Cocktail Recipes

Negroni: A Classic Italian Cocktail

Trends come and go, especially in the cocktail world but there’s one drink that is timeless—The Negroni!  The Negroni is a classic Italian aperitif cocktail with...

Sep 18 2023
Post by Hana Naesa

The Aussie Boulevardier Cocktail: A Whisky Twist on a Classic Negroni

A veritable classic, this cocktail was one of many first created back in the 1920s by Harry McElhone at Harry's Bar New York Bar in Paris....

Aug 18 2022
Post by Seamus May

How to Make a Classic Dirty Martini Cocktail

The Dirty Martini, or something resembling it, dates back to at least 1901, when Martinis featuring muddled olives were served at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. It's...

Sep 24 2021
Post by Seamus May

The Eastside Cocktail: A Classic Gin Drink

The Eastside was first created in 2004 by George Delgado in Libation, a now sadly closed cocktail bar located in New York's Lower East Side (hence...

Jul 21 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

The Monkey Gland Cocktail Recipe: A Classic Gin Drink

A delectable cocktail with a rather gruesome backstory. A classic from bartending's Golden Age of the 1920s, the Monkey Gland was created by legendary Scottish bartender...

Jul 21 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

Classic Gin Basil Smash Cocktail Recipe

A verdant modern classic that first reared its head in 2008. The gin was created by Jörg Meyer at Le Lion Bar de Paris in Hamburg....

Jul 21 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

The Aviation Cocktail Recipe: A gin-based Classic

This cocktail dates back to the early years of flight – when planes were a novelty and pilots were daring pioneers. The Aviation is so named...

Jul 21 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

The Army & Navy Cocktail: A Classic Gin Drink

Not directly related to the armed forces, this cocktail likely originated at the Army & Navy Club in Washington DC. First recorded in David A. Embury's...

Jul 15 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

How to Make the Classic 20th Century Cocktail

A stone cold classic, the 20th Century was first created by C. A. Tuck, a British bartender, sometime before 1937. The cocktail was named after the...

Jul 15 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

The Gin Old Fashioned Cocktail: A Twist on a Classic

Sometimes known as a 'Stubby Collins', this drink swaps out the whiskey for barrel-aged gin or genever (gin's older sibling). Here, the barrel-aging provides the same...

Jul 15 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

How to Make a Classic Martinez Cocktail

One of the oldest known gin cocktails, the Martinez can be traced back to a first written reference in 1884. However, it is likely that it...

May 27 2021
Post by Tim Laferla

London Calling Cocktail: A Classic Gin Drink

The London Calling is one of the more contemporary classics that have spread across the bartending world like wildfire. It has quickly become the go-to gin...

May 27 2021
Post by Tim Laferla