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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All 726 recipes
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- Sunshine Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Trinity Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Za Za Gin, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Caruso Gin, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- Daily Double C Rum, Italian Vermouth
- Honolulu Cocktail Gin, Pineapple Juice, Orange Juice
- Petticoat Lane Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Campari(R) Bitter
- Quebec Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Dry Vermouth, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- Lasky Cocktail Gin, Grape Juice, Swedish Punsch
- Bee's Knees London Dry Gin, Honey, Lemon Juice
- Geraldine Canadian Whisky, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Pousse Rapier Champagne, Crème d'Armagnac Liqueur
- Scotch Mist Scotch
- Turf Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Anise
- Rum Martini Light Rum, Dry Vermouth
- Scotch Flip Scotch, Egg, Caster Sugar
- Brandy Melba Brandy, Peach Brandy, Raspberry Liqueur
- Colony Club Martini Gin, Pernod(R), Orange Bitters
- Creole Lady Bourbon, Madeira, Grenadine
- Golden Bronx Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Irish Coffee (Simple) Irish Whiskey, Coffee, Granulated Sugar
- Queen's Park Swizzle Dark Rum, Angostura(R) Bitters, Sugar Syrup
- Algonquin Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Pineapple Juice
- Classic Jack Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Cola
- Dry Brandy Manhattan Brandy, Dry Vermouth
- Frisco Sour Blended Whiskey, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Frozen Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Gin Fix Granulated Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water
- Gin Rickey Gin, Lime Juice, Carbonated Water
- H.P.W. Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Picon Whiskey Bourbon, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Sugar Syrup
- Planter's Cocktail Rum, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Tanqueray and Tonic Tanqueray(R) Gin, Tonic Water
- The Scranton Old Overholt(R) Rye Whiskey, Plymouth(R) Gin, Noilly Prat(R) Extra Dry Vermouth
- Michelada Beer, Lemon Juice, Worcestershire Sauce
- Abbey Cocktail Gin, Orange Bitters, Orange Juice
- Blue Bird Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Brandy Crusta Brandy, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur, Curaçao Liqueur
- Campari Soda Campari(R) Bitter, Soda Water
- Canadian Cocktail Canadian Whisky, Triple Sec Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Clover Club Gin, Raspberry Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Farmer Giles Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Federal Punch Bourbon, Dark Rum, Cognac
- Nantucket Cocktail Brandy, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- Prince Rupert Blended Whiskey, Anisette Liqueur
- Remsen Cooler Gin, Carbonated Water, Confectioners' Sugar
- Scotch Bishop Cocktail Scotch, Dry Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Wedding Bell Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Cherry Brandy
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.
