Classic Cocktails
726 recipes. The recipes everything else is a variation on.
A classic earns the label by outliving the fashion that produced it. Most of the drinks here were written between about 1860 and 1935, and they survive because their proportions are right rather than because anyone is being nostalgic.
They are also the most useful thing to learn, because modern drinks are overwhelmingly variations on them. Know the Old Fashioned, the Martini, the Manhattan, the Daiquiri and the sour template and you can reverse-engineer most cocktail menus.
Start with one and make it three times, changing one thing each time. That teaches more than making three different drinks once.
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- Sloe Gin Cocktail Sloe Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Waborita Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Bourbon Stone Sour Bourbon, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Boomerang Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Martini #3 Gin, Dry Vermouth
- A1 Cocktail Gin, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Bourbon Collins Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Chelsea Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Bourbon, Blackberry Brandy
- Colonial Cocktail Gin, Grapefruit Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Delmonico Gin, Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- El Floridita Light Rum, Lime Juice, Sweet Vermouth
- Fox And Hounds Bourbon, Pernod(R), Lemon Juice
- Hole-In-One Scotch, Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- R.A.F. Cocktail Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Union Jack Cocktail Gin, Sloe Gin, Grenadine
- Martinez London Dry Gin, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur
- Applejack Collins Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Ballet Russe Cocktail Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Biffy Cocktail Gin, Swedish Punsch, Lemon Juice
- Boston Sour Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Bourbon Sangaree Tawny Port, Grated Nutmeg, Cinnamon
- Brandied Madeira Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Madeira
- Campari Cocktail Campari(R) Bitter, Vodka, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Canada Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Grand Slam Swedish Punsch, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Jockey Club Gin, Amaretto Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Perfect Rob Roy Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Port Wine Sangaree Tawny Port, Brandy, Caster Sugar
- Saratoga Cocktail Brandy, Pineapple Juice, Lemon Juice
- Los Angeles Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Picon Biere Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Beer
- Weep-No-More Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Brandy, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Amer Picon Punch Grenadine, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Soda Water
- Champagne Cup White Curaçao Liqueur, Cognac, Champagne
- Dubonnet Fizz Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Cherry Brandy, Carbonated Water
- El Presidente Cocktail #3 White Rum, Dry Vermouth, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Farmer's Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Mule Smirnoff(R) Vodka, Ginger Beer, Lime Juice
- JimPop's Margarita Tequila, Lime Juice, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Little Princess Cocktail Light Rum, Sweet Vermouth
- The Original Singapore Sling Gin, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Cherry Brandy
- Allen Cocktail Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Bronx Silver Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Orange Juice
- Coffee Flip Brandy, Port, Confectioners' Sugar
- Delilah Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Harvard Rosso Vermouth, Brandy, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Jack and Coke Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Coca-Cola(R)
- Rum Rickey Light Rum, Lime Juice, Sugar Syrup
Worth reading
- Shake or Stir? The Rule and Its Exceptions Shake anything cloudy, stir anything clear. The rule takes one line, and knowing why it works tells you what to do with the drinks it does not cover.
- The Sour Formula: One Ratio, Twenty Drinks Two parts spirit, one part citrus, one part sweet. Learn the shape and the Daiquiri, the Margarita, the Gimlet and the Whiskey Sour come free.
