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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- Lorraine Cocktail Kirschwasser, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Mary Pickford White Rum, Pineapple Juice, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur
- Newbury Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Pisco Sour Pisco, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
- Red Russian Vodka, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur
- Wembly Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy
- Whiskey Sangaree Blended Whiskey, Tawny Port, Soda Water
- Whiskey Sling Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Perfect Classic Manhattan Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Martini & Rossi(R) Rosso Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Perfect Manhattan Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Vesper Gin, Vodka, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Colony Room Cocktail Ricard(R) Pastis, Gin, Noilly Prat(R) Extra Dry Vermouth
- Fontainebleau Special Brandy, Anisette Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Four Roses Cocktail Four Roses(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Moll Flanders Cocktail Gin, Sloe Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Ramos Fizz Gin, Lime Juice, Lemon Juice
- B & B Stinger B&B(R) Liqueur, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Balmoral Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Columbia Cocktail Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- D.O.M. Cocktail Gin, Orange Juice, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Journalist Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Scofflaw Canadian Whisky, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Southside Gin, Simple Syrup, Lime Juice
- Vodka Cranberry Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Vodka Dry Dry Sherry, Vodka
- Absinthe Suissesse Deva(R) Absinthe, Anisette Liqueur, Orange Flower Water
- Artillery Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Bourbon Fix Granulated Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water
- Fifty-fifty Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Gin Cocktail Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Harry's Harveys Punch Harvey's(R) Bristol Cream Sherry, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Jack Rose Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Manhasset Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Metropolitan Caster Sugar, Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Roselyn Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Grenadine
- Scorpion Light Rum, Dark Rum, Brandy
- Blavod Martini Blavod(R) Vodka, Sweet Vermouth
- Boot Hill Blended Whiskey, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Brandy Fizz Brandy, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Brooklyn Rosso Vermouth, Rye Whiskey, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Cafe Marnier Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Coffee
- Corpse Reviver #2 Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Ladies Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Anisette Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Martini (Traditional 2-to-1) Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Whiskey Fix Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- White Lady Gin, Bols(R) Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Casino Royale Gin, Lemon Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Champs Elysees Cocktail Brandy, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Lemon Juice
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.
