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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- Dirty Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Perfect Margarita 1800(R) Blanco Tequila, Jose Cuervo(R) Silver Tequila, Rose's(R) Lime Juice
- Bourbon Milk Punch #3 Bourbon, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Milk
- Brandy Vermouth Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Brandy, Aromatic Bitters
- Cotillion Cocktail Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Egg Nog #5 Egg, Granulated Sugar, Bourbon
- Frozen Daiquiri Light Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- McDuff Scotch, Triple Sec Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Pall Mall Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Rusty Nail Blended Scotch Whisky, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Whiskey Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sugar Syrup, Aromatic Bitters
- Navy Grog Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Bacardi(R) Gold Rum, Meyer's(R) Dark Rum
- Golf Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Martunia Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Mountain Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Perfect Brandy Manhattan Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Phoebe Snow Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Brandy, Pernod(R)
- Americano Campari(R) Bitter, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Soda Water
- Gold Margarita Tequila Reposado, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Brandy Julep Brandy, Confectioners' Sugar, Mint Leaves
- Charles Cocktail Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Daiquiri Liberal White Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- Fancy Free Rye Whiskey, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Godfather Scotch, Amaretto Liqueur
- Golden Cadillac Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Light Cream
- Great Caesar's Martini Vodka, Dry Vermouth
- Hotel Plaza Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Real Sazerac Granulated Sugar, Water, Peychaud's(R) Bitters
- Vermouth Cocktail Dry Vermouth, White Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Buck's Fizz Champagne, Orange Juice, Grenadine
- Hanky Panky London Dry Gin, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Fernet Branca(R)
- Pimm's Cup Pimm's(R) No. 1
- Rum Fizz White Rum, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Beauty Spot Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Black Hawk Blended Whiskey, Sloe Gin
- Bloody Mary #2 Vodka, Tomato Juice, Lemon Juice
- Brandied Port Brandy, Tawny Port, Lemon Juice
- Chartreuse Cocktail Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Cognac, Dry Vermouth
- Devil Cocktail Tawny Port, Dry Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Kaytee Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Dry Sherry, Pernod(R)
- Montmartre Cocktail London Dry Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Perfect Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Rosso Vermouth
- Wassail #2 Apple Cider, Cinnamon Stick, Lemon
- Whiskey Eggnog Blended Whiskey, Confectioners' Sugar, Egg
- Whiskey Smash Lemon, Mint Leaves, Simple Syrup
- Fino Martini Gin, Fino Sherry
- Sea Breeze Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Grapefruit Juice
- Vodka Martini Vodka, Dry Vermouth
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.
