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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- Alexander (Original) Gin, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Cream
- Amer Picon Cocktail Grenadine, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Bijou Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Brittany Cocktail Gin, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Cherry Flip Cherry Liqueur, Confectioners' Sugar, Light Cream
- Classic Old-Fashioned Aromatic Bitters, Water, Sugar Cubes
- Dusty Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Scotch
- Fish House Punch Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Brandy
- Imperial Fizz Light Rum, Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice
- Jersey Toddy Apple Brandy, Angostura(R) Bitters, Water
- Last Round Gin, Brandy, Pernod(R)
- Park Paradise Canadian Whisky, Sweet Vermouth, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Preakness Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Prince Elizabeth Martini Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Racquet Club Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Webster Cocktail Apricot Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Whiskey All In Blended Whiskey, Caster Sugar, Lemon Juice
- Adonis Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Sherry, Orange Bitters
- American Grog Rum, Confectioners' Sugar, Lemon Juice
- Bourbon Cobbler Caster Sugar, Soda Water, Blended Bourbon Whiskey
- Bushranger #2 Light Rum, Dubonnet(R) Blanc, Aromatic Bitters
- Commodore Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Daiquiri Natural White Rum, Sugar Syrup, Lime Juice
- Dixie Julep Bourbon, Confectioners' Sugar
- Honeymoon Cocktail Apple Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Hot and Dirty Martini Pepper Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Limoncello Lemon, 190 Proof Neutral Grain Spirit, Water
- Rum Cobbler Caster Sugar, Soda Water, Dark Rum
- Sancho Panza Cream Sherry, Campari(R) Bitter, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Shamrock Irish Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur
- The Bronx Ain't So Sweet Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Juice
- Gypsy Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Black Pagoda Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Cinzano Cocktail Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters, Orange Bitters
- Garbo Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Swedish Punsch
- Golden Fizz Gin, Lemon Juice, Granulated Sugar
- Knickerbocker Martini Orange Bitters, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, French Vermouth
- Manhattan Perfect Canadian Whisky, Dry Vermouth, Rosso Vermouth
- Mardee Mine Dark Rum, Sweet Vermouth
- Panama Cocktail Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Brandy, Cream
- Park Avenue Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Pineapple Juice
- Rye Sour Rye Whiskey, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Whiskey Collins Blended Whiskey, Confectioners' Sugar, Lemon Juice
- Sevilla Cocktail Light Rum, Port, Confectioners' Sugar
- Applejack Daisy Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lime Juice, Grenadine
- Kentucky Colonel Cocktail Bourbon, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Rose Cocktail (English) Dry Vermouth, Gin, Apricot Brandy
- Sand-Martin Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
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.
