20th Century
A characterful cocktail built around gin, lillet blanc and creme de cacao blanc, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Lillet Blanc, Creme de cacao blanc, lemon juice. Serve well chilled.
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Classic Cocktails That Never Go Out of Style cocktails.
Classic Cocktails That Never Go Out of Style brings together the drinks that have earned their place for a reason. These are the cocktails people keep coming back to because they are simple, balanced, and genuinely good. They do not need trends or flashy presentation to stand out. A well-made Martini, Old Fashioned or Negroni still feels every bit as relevant now as it did years ago. That is the beauty of the classics. They are dependable, stylish, and always feel like the right choice.
This collection includes some of the most well-known and best-loved cocktail recipes, from the crisp simplicity of a Daiquiri to the richer, more spirit-led character of a Manhattan or Old Fashioned. You have drinks with brightness and freshness like the Margarita, Whiskey Sour, and French 75, alongside more bold and distinctive serves like the Negroni, Martini, and Bloody Mary. Each one has its own personality, but what they all share is balance, clarity, and that sense that nothing is there by accident. They are classics because they work.
This collection includes some of the most well-known and best-loved cocktail recipes, from the crisp simplicity of a Daiquiri to the richer, more spirit-led character of a Manhattan or Old Fashioned. You have drinks with brightness and freshness like the Margarita, Whiskey Sour, and French 75, alongside more bold and distinctive serves like the Negroni, Martini, and Bloody Mary. Each one has its own personality, but what they all share is balance, clarity, and that sense that nothing is there by accident. They are classics because they work.
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Classic Cocktails That Never Go Out of Style recipes
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Alexander
A characterful cocktail built around brandy, dark creme de cacao and double cream, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Brandy, Dark creme de cacao, Double cream. Serve well chilled.
Angel Face
A characterful cocktail built around gin, apricot brandy and apple brandy, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Apricot brandy, Apple brandy. Serve well chilled.
B-52
A characterful cocktail built around coffee liqueur, irish cream liqueur and orange liqueur, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur, Orange liqueur. Serve well chilled.
Bloody Mary
A savory, spiced cocktail perfect for brunch.
Ingredients: Vodka, tomato juice, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce.
Blue Moon
A characterful cocktail built around gin, creme de violette and lemon juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Creme de violette, lemon juice. Serve well chilled.
Bronx
A characterful cocktail built around gin, dry vermouth and sweet vermouth, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Dry vermouth, Sweet vermouth, Orange juice. Serve well chilled.
Champs-Elysees
A characterful cocktail built around cognac, green chartreuse and lemon juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Cognac, Green Chartreuse, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Angostura bitters. Serve well chilled.
Daiquiri
A crisp cocktail made with lime and rum.
Ingredients: Rum, lime juice, sugar syrup. Shake with ice and serve chilled.
Daisy de Santiago
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, lime juice and green chartreuse, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, lime juice, Green Chartreuse, Sugar syrup, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
French 75
A classic champagne cocktail with gin and lemon.
Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, champagne. Serve chilled.
French Connection
A stylish cocktail pairing cognac with amaretto for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Cognac, Amaretto. Serve well chilled.
Golden Dream
A characterful cocktail built around galliano, triple sec and orange juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Galliano, Triple sec, orange juice, Double cream. Serve well chilled.
Horse's Neck
A characterful cocktail built around brandy, ginger ale and long spiral lemon peel, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Brandy, Ginger ale, Long spiral lemon peel. Serve well chilled.
Hotel Georgia
A characterful cocktail built around gin, apricot liqueur and lemon juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Apricot liqueur, lemon juice, Orgeat. Serve well chilled.
Lucien Gaudin
A characterful cocktail built around gin, campari and dry vermouth, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Campari, Dry vermouth, Triple sec. Serve well chilled.
Mamie Taylor
A characterful cocktail built around scotch whisky, lime juice and ginger beer, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Scotch whisky, lime juice, Ginger beer. Serve well chilled.
Manhattan
A classic whiskey-based cocktail with sweet vermouth and bitters.
Ingredients: Rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters, garnished with a cherry.
Margarita
A zesty drink featuring lime and tequila.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, triple sec, salt rim. Serve chilled.
Martini
A classic, sophisticated cocktail made with gin and dry vermouth, served in a chilled martini glass.
Ingredients: Gin, dry vermouth, citrusy lemon twist or a savoury olive.
Mary Pickford
A characterful cocktail built around white rum, pineapple juice and grenadine, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: White rum, Pineapple juice, Grenadine, Maraschino liqueur. Serve well chilled.
Millionaire
A characterful cocktail built around bourbon, apricot brandy and sloe gin, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Apricot brandy, Sloe gin, lemon juice, Grenadine. Serve well chilled.
Monkey Gland
A characterful cocktail built around gin, orange juice and grenadine, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Orange juice, Grenadine, Absinthe. Serve well chilled.
Negroni
A bold, bittersweet Italian cocktail with gin.
Ingredients: Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth. Stir and serve over ice.
Old Fashioned
A classic whiskey cocktail with bitters and sugar.
Ingredients: Whiskey, bitters, sugar cube, orange peel. Stir over ice.
Paradise
A characterful cocktail built around gin, apricot brandy and orange juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Apricot brandy, Orange juice. Serve well chilled.
Pegu Club
A characterful cocktail built around gin, orange liqueur and lime juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Orange liqueur, lime juice, Angostura bitters, Orange bitters. Serve well chilled.
Presbyterian
A characterful cocktail built around scotch whisky, ginger ale and soda water, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Scotch whisky, Ginger ale, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Rattlesnake
A characterful cocktail built around rye whiskey, lemon juice and sugar syrup, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rye whiskey, lemon juice, Sugar syrup, Absinthe, egg white. Serve well chilled.
Rob Roy
A characterful cocktail built around scotch whisky, sweet vermouth and angostura bitters, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Scotch whisky, Sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters. Serve well chilled.
Sherry Cobbler
A characterful cocktail built around amontillado, sugar syrup and orange, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Amontillado, Sugar syrup, orange. Serve well chilled.
Sidecar
A classic brandy sour with orange liqueur and lemon. Bright, warm, elegant and sharper than its smooth appearance suggests.
Ingredients: Brandy, Orange liqueur, Lemon juice. Serve over ice.
Stinger
A stylish cocktail pairing brandy with white creme de menthe for a focused, modern serve.
Ingredients: Brandy, White creme de menthe. Serve well chilled.
Tipperary
A characterful cocktail built around irish whiskey, sweet vermouth and green chartreuse, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Irish whiskey, Sweet vermouth, Green Chartreuse, Angostura bitters. Serve well chilled.
Ward Eight
A characterful cocktail built around rye whiskey, lemon juice and orange juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice, Grenadine. Serve well chilled.
Whiskey Sour
A tangy mix of whiskey and lemon juice.
Ingredients: Whiskey, lemon juice, sugar syrup. Shake with ice.