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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- Screaming Viking Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Lime Juice
- Special Tequini Tequila Reposado, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Spring Feeling Cocktail Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Voodoo Lady Triple Sec Liqueur, Cognac, Lemon Juice
- Commonwealth Canadian Whisky, Van Der Hum(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Corpse Reviver Brandy, Fernet Branca(R), Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Absinthe Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Absinthe
- Artillery Punch Black Tea, Rye Whiskey, Red Wine
- Brandy Jack Brandy, Apple Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Finn Roses Four Roses(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Bols(R) Apricot Liqueur, Cinzano(R) Dry Vermouth
- Montgomery Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Netherland Triple Sec Liqueur, Brandy, Aromatic Bitters
- Ragged Company Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Ward Eight Blended Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Green Gables #2 Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Byrrh Special Byrrh(R) Grand Quinquina, Gin
- Martini #2 Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Soviet Vodka, Amontillado Sherry, Dry Vermouth
- Bennet Cocktail Gin, Lime Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Blood Orange Martini Orange Vodka, Campari(R) Bitter, Orange Juice
- Booster Brandy, White Curaçao Liqueur, Egg
- Cafe de Paris Gin, Anisette Liqueur, Egg Whites
- Classic Cocktail Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Gadzooks Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy, Gin
- Gasper Gin, Apricot Brandy
- Nineteenth Hole Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- Patton Martini Gin, Dry Vermouth, Olive Juice
- Vendome Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Xanthia Cocktail Cherry Brandy, Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur
- New Orleans Martini Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Pernod(R)
- Earthquake Cocktail Gin, Bourbon, Deva(R) Absinthe
- Angel Face Gin, Apricot Brandy, Calvados
- Arthur Tompkins Gin, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Blackthorn Sweet Vermouth, Sloe Gin
- Brandied Apricot Brandy, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Cranberry Steamboat Whiskey, Cranberry Liqueur
- Czarine Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy
- Dry Chocolate Gin, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Dry Vermouth
- Empire Cocktail Gin, Apple Brandy, Apricot Brandy
- Eruption Canadian Whisky, Crème de Cassis Liqueur
- European Gin, Cream Sherry, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- James Bond Martini Gin, Vodka, Lillet(R) Blanc
- Leviathan Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Orange Juice
- Mac Daddy Gin, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Manhattan Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Montana Brandy, Dry Vermouth, Port
- Sloeberry Cocktail Sloe Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Tuxedo Beefeater(R) London Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur
