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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- Classic Cocktail Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Cosmopolitan Cocktail Vodka, Triple Sec Liqueur, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Cuban Cocktail Light Rum, Lime Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Jock Collins Scotch, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Lime Rickey Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Nineteenth Hole Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Olympic Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Patton Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Rattlesnake Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Anise
- Vendome Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Xanthia Cocktail Cherry Brandy, Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Angel Face Gin, Apricot Brandy, Calvados
- Arthur Tompkins Gin, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Ball Or Head Gin, French Vermouth, Italian Vermouth
- Blackthorn Sweet Vermouth, Sloe Gin
- Empire Cocktail Gin, Apple Brandy, Apricot Brandy
- European Gin, Cream Sherry, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Hot Port Flip Port, Cream, Granulated Sugar
- James Bond Martini Gin, Vodka, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Manhattan Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Mary Garden Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Dry Vermouth
- Tuxedo Beefeater(R) London Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur
- Gazette Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Plaza Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- American Flag Pousse Cafe Grenadine, Parfait d'Amour Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Apple Rouge Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy
- Bronx Golden Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Byrrh Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Byrrh(R) Grand Quinquina, Dry Vermouth
- City Slicker Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Classic Champagne Cocktail Champagne, Cognac, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Clover Club Royal Gin, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Dandy Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Elk's Own Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Port, Lemon Juice
- Judgette Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Peach Brandy, Gin
- Patrician Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Punt e Mes(R) Vermouth
- Piggot's Preference Dry Vermouth, Southern Comfort(R), Light Rum
- Whiskey Hot Toddy Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Golden Margarita Tequila, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Alaska Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Cold Deck Cocktail Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Stinger Cognac, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Bamboo Cocktail Dry Sherry, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Brandy Sangaree Brandy, Confectioners' Sugar, Water
- Cabaret Gin, Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Dempsey Cocktail Apple Brandy, Gin, Anise
- Dundee Cocktail Gin, Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Hot Brandy Toddy Brandy, Granulated Sugar, Water
- King Cole Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Confectioners' Sugar
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.
