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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- Opening Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Grenadine
- Park Avenue Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Pineapple Juice
- Rye Sour Rye Whiskey, Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Walk in the Park Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- L.A. Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Man o' War Wild Turkey(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Rosy Martini Citrus Vodka, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Dubonnet(R) Rouge
- Applejack Daisy Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Lime Juice, Grenadine
- Backstreet Apple Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Rum
- Comfort Tiger Brandy, Southern Comfort(R), Triple Sec Liqueur
- Frisco Rye Whiskey, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Green and Mean Vodka, Kümmel Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Hot Jamaican Jamaican Dark Rum, Water, Lime Juice
- Kentucky Colonel Cocktail Bourbon, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Lugger Apple Brandy, Brandy, Apricot Brandy
- Riley's Sparrow Dark Rum, Southern Comfort(R), Aromatic Bitters
- Sand-Martin Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Scotch Cobbler Scotch, Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur
- Stirrup Cup Cherry Brandy, Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Swiss Family Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Godmother Vodka, Amaretto Liqueur
- Witch Hunt Scotch, Dry Vermouth, Liquore Strega(R)
- Alfonso Special Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur, London Dry Gin, Dry Vermouth
- B2 C2 Brandy, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Diabolique Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Gin, Orgeat Syrup
- Income Tax Cocktail Gin, Rosso Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- Jamaica Glow Gin, Jamaican Rum, Claret Wine
- Paddy Cocktail Irish Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Paez Gin, Dry Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Peggy Cocktail Gin, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Pegu Gin, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Red Gin Gin, Cherry Heering(R) Liqueur
- Rendezvous Gin, Cherry Liqueur, Campari(R) Bitter
- Romance Cocktail Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Amer Picon(R) Bitter Orange Liqueur
- Round Robin Egg, Granulated Sugar, Absinthe
- Shriner Cocktail Sloe Gin, Brandy, Sugar Syrup
- Space Gin, Hazelnut Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Stanley Cocktail Light Rum, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Triplet Cocktail Dry Vermouth, Gin, Peach Brandy
- Whisky Mac Scotch, Green Ginger Wine
- Bill Leaves Town Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Grenadine
- Debonaire Cocktail Scotch, Canton(R) Ginger Liqueur
- Piece of Mind Vodka, Kümmel Liqueur
- The Shoot Dry Sherry, Scotch, Lemon Juice
- Absinthe Drip Absinthe, Granulated Sugar
- Admiral Rye Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Bacardi Special Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Gin, Lime Juice
- Chum Sloe Gin, Sweet Vermouth
