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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- Scotch Cobbler Scotch, Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur
- Stirrup Cup Cherry Brandy, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Whiskey Rickey Blended Whiskey, Lime Juice, Carbonated Water
- Bull Shot Vodka, Orange Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Kir Royale Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Champagne
- Alfonso Special Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, London Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Income Tax Cocktail Gin, Rosso Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Johnnie Cocktail Sloe Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Anisette Liqueur
- Paddy Cocktail Irish Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Pegu Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Romance Cocktail Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- Sangria Classic Orange Juice, Dry White Wine, Granulated Sugar
- Seven Dials Cocktail Cognac, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Whisky Mac Scotch, Green Ginger Wine
- Bill Leaves Town Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Grenadine
- Cadillac Margarita Tequila, Sour Mix, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Champagne Cocktail Champagne, Cognac, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Frozen Margarita #1 Tequila, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Absinthe Drip Absinthe, Granulated Sugar
- Bacardi Special Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Gin, Lime Juice
- Boxcar Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Brandy Buck Brandy, Ginger Ale, Lemon Juice
- Dark 'n Stormy Gosling's(R) Black Seal Rum, Ginger Beer
- Highball Whiskey, Ginger Ale
- Hot Rum Toddy Rum, Granulated Sugar, Water
- Rose Cocktail (French) Gin, Dry Vermouth, Cherry Liqueur
- Royal Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Ruby In The Rough Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Rye Sling Rye Whiskey, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Sangrita Jose Cuervo(R) Tequila, Clamato(R) Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Stork Club Cocktail Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Cafe De Paris Cocktail Gin, Anise, Light Cream
- Brandy Cobbler Caster Sugar, Soda Water, Brandy
- Bushranger Light Rum, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Aromatic Bitters
- Chicago Cocktail Brandy, Aromatic Bitters, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Du Barry Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Fair and Warmer Cocktail White Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Gin Cobbler Caster Sugar, Soda Water, Gin
- Hoffman House Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Mcclelland Cocktail Sloe Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Nelson's Blood Champagne, Tawny Port
- Nick and Nora Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Palmetto Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Light Rum, Aromatic Bitters
- Royal Clover Club Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Salty Dog Grapefruit Juice, Gin, Salt
- Tannersworth Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Planters Punch Jamaican Rum, Lime Juice, Sugar Cane Juice
- Poker Cocktail White Rum, Sweet 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.
