Arsenic and Old Lace
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 […]

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Blue Lotus Martini
Blue Lotus Martini

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

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Campari Sanguinea
Campari Sanguinea

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

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China Rose Martini
China Rose Martini

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

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Classic Negroni
Classic Negroni

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

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Corpse Reviver #2

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

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Death in the Afternoon

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

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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 […]

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Greyhound
Greyhound

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

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Lunatics in the Garden

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

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Lychee and Sake Martini
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 […]

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Manhattan

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

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last updated August 17, 2023