Know your classic cocktails
By now, you’ve probably read our articles on Stocking Your Home Bar, Essential Bartending Tools, Shakers and so on. Now that the basics are out of the way, we can finally get to the good parts. You have the tools, you have the ingredients, all you need now are the recipes.
For generations, bartenders around the world have been shaking, stirring and putting their own twists on these classics, and now it’s finally time for you to join the party.
Here are 17 classic cocktail recipes you need to try!
Classic Cocktails
Old Fashioned
Sugar Cube (white), Bitters, Bourbon, Orange
French 75
Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, Champagne, Lemon Zest
Ramos Gin Fizz
Gin, Cream, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice, Orange Flower Water, Egg White, Soda Water, Orange Zest
Moscow Mule
Absolut Vodka, Lime Juice, Ginger Beer, Lime
Sazerac
Cognac, Simple Syrup, Absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters, Bitters, Lemon Zest
Daiquiri
Cuban Rum, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Lime
Manhattan
Rye Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters, Cherry
Tom Collins
Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, Soda Water, Cherry, Lemon
Bloody Mary
Absolut Vodka, Tomato Juice, Hot Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, Lemon Juice, Ground Black Pepper, Garlic Salt, Lemon, Celery
Cosmopolitan
Absolut Citron, Triple Sec, Lime Juice, Cranberry Juice, Orange Zest
The Greyhound
Absolut Grapefruit, Grapefruit Juice, Grapefruit Zest
Mojito
Mint Leaf, Simple Syrup, Lime Juice, Light Rum, Soda Water, Mint Leaf
Caipiroska
Absolut Vodka, Simple Syrup, Lime
Margarita
Tequila Blanco, Lime Juice, Triple Sec, Salt
Vodka Martini
Absolut Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Lemon Zest, Green Olive
Espresso Martini
Absolut Vodka, Kahlúa, Espresso, Coffee Beans
Vesper Martini
Gin (old Tom), Absolut Elyx, Lillet Blanc, Lemon Zest
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