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Arsenic and Old Lace

This cocktail’s origins date back to at least 1916, when it first appeared in Hugo Ensslin’s Recipes for Mixed Drinks […]

Blue Lotus Martini

I needed to use up some shimmering blue curaçao I had leftover from Halloween, and I wanted something a little […]

Campari Sanguinea

For a refreshing fall cocktail, you can’t beat a crisp glass of pomegranate juice with a splash of delightfully bitter […]

China Rose Martini

I created the China Rose Martini using the basic backbone of the Lychee and Sake Martini, but I swapped out […]

Classic Negroni

Created in the Hotel Baglioni in Florence in the 1920s, the Negroni is a classic that owes its longevity to […]

Corpse Reviver #2

The Corpse Reviver family of drinks has unclear origins, but they are mentioned in cocktail books as early as 1871 […]

Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon, also called “Hemingway Champagne” or simply as “The Hemingway”, is a cocktail made of absinthe and […]

French 75

The French 75 was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry’s New York Bar—by barman Harry […]

Greyhound

The Greyhound is not a fussy cocktail in any way, making it a great drink for beginning bartenders. If you […]

Lunatics in the Garden

Lunatics in the Garden Named after a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke about the Carthusian Order tending botanical plants, the […]

Lychee and Sake Martini

A lychee and sake martini is a subtly sweet and mellow cocktail that’s fabulous on its own or as an […]

Manhattan

Manhattan This is another simple cocktail with seemingly endless variants and opinions as to what is and isn’t a proper […]

Mezcal Paloma

Palomas are normally made with tequila, but I prefer to mix mine with mezcal- it adds a smoky complexity to […]

Rose Petal Vodka

This vibrantly hued and delicately scented rose petal vodka looks like a luxe craft cocktail concoction, but it’s actually super […]

Sazerac

With origins stretching back to antebellum New Orleans, the Sazerac is possibly the oldest American cocktail. It’s also the official […]

The Prestige

The Prestige cocktail was created by bartender Dale Degroff in 2002, but its lightly spiced tropical flavors are reminiscent of […]

Vesper

The original Bond martini, made according to Ian Flemming’s original recipe in Casino Royale consists of: “Three measures of Gordon’s, […]

Vieux Carré

Vieux Carré Walter Bergeron created this cocktail at New Orleans’ Hotel Monteleone in the 1930s, and named it “le Vieux […]