A dozen dozens of cocktails and other potions to try before you die (sometimes discutable but actually I have an explanation :)
- Absinthe Drip – absinthe, water, sugar
- Adonis Cocktail – dry sherry, sweet vermouth, bitters
- Air Mail – rhum, lime, honey, champagne
- Alexander – gin, creme de cacao white, cream
- Algonquin – rye, french vermouth, pineapple
- Americano – Campari, italian vermouth, soda water
- Amaretto Sour – amaretto, sweet & sour mix
- Aperol Spritz – Aperol, prosecco, soda water
- Apple Toddy – brandy / whiskey / applejack, baked apple, sugar, hot water
- Aviation – gin, lemon, maraschino, creme de violette
- Bacardi Special Cocktail – rum Bacardi, gin, lime, grenadine
- Barrel-aged Negroni – Campari, sweet vermouth, gin, barrel
- Bee’s Knees – gin, honey, lemon
- Benton’s Old Fashioned – bourbon, smoked bacon, maple syrup, aromatic bitters
- Bellini – white peach puree, sparkling wine
- Berry Cobbler – special wine, orange, seasonal berries, sugar
- Bijou – gin, italian vermouth, green Chartreuse, orange bitters
- Black Manhattan – bourbon, amaro, bitters
- Blinker – rye, grapefruit, raspberry syrup
- Blood & Sand – scotch, orange juice, italian vermouth, Cherry Heering
- Bloody Mary – vodka, tomato juice, lemon, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, pepper
- Blue Blazer – overproof scotch whisky, sugar, water
- Boulevardier – bourbon whiskey, Campari, sweet vermouth
- Bramble – gin, lemon, creme de mure
- Brandy Crusta – cognac, orange curacao, lemon, maraschino, bitters
- Breakfast Martini – gin, Cointreau, lemon, orange marmalade
- Brandy Scaffa – brandy, green Chartreuse, maraschino, raspberry syrup
- Caipirinha – cachaca, sugar, lime
- Campari Shakerato – Campari, ice, muscular efforts
- Champagne Cocktail – champagne, sugar, Angostura bitters
- Clover Club – gin, lemon, raspberry syrup, egg white
- Cocktail a la Louisiane – rye, Benedictine, sweet vermouth, absinthe, Peychaud’s bitters
- Coffee Cocktail – brandy, ruby port, egg yolk
- Collins – spirit, lemon, sugar, soda water
- Cosmopolitan – citron-flavored vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice drink, lime
- Corn ‘N Oil – blackstrap rum, falernum, Angostura bitters
- Corpse Reviver #2 – gin, lemon, Cointreau, Lillet blanc, absinthe
- Cuba Libre – rum, Coca Cola, lime
- Daiquiri – rum, lime, sugar
- Daisy – bourbon, yellow Chartreuse, lemon, lime
- Dark and Stormy – black rum, lime, bitters, ginger beer
- Death in the Afternoon – champagne, absinthe
- Dirty Martini – gin, dry vermouth, bitters, olive brine
- Dry Martini – gin, french vermouth, orange bitters
- East India Cocktail – cognac, curacao, pineapple gomme, maraschino, Angostura bitters
- Egg-nog (cooked) – whiskey, rum, eggs, cream, spices
- El Presedente – white rum, dry vermouth, orange curacao, grenadine
- English Milk Punch – lemons, sugar, spices, brandy, rum, arrack, green tea, water, whole milk
- Espresso Martini – vodka, hot espresso, coffee liqueur, sugar syrup
- Extra Dry Martini – gin, dry vermouth, bitter
- Fernet and Cola – fernet, Coca Cola
- Philadelphia Fish House Punch – brandy, black rum, peach brandy, black tea, lemons, sugar
- Fancy Whiskey Cocktail – whiskey, sugar, bitters, lemon
- Fog Cutter – oranges, lemons, orgeat, rum, brandy, gin, dry sherry
- French 75 – gin, lemon, sugar, brut champagne
- Irish Coffee – hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar, cream
- Gimlet – gin, lime, turbinado
- Gin & Tonic – gin, tonic water, lime
- Gin Tonica – gin, tonic water, elaborate garnish
- Gin Basil Smash – gin, lemon, sugar, basil leaves
- Gin Gin Mule – gin, lime, ginger beer, mint
- Gin Rickey – gin, lime, soda water
- Godfather – blended Scotch whisky, amaretto
- Grasshopper – creme de menthe green, creme de cacao white, cream
- Hemingway Daiquiri – rum, lime, grapefruit, maraschino
- Hanky-panky Cocktail – gin, sweet vermouth, fernet
- Hot Buttered Rum – rum, butter, spics, sugar, water
- Hotel Nacional Special – rum, pineapple, apricot brandy, lime
- Hurricane – black rum, passion fruit syrup, lemon
- Improved Cocktail – spirit, curacao, maraschino, absinthe, bitters
- Jack Rose – applejack or calvados, lemon, grenadine
- Japanese Cocktail – brandy, orgeat, Angostura bitters
- Jasmine – gin, Cointreau, Campari, lemon
