Whiskey Cocktails
517 recipes. Bourbon, rye, Scotch and Irish, and which one a recipe wants.
Whiskey cocktails split along one line: how much sweetness the spirit brings before you add any. Bourbon is corn-led, round and faintly sweet, so it softens a drink. Rye is drier and peppery and sharpens one. That is the whole argument in a Manhattan, and it is why the same recipe made with each tastes like two drinks.
Scotch is a different proposition again, because peat does not blend quietly. A Penicillin is built to use it; most classics are not, and a smoky Scotch in a recipe written for bourbon will dominate everything else in the glass.
Almost every whiskey classic is one of three shapes: spirit, sugar and bitters (the Old Fashioned), spirit and fortified wine (the Manhattan), or spirit, citrus and sweetener (the Whiskey Sour). Learn those three and the rest are variations.
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All 517 recipes
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- Mint Julep Blended Bourbon Whiskey, Mint Sprigs, Confectioners' Sugar
- Irish Coffee Irish Whiskey, Coffee, Sweet Cream
- Old Fashioned Blended Bourbon Whiskey, Sugar, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Whiskey Sour Blended Bourbon Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Manhattan Rye Whiskey, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Bobby Burns Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Scotch, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Chilly Irishman Espresso, Irish Whiskey, Coffee Liqueur
- Down the Hatch Whiskey, Blackberry Brandy, Orange Bitters
- Hot Deck Blended Whiskey, Green Ginger Wine, Sweet Vermouth
- New York Flip Tawny Port, Bourbon, Cream
- Chapel Hill Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Glicktail Sugar Syrup, Lemon Juice, Ginger Ale
- My Dear Aunt Ruby Bourbon, Cranberry Juice, Raspberry Puree
- Purple Heather Scotch, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Soda Water
- Rebel Yell Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Trilby Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, Orange Bitters
- Brainstorm Scotch, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Sweet Vermouth
- Burnt Martini London Dry Gin, Scotch
- Seaboard Blended Whiskey, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Capetown Coffee Whiskey, Coffee, Coconut Cream
- Cloud Walker Lapponia(R) Lakka Liqueur, Johnnie Walker(R) Red Label, Lime Juice
- Cock-A-Bendy Scotch, Rosso Vermouth, Campari(R) Bitter
- Peachy Keen Canadian Whisky, Peach Juice, Cinnamon Liqueur
- Piper At Arms Scotch, Dry Vermouth
- Rye Club Cocktail Old Potrero(R) Rye Whiskey, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Orange Bitters
- Emerald Isle Cooler Irish Whiskey, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Soda Water
- Shoot Sherry, Scotch, Lemon Juice
- Delta Traveler Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Harvey's(R) Bristol Cream Sherry
- Louisville Lady Bourbon, Crème de Cacao Blanc Liqueur, Cream
- Mumsicle Dark Rum, Bourbon, Aromatic Bitters
- Peach me Tender Jack Daniel's(R) Tennessee Whiskey, Peach Liqueur, Lemon Liqueur
- South Coast Cocktail Scotch, Curaçao Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Stella's Rose Bourbon, Grenadine, Peychaud's(R) Bitters
- Two Turtles Canadian Whisky, Blackberry Schnapps, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Whiskey Plush Irish Whiskey, Baileys(R) Original Irish Cream, Simple Syrup
- Porterhouse Blue Canadian Whisky, Armagnac, Blueberry Syrup
- Abigail Bourbon, Pernod(R), Angostura(R) Bitters
- Bourbon Flip Bourbon, Egg, Caster Sugar
- Champagne Julep Champagne, Bourbon, Caster Sugar
- Gloom Lifter Irish Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Graceland Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Scotch
- Loch Ness Mystery Scotch, Apricot Brandy, Orange Curaçao Liqueur
- Narragansett Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, Anisette Liqueur
- Smoky Martini Gin, Scotch
- Tipperary Irish Whiskey, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Green Chartreuse Liqueur
- Turkey Feather Wild Turkey(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Drambuie(R) Liqueur, Disaronno(R) Amaretto Liqueur
- Washoe Peel Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Whiskey Cobbler Pineapple, Orange, Lemon
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.
