Spirit-Forward Cocktails
1089 recipes. Short, strong and stirred, with nothing to hide behind.
A spirit-forward cocktail is mostly alcohol by volume and by intent: no juice, usually no sugar beyond a modifier, and served short and cold. The Manhattan, the Martini, the Negroni and the Old Fashioned are the four corners of the category.
These are stirred, not shaken, because there is nothing in them that needs aerating and everything in them benefits from staying clear and heavy on the tongue. Stir for around thirty seconds over good ice and taste before you serve.
They are also the drinks where ingredient quality shows most. There is no citrus to hide behind, so a tired vermouth or a bottom-shelf spirit is exactly as obvious as it sounds.
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- Coctel Algeria Pisco, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Apricot Brandy
- Copper Cocktail Light Rum, Campari(R) Bitter, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Crow's Nest Gin, Sweet Sherry
- Fare Thee Well Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Haymaker Maker's Mark(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Triple Sec Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Macbeth's Dream Scotch, White Curaçao Liqueur, Amaretto Liqueur
- Merry Widow #2 Vodka, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Dry Vermouth
- Metropolis #2 Armagnac, Ruby Grapefruit Juice, Orgeat Syrup
- Morning Cocktail Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Rose Cocktail (French) Gin, Dry Vermouth, Cherry Liqueur
- Ruby In The Rough Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Third-Rail Cocktail Light Rum, Brandy, Apple Brandy
- Sensation Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Alabama Brandy, White Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Bacchus Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Big Dipper Pusser's(R) Rum, Brandy, Lime Juice
- Bushranger Light Rum, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Aromatic Bitters
- Chicago Cocktail Brandy, Aromatic Bitters, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Choker Scotch, Pernod(R), Aromatic Bitters
- Du Barry Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Fair and Warmer Cocktail White Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Green Beetle Brandy, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Hoffman House Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Nick and Nora Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Palmetto Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Light Rum, Aromatic Bitters
- Royal Clover Club Cocktail Gin, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Scotch Holiday Sour Scotch, Cherry Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Stormy Weather Fernet Branca(R), Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Tannersworth Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Poker Cocktail White Rum, Sweet Vermouth
- Tequini Tequila, Dry Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Baby Fingers Cocktail Sloe Gin, Gin, Angostura(R) Bitters
- 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
- Dungeon Master Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Cherry Brandy, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- El Toro Tequila Blanco, Kahlúa(R) Coffee Liqueur
- Gilroy Cocktail Cherry Liqueur, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Go for Broke Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Japanese Cocktail Brandy, Orgeat Syrup, Lime Juice
- Mayflower Martini Plymouth(R) Gin, French Vermouth, Orange Bitters
- Rheingold Gordon's(R) Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Martini & Rossi(R) Dry Vermouth
- Ruby Cocktail Gin, Grenadine, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy
- Warsaw Cocktail Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Blackberry Brandy
- Whiskey Flip Blended Whiskey, Light Cream, Confectioners' Sugar
- Zorbatini Stoli(R) Vodka, Ouzo
- Boulevardier Blended Bourbon Whiskey, Campari(R) Bitter, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth
- Black Baltimore Brandy, Black Sambuca, Egg Whites
