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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- Tequini Tequila, Dry Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- The Original Margarita Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice, Tequila
- Between The Sheets White Rum, Cognac, Bols(R) Triple Sec Liqueur
- Blessed Event Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Curaçao Liqueur
- Brandy Flip Brandy, Egg, Caster Sugar
- Japanese Cocktail Brandy, Orgeat Syrup, Lime Juice
- Mayflower Martini Plymouth(R) Gin, French Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Ruby Cocktail Gin, Grenadine, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy
- Warsaw Cocktail Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Blackberry Brandy
- Whiskey Flip Blended Whiskey, Light Cream, Confectioners' Sugar
- Boulevardier Blended Bourbon Whiskey, Campari(R) Bitter, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth
- Jake's Bloody Mary Vodka, Dry Sherry, Lime Juice
- Delmonico #2 Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Hot Brandy Flip Brandy, Nutmeg, Egg
- Imperial House Bracer Cognac, Ruby Port, Cream
- Old Etonian Gin, Lillet(R) Blanc, Orange Bitters
- Opera Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Pall Mall Cocktail Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Prohibition Cocktail Plymouth(R) Gin, Lillet(R) Blanc, Apricot Brandy
- Rolls-Royce Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Suffering Bastard Cognac, Gin, Lime Juice
- Bull's Blood Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Spanish Brandy
- B.V.D. Gin, Rum, Dry Vermouth
- Sweet Manhattan Canadian Whisky, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Ultimate Margarita Tequila, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Sour Mix
- Bourbon Old-Fashioned Aromatic Bitters, Water, Granulated Sugar
- Brandy Collins Lemon Juice, Brandy, Confectioners' Sugar
- Classic Sidecar Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Dirty Vodka Martini Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Dubonnet Royal Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Lone Tree Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin
- Rolf's Scandinavian Glogg Cardamom Pods, Cinnamon Stick, Clove
- Snowball Advocaat Liqueur, Lemonade
- Stone Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Sherry, Light Rum
- Syllabub White Wine, Milk, Lemon Zest
- Twentieth Century Gin, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Widow's Kiss Brandy, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Hemingway Daiquiri Light Rum, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Zombie Jamaican Rum, Gold Rum, El Dorado(R) Demerara Rum
- Barbados Planter's Punch Aged Rum, Lime Juice, Caster Sugar
- Bourbon Sour Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Brandy Alexander #3 Brandy, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Heavy Cream
- Brandy Blazer Granulated Sugar, Brandy, Orange
- Cognac and Soda Cognac, Soda Water
- Douglas Martini Stoli(R) Vodka, Dry Vermouth
- Eggnog - \"Kentucky-style\" Heavy Cream, Egg, Granulated Sugar
- Hi Ho Cocktail Gin, White Port, Orange Bitters
- Lady Madonna Dubonnet(R) Rouge, 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.
