Old Pal
The classic Negroni has crossed the lips of millions of drinkers since it was created in I...
Saturn
Normally, when considering the wide world of Tiki drinks, you’ll think of rum, as the spir...
Planter’s Punch
Planter’s Punch is a simple mixture of rum, citrus, sugar and spice. This classic drink ha...
Gin Rickey
The Gin Rickey is one of the few classic cocktails that doesn’t have an origin muddled by...
Golden Cadillac
The Golden Cadillac dates back to 1952 when it was first concocted at Poor Red’s, a bar in...
Lion’s Tail
The Lion’s Tail first appeared in “The Café Royal Cocktail Book,” which was published in 1...
Bijou
This pre-Prohibition cocktail is a mixture of gin, sweet vermouth, and green Chartreuse—li...
Palomita
Paloma means “dove” in Spanish, which then means this drink’s name translates to “little d...
Transfusion
Over the years, the preferred cocktail at golf clubs nationwide has become the Transfusion...
Green Tea Shot
Don’t make any assumptions from its name: There’s no tea in this shot or anything even vag...
Lynchburg Lemonade
The Lynchburg Lemonade is named for the Tennessee home of the Jack Daniel’s distillery, bu...
Sloe Gin Fizz
Sloes are tiny berries that grow wild in hedgerows around England. Unpleasantly astringent...
South Side
Ask your nearest bartender or cocktail historian to describe the South Side, and you’ll li...
Revolver
The Revolver is a caffeinated twist on the classic Manhattan that was created by San Franc...
Vodka Red Bull
Sometimes you want an expertly made and well-balanced cocktail. And sometimes you want som...
Gin & Juice
It doesn’t get much easier than the Gin & Juice in the canon of easy cocktails. This smoot...
Clover Club
The Clover Club cocktail can be traced back to the late 1800s and Philadelphia’s Bellevue-...
Bloody Caesar
In 1969, the owners of the Calgary Inn in Calgary, Alberta, asked Walter Chell, the Monten...
Stinger
The Stinger is a pre-Prohibition drink composed simply of cognac and white crème de menthe...
Lava Flow vodka recipe
The Lava Flow blurs the distinction between a milkshake and a cocktail. Although its exact...
Slippery Nipple
In the family of sweet shots that innately declare that it’s now a party, the patriarch is...
Michelada
Beer is great. That is unassailable. But beer cocktails combine two wonderful categories i...
Rosita
The Rosita is a modern classic cocktail most often described as a tequila Negroni, though...
Grasshopper
The Grasshopper is a green blast from the past featuring green creme de menthe, white crem...
Death in the Afternoon
Ernest Hemingway is known as much for his writing as for his drinking. Through his books a...
Martinez
The cocktail world owes a lot to the classic Martinez. Made with equal parts gin and sweet...
Liquid Cocaine
There’s some disagreement in the drinks world about what exactly a Liquid Cocaine shot con...
Trinidad Sour
Some drinks look strange on paper. If you’ve ever mixed even a single Manhattan or an Old...
Fuzzy Navel
Meet the Fuzzy Navel. Don’t be turned off by the bizarre name, which is admittedly not the...
Penicillin
The Penicillin cocktail was created by Sam Ross in the mid-2000s, when he was working at N...