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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- Snakebite (Aus) Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Tabasco(R) Sauce
- T N T Cocktail Cognac, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- White Lily Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Three-Miler Cocktail Light Rum, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Beadlestone Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Scotch
- Chambord Martini Chambord(R) Black Raspberry Liqueur, Gin
- Chippy Casadores(R) Bianco Tequila, Raynal(R) French Brandy, Lime Juice
- Hunter Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Cherry Brandy
- In and Out Martini Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Irish Shillelagh Irish Whiskey, Sloe Gin, Overproof Rum
- Jewel Of The Nile Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Kentucky Mint Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur, Blended Whiskey
- London Fog Gin, Pernod(R)
- Much Fuss for the Conquering Hero Sweet Vermouth, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Apricot Brandy
- Scotch Fix Caster Sugar, Lemon Juice, Water
- Socrates Canadian Whisky, Apricot Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Two-by-Four Upper Ten(R) Scotch, Southern Comfort(R), Angostura(R) Bitters
- B&B Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- 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
- Bourbonella Bourbon, Dry Vermouth, Orange Curaçao Liqueur
- Brooklynite Jamaican Dark Rum, Honey, Lime Juice
- Brown Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Cuff and Buttons Southern Comfort(R), Sweet Vermouth, Lime Juice
- Gale At Sea Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Galliano(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Jack Gin Apple Brandy, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Joyce of Hillhouse Sweet Vermouth, Scotch, Aromatic Bitters
- Madeira M'Dear Madeira, Brandy, Dry Vermouth
- Melzinho Honey, Cachaça
- Nirvana Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Oakland Cocktail Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Orange Juice
- Ball-Peen Hammer Rock & Rye(R) Liqueur, Vodka, Lemon Juice
- Beige Blindfold Brandy, Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Green Bay Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- Happy Honey Cocktail Brandy, Grapefruit Juice, Honey
- Superfly Gin, Lime Juice, Ginger Ale
- Tovarich Cocktail Vodka, Kümmel Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Black Feather Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Bombay Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Bosom Caresser Brandy, Madeira, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Canadian Apple Canadian Whisky, Apple Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Cesar Ritz Gin, Dry Vermouth, Heering(R) Cherry Liqueur
- Chrysanthemum Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Pernod(R)
- Compadre Tequila, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Grenadine
- Dunlop Light Rum, Sherry, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Embassy Cocktail Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Appleton Estate(R) Dark Jamaican Rum
- Fifty-Fifty Gin, Dry Vermouth
