Recipe: Mix ingredients in a serving glass. The proportions can be changed to taste.
9. Mojito. “Mojito”, on the contrary, often appears on the screen and never – in books. The cocktail can be seen, for example, in the 2002 film Die Another Day. It takes place in Cuba and the drink fits perfectly into these scenery, so the recipe appeared on Liberty Island.
Ingredients:
- light rum – 2 parts;
- sugar – 2 teaspoons;
- fresh mint – 6-8 leaves;
- lime – 1 piece;
- soda – to taste.
Recipe: cut a lime in half, squeeze the juice from one half into a highball glass. Add sugar and finely chopped mint. Mash the mint with a muddler or spoon. Fill a glass with ice cubes. Pour in the rum, then the soda.
10. Black Velvet. Mentioned only once: in “Diamonds Are Forever”. Bond and Bill Tanner stop by a cafe in London to “eat crab and garnish and drink a pint of Black Velvet”. What could be better than a combination of champagne, stout and seafood?
Recipe: Mix equal parts champagne and chilled stout.
11. Negroni. Appears in the short story “Risk” (Risico). It is believed that the cocktail was invented by Count Camillo Negroni in 1920, when a distinguished gourmet ordered an Americano cocktail in a cafe, but asked to replace soda with gin.
Recipe: mix equal proportions of red sweet vermouth, Campari and gin – in the case of Bond, this is, of course, Gordon’s Gin.
12. Pink Gin. It is believed that the drink will be tastier if you take not London Dry (London dry gin), but Old Tom. Mr. Bond himself in the story “The Man with the Golden Gun” (1965) orders “Pink Gin” based on the Beefeater brand and asks for more bitters.
Recipe: add a few drops of angostura to a glass of gin, stir.
13. Mint Julep. This is a traditional cocktail from Kentucky – Agent 007 drinks it there, and the criminal Goldfinger himself treats Bond in the story of the same name.
Recipe: put leaves from 4-5 sprigs of mint and two sugar cubes in a glass, grind well, pour bourbon to taste, add ice cubes.
14. Irish Coffee. The British superspy washed down this cocktail with steak and champagne at the Irish Shannon Airport, where the drink was created in 1942.
Recipe: mix strong hot coffee with Irish whiskey in a ratio of 2: 1, add cane sugar and cream to taste.
15. Rum Collins. James Bond drinks this cocktail in Operation Thunder.
Ingredients:
- gin – 3 parts;
- lemon juice – 2 parts;
- sugar syrup – 1 part;
- soda – to taste.
Recipe: Mix gin, juice and syrup in a Collins glass, add ice and soda to taste, garnish with an orange or lemon wedge.
