Bartender’s Guide

Aladdin Sane
2 ounces rye whiskey
1/2 ounce Aperol
1/4 ounce Cynar
1/2 lemon juice
Egg white
Peychaud’s bitters

Reverse double shake everything but the bitters and strain into a chilled coupe. Paint the top with the bitters.

American Dream
1 ounce rye whiskey
1/2 ounce Smith & Cross overproof rum
3/4 ounce Zucca
1/4 ounce creme de cacao

Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass over ice. No garnish.

Apothecary Spritz
1 ounce Cynar
1 ounce Chinato
1/2 ounce triple-sec
3 dashes yuzu bitters
sparkling wine

Build in a Collins glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel.

Breakfast of Champions
1 1/2 ounce coffee-infused rum
3/4 ounce Campari
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel.

Chai Spice Flip
2 ounces scotch
1/2 ounce Pedro Ximenez sherry
1/2 ounce chai spice syrup
1 egg

Reverse double shake and strain into a port glass. Grate nutmeg over top.

Sea Change
1 ounce añejo tequila
1 ounce aquavit
1/2 ounce Strega
1/2 ounce blanc vermouth
1/4 ounce Kummel

Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Americano
1 1/2 ounces Campari
1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
Seltzer

Build in a Collins glass over ice. Top with seltzer and garnish with an orange slice.

Aperol Spritz
2 ounces Aperol
1 dash lemon juice
1 dash simple syrup (optional; Han’s addition)
Sparkling wine

Build in a wineglass or Collins glass over ice. Top with sparkling wine and garnish with a slice of orange or lemon and an olive.

Aviation
2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
1/4 ounce crème de violette
1 dash simple syrup (optional)

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

Bamboo
1 1/2 ounces dry sherry (amontillado?)
1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.

Bee’s Knees
2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce honey syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Bloody Mary
2 ounces vodka
Tomato juice
Worcestershire sauce
Lemon juice
Hot sauce
Salt and pepper
Optional: pickle juice, red wine, smoked paprika, lime juice, horseradish, celery salt, etc. etc. etc.

Build to taste in a Collins glass or a large tumbler over ice, or gently toss over ice from one tin to the other and pour into your glass. Garnish with whatever you want.

Boulevardier
1 1/4 ounces rye whiskey
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce sweet vermouth

Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

Brooklyn
2 ounces rye whiskey
3/4 ounce dry vermouth
1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
1/4 ounce Amer Picon

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

Caiparinha
2 ounces cachaça
1/2-1 lime, sliced into wedges
1 heaped barspoon brown sugar

Muddle sugar and lime wedges in a rocks glass. Add cachaça, stir, and add crushed ice. Alternatively: muddle sugar and lime in a cocktail shaker, add cachaça, shake, and dump into a rocks glass. Either way, no garnish necessary.

Champs-Elysees
2 ounces cognac
1/2 ounce green Chartreuse
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Clover Club
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce raspberry syrup
1 egg white

Reverse double shake and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a raspberry or paint some bitters across the white frothy top.

Corpse Reviver #2
3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce Cointreau
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce lemon juice
Absinthe

Rinse a chilled coupe glass with absinthe. Shake other ingredients with ice, then strain into the prepared coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

Cosmopolitan
1 1/2 ounces citron vodka
3/4 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce cranberry juice
1/2 ounce lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a twist of orange or lime.

Daiquiri
2 ounces light rum
1 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

Dark’N’Stormy
2 ounces Gosling Black Seal Rum 1 ounce lime juice gingerbeer

Build in a collins glass over ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

El Diablo
2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce crème de Mûre
1/2 ounce lime juice
Ginger beer

Build in a Collins glass over ice. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wheel or a blackberry.

Diamondback
1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey
3/4 ounce applejack or apple brandy
3/4 ounce yellow Chartreuse

Stir over ice and strained into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Espresso Martini
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce espresso
1/2 ounce coffee liqueur
1/4 ounce simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with three coffee beans.

French 75
1 ounce gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Sparkling wine

Short shake the first three ingredients with ice. Strain into a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine.

Gimlet
1 1/2 ounces overproof gin
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

Hemingway Daiquiri
2 ounces light rum
3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
1/2 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce grapefruit juice

Shake or blend with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

Jack Rose
2 ounces applejack
1 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce grenadine

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

La Rosita
1 1/2 ounce reposado tequila
1/2 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1 dash Angostura

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Last Word
3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce green Chartreuse
3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur
3/4 ounce lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

Mai Tai
2 ounces aged rum (Jamaican or Spanish style or a combination of the two)
1/2 ounce curaçao
3/4 ounce lime juice
1/4 ounce orgeat
1/4 ounce demerara syrup

Shake with ice and pour over crushed ice in a double-old fashioned glass. Garnish with half a lime and a sprig of mint.

