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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- Marlene Dietrich Canadian Whisky, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Maurice Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Perroquet Pernod(R), Mint Syrup, Water
- White Lily Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- New Orleans Salty Dog Grapefruit Juice, Vodka
- Beadlestone Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Scotch
- Golden Slipper Apricot Brandy, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Horse's Neck Cognac, Ginger Ale, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Hunter Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Cherry Brandy
- In and Out Martini Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Scotch Fix Caster Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water
- Socrates Canadian Whisky, Apricot Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- B&B Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Cadalac Margarita Sauza(R) Tequila, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Sour Mix
- Rob Roy Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Baron Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Bonny Prince Scotch, Dry Vermouth, Drambuie(R) Liqueur
- Brown Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Caesar Vodka, Clamato(R) Juice, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- Joyce of Hillhouse Sweet Vermouth, Scotch, Aromatic Bitters
- Madeira M'Dear Madeira, Brandy, Dry Vermouth
- Bombay Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Brandy Daisy Brandy, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Brandy Eggnog Brandy, Tawny Port, Milk
- Brandy Rickey Brandy, Lime Juice, Soda Water
- Bronx Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Orange Juice
- Cesar Ritz Gin, Dry Vermouth, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur
- Champagne Flip Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Cream
- Chrysanthemum Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Dr. Funk Jamaican Dark Rum, Pernod(R), Lemon Juice
- El Presidente Cocktail #1 Light Rum, Grenadine, Pineapple Juice
- Embassy Cocktail Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Appleton Estate(R) Dark Jamaican Rum
- Fifty-Fifty Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Genie Martini Gordon's(R) Gin, Martini & Rossi(R) Bianco Vermouth
- Gent Of The Jury Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Gin Sling Gin, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Hurricane, New Orleans Style White Rum, Jamaican Rum, Bacardi(R) 151 Rum
- Major Bradbury Canadian Whisky, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Ritz Cocktail Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Orange Juice
- Xeres Cocktail Dry Sherry, Orange Bitters
- Blue Blazer Whisky, Water
- Brandy Smash Mint Sprigs, Caster Sugar, Soda Water
- Gin Daisy Gin, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Lawhill Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Loch Lomond Scotch, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Rosita Tequila, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Vodka Sour Vodka, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Partida Margarita Lime Juice, Partida(R) Agave Nectar, Water
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.