- Jungle Bird – black rum, Campari, lime, sugar, pineapple
- Kir Royal – creme de cassis, dry sparkling wine
- Knickerbocker – rum, raspberry syrup, curacao, lime
- Last Word – gin, lime, green Chartreuse, maraschino
- Lucien Gaudin Cocktail – gin, dry vermouth, Cointreau, Campari
- Mai Tai – rum, curacao, lime, orgeat, rock-candy syrup
- Maiden’s Prayer – gin, Cointreau, orange, lemon
- Manhattan – rye whiskey, Italian vermouth, Angostura bitters
- Margarita – tequila, lime, Cointreau
- Mary Pickford – white rum, maraschino, pineapple, grenadine
- Martinez – Italian vermouth, Old Tom gin, maraschino, orange bitters
- Metropole – cognac, French vermouth, Peychaud’s & Angostura bitters
- Milk Punch – whiskey or rum, sugar, milk
- Million Dollar Cocktail – gin, sweet vermouth, pineapple, grenadine, egg white
- Mint Julep – bourbon, mint, sugar
- Mojito – rum, lime, mint, sugar, soda water
- Monkey Gland – gin, orange, grenadine, absinthe
- Morning Glory Fizz – scotch, lemon, egg white, absinthe, soda water
- Moscow Mule – vodka, lime, ginger beer
- Muddled Old-Fashioned – bourbon, sugar, bitters, orange, cocktail cherry
- Navy Grog – rum, honey, lime, bitters
- Negroni – gin, Campari, sweet vermouth
- Negroni Sbagliato – Campari, sweet vermouth, prosecco
- New York Sour – whiskey, lemon, sigar, red wine
- Oaxaca Old-Fashioned – reposado tequila, mezcal, agave syrup, bitters
- Old Cuban – rum, lime, mint, Angostura bitters, dry champagne
- Old Fashioned – whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters
- Paper Plane – bourbon, amaro, Aperol, lemon
- Paradise – gin, apricot brady, orange, lemon
- Pegu Club – gin, curacao, lime, bitters
- Penicillin Cocktail – blended scotch, ginger-honey syrup, lemon, Islay malt scotch
- Pimm’s Cup – Pimm’s no. 1, gin, French lemonade, borage sprigs
- Pina Collada – white rum, pineapple, cream of coconut
- Pink Gin – gin, Angostura bitters
- Pink Lady – gin, applejack, lemon, grenadine, egg white
- Pisco Punch – pisco, pineapple gomme, lemon
- Pisco Sour – piso, lemon, egg white, Angostura bitters
- Planter’s Punch – dark rum, fresh citrus juices, sugar, Angostura bitters
- Pompier Highball – creme de cassis, French vermouth, soda water
- Port Flip – ruby port, sugar, whole egg
- Queen Park Swizzle – demerara rum, simple, lime, mint, Angostura bitters float
- Ramos Gin Fizz – gin, cream, lemon, lime, egg white, soda, orange flower water
- Red Snapper – vodka, tomato juice, lemon, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, pepper
- Rob Roy – blended Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, bitters
- Roffignac Highball – cognac, raspberry shrub, soda water
- Rum Swizzle – rum, lime, falernum
- Rusty Nail – blended Scotch whisky, Drambuie
- Satan’s Whiskers – gin, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth, curacao, orange, orange bitters
- Sazerac – rye, absinthe, Peychaud’s bitters
- Scofflaw – rye, French vermouth, lemon, grenadine, orange bitters
- Seelbach – bourbon, Cointreau, champagne, bitters
- Sherry Cobbler – dry sherry, sugar, orange
- Sidecar – cognac, Cointreau, lemon
- Silver Fizz – gin, lemon, sugar, egg white, soda water
- Singapore Sling – gin, Cherry Heering, lime, pineapple, Cointreau, Benedictine, grenadine, Angostura bitters
- Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall – vodka, Southern Comfort, sloe gin, orange, Galliano Vanilla float
- Southside Cocktail – gin, mint, lima, sugar, soda water
- Stinger – cognac, creme de menthe
- Suffering Bastard – bourbon, gin, lemon, ginger beer, angostura bitters
- ‘Ti Punch – rhum agricole, lime, sugar
- Tequila Sunrise – tequila, orange, grenadine
- Tom & Jerry – rum, brandy, egg, sugar, spicies
- Tommy’s Margarita – tequila, agave nectar, lime
- Trinidad Sour – Angostura bitters, rye whiskey, orgeat, lemon
- Twentieth Century Cocktail – gin, lemon, creme de cacao, Lillet blanc
- Vesper – gin, vodka, Lillet blanc
- Vieux Carre – cognac, rye, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, bitters
- Vodkatini – vodka, dry vermouth, orange bitters
- Whiskey Sour – whiskey, lemon, sugar, egg white
- White Lady – gin, Cointreau, lemon
- White Negroni – gin, Suze, Lillet blanc
- Zombie – black rum, white rum, curacao, orange, lemon, grenadine, absinthe, overproof rum float