Manhattan
2 ounces rye whiskey
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir over ice and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a cherry or an orange twist.

Margarita
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce triple-sec
1 dash simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe, or into a rocks glass over ice. Optional salt rim, and lime slice garnish.

Martinez
1 1/2 ounces gin, preferably Old Tom or barrel-aged
1 1/4 ounce sweet vermouth
1/4 ounce maraschino
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Martini
2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce dry vermouth
Optional: olive brine, orange bitters, etc.

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe or a martini glass. Garnish according to preference – generally with olives or a twist of lemon.

Mint Julep
2 ounces bourbon or cognac
1/4 ounce simple syrup
Mint

Very gently muddle a handful of mint with the simple syrup at the bottom of a julep cup, if you have one, or a large rocks glass if you don’t. Add the whiskey and fill halfway with crushed ice, stir down, add more ice, stir down. Add a dome of crushed ice on top and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Mojito
2 ounces light rum
1 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Mint

Very gently muddle a handful of mint with the simple syrup at the bottom of a Collins glass. Add the lime juice and rum and fill with crushed ice, pausing a couple times as you go to stir. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Moscow Mule
2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce lime juice
Ginger beer

Build over ice in a copper mug, or in a collins glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Negroni
1 1/4 ounces gin
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce sweet vermouth

Stir in a mixing glass over ice. Strain into a rocks glass over ice; garnish with an orange twist.

Negroni Sbagliato
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce sweet vermouth
Sparkling wine

Build in a flute (or in a rocks glass over ice, if you prefer). Top with sparkling wine and garnish with an orange peel.

Old-Fashioned
2 1/4 ounces rye whiskey
1 sugar cube
Angostura bitters

Soak the sugar cube in Angostura bitters and muddle it in a mixing glass. Add the whiskey and stir with ice, then strain into a rocks glass over ice and garnish with an orange twist.

Old Pal
1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey
3/4 ounce Campari
3/4 ounce dry vermouth

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Paloma
2 ounces tequila (blanco)
1/2 ounce Aperol
1 ounce grapefruit juice
1/4 ounce lime juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
Seltzer

Build in a Collins glass with ice, top with seltzer, and garnish with a lime wheel.

Piña Colada
2 ounces aged Spanish-style rum
1 1/2 ounce coconut cream (Coco Lopez, traditionally)
1 1/2 ounce pineapple juice

Shake with ice and strain over crushed ice, or blend with ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or a sprig of mint, maybe a little umbrella if you have one.

Pink Lady
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce applejack
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce grenadine
1 egg white

Reverse double shake and strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

Pisco Sour
2 ounces pisco
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1 egg white

Reverse double shake and strain into a chilled coupe, or a rocks glass over ice. Paint the top with Angostura bitters. You can use all lime juice instead of a blend; the mix is to accommodate for the difference between Peruvian and American citrus.

Ramos Gin Fizz
2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
3 dashes orange flower water
1 ounce heavy cream
1 egg white
Seltzer

Shake everything but the seltzer over ice for as long as you possibly can. Strain and dry shake, strain again into a Collins glass over ice. Top with seltzer.

Remember The Maine
2 ounces rye whiskey
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth
1/4 ounce Cherry Heering
Absinthe

Stir first three ingredients over ice and strain into an absinthe-rinsed coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

Sazerac
2 1/4 ounces rye whiskey
1 sugar cube
Peychaud’s bitters
Absinthe

Soak the sugar cube in Peychaud’s, muddle in a mixing glass, add the whiskey. Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe. Stir the whiskey, sugar, and bitters over ice, and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Seelbach
1 ounce bourbon
1/2 ounce Cointreau
5 dashes Angostura bitters
5 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Sparkling wine

Build in a champagne flute and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with an orange twist.

Sidecar
2 ounces cognac
3/4 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce lemon juice
1 dash simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe (with an optional sugar rim). No garnish.

Southside
2 ounces gin
1 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Mint

Shake gin, lime juice, simple syrup, and a generous handful of mint with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a mint leaf.

Tom Collins
2 ounces gin (ideally Old Tom)
1 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Seltzer

Short shake the first three ingredients, then strain into a Collins glass over ice and add seltzer to top. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Twentieth Century
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce creme de cacao
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce lemon juice

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Vesper
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce vodka
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Vieux Carré
1 ounce cognac
1 ounce rye whiskey
1 ounce sweet vermouth
1/4 ounce Bénédictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Stir over ice and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel.

Whiskey Sour
2 ounces whiskey (any whiskey)
1 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
1 egg white
Angostura bitters

Reverse double shake everything but the bitters. Serve up or on the rocks, and paint the top with bitters.