The Bardstown Sling: a bourbon, triple sec, cranberry and lime juice cocktail.
Cranberry and Bourbon: Reinventing the Bardstown Sling
Crimson Slippers Cocktail
The Crimson Slippers Cocktail taught me that rum and Campari are an astonishing, and nearly perfect, combination. Just make sure it doesn't get too sweet.
Mixing with Fernet-Branca—the Toronto Cocktail
The Toronto Cocktail: rye whiskey, demarara syrup, Fernet Branca and bitters.
Mixing with Fernet Branca—the Hanky Panky Cocktail
The Hanky Panky: gin, sweet vermouth and Fernet-Branca..
Saratoga Cocktail
The Saratoga is one of our oldest cocktails, equal parts brandy, whiskey, and vermouth. Sort of a lush Manhattan for days when you're feeling particularly full of yourself. And the ingredients you use will make or break it.
1794 Cocktail — the Boulevardier Comes to Manhattan
The 1794 cocktail: rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and Campari — modernizing the Boulevardier.
The Mai Tai
The Mai Tai: Jamaican rum, light rum, Grand Marnier, orgeat and lime juice. And ice. More ice.
The Red Hook Cocktail
The Red Hook Cocktail: rye whiskey, Punt e Mes and Maraschino — the best Manhattan variant ever.
Aviation Cocktail
The Aviation: gin, lemon, maraschino and creme de violette — one of the most famous of our resurrected classics.
Leap Year Cocktail
The Leap Year Cocktail: gin, Grand Marnier, sweet vermouth and lemon juice.
Manhattan Cocktail, Cold and Dusky
The Manhattan: rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.
The Mojito del Coronado Cocktail
The Mojito del Coronado: rum, lime juice, sugar and mint.
The Daiquiri Cocktail
The Daiquiri is the quintessential rum sour, and is the first of the classic cocktails to be invented outside the United States.
The Campden Cocktail
The little-known Campden Cocktail — gin, Lillet and Grand Marnier — makes a pleasant, cold splash for a spring evening.
Affinity Cocktail
The Affinity cocktail: Scotch whiskey, sweet vermouth and dry vermouth, with a touch of bitters. One of the few great Scotch cocktails.
Trilby Cocktail (Bourbon)
The Bourbon Trilby Cocktail: bourbon, sweet vermouth and orange bitters.
Trilby Cocktail (Vermouth)
The Vermouth Trilby Cocktail: dry vermouth, Cointreau and bitters, with a whiskey float.
French Pear Cocktail
French Pear Cocktail: St. Germaine, pear vodka and champagne. Sweet, effervescent and refreshing.
Twentieth Century Cocktail
Ted Haigh says of the Twentieth Century in Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, "With this cocktail, I believe we now have a firm idea of exactly what Art Deco tastes like."
The Countrypolitan Cocktail
The Countrypolitan Cocktail: bourbon, lime juice, demarara syrup, Grand Marnier and Pama. A whiskey-based alternative to the Cosmopolitan.
Cold Glass 