Cocktails

This page lists my versions of classic cocktails. Some of them follow the standard recipes, such as IBA. Others have been adjusted using a combination of ingredient analysis and taste tests. The images contain suggestions for specific liquors to use.

Recipes
20th Century Cocktail
Amaretto Sour
Aviation
Between the Sheets
Blood and Sand
Boulevardier
Bramble
Brandy Alexander
Cosmopolitan
Daiquiri
Gin and Tonic
Godson
Grapefruit Collins
Hawaiian cocktail
Hemingway Daiquiri
Kentucky Corpse Reviver
Manhattan
Martini
May Daisy
Mojito
Negroni
Old-fashioned
Pina Colada
Pink Elephant
Sunflower
Tom Collins
Vieux Carre
Whisky Sour
Willoughby

Cocktail families
Family	Description
Sours	Base liquor, lemon or lime, and a sweetening agent. (Can also include triple sec, juice, and egg white.)
Manhattan family	Base liquor and sweet vermouth
Martini family	Base liquor and dry vermouth
Old-fashioned family	Base liquor, bitters, and a sweetening agent
Highballs	Cocktails with large non-liquor element
Campari cocktails	Cocktails with Campari as a central element
Duos	Base liquor and a sweeter liqueur; often with cream.

White text

20th Century Cocktail

Sour

Gin	1.5 oz
Lemon juice	0.5 oz
Lillet Blanc	0.5 oz
Creme de cacao	0.5 oz

White text

Amaretto Sour

Sour

Amaretto	1.5 oz
Lemon juice	1 oz
Simple syrup	1 tsp
Egg white	1 egg
Bourbon	3/4 oz
Notice the low amount of syrup. Often the listed recipe of this cocktail is way too sweet, given the sugar content of the Amaretto.

White text

Aviation

Sour

Gin	2 oz
Maraschino	2 tsp
Creme de violette	2 tsp
Lemon juice	0.5 oz
The official IBA recipe of this cocktail is too dry.

White text

Between the Sheets

Sour

Cointreau	1 oz
Light rum	3/4 oz
Cognac	3/4 oz
Lemon juice	0.5 oz
Simple syrup	0.5 tsp

White text

Blood and Sand

Manhattan family

Scotch	1.5 oz
Orange juice	1 oz
Cherry Heering	3/4 oz
Sweet vermouth	3/4 oz
The official IBA recipe of this cocktail is too sweet. Even after this customization it is possibly still too sweet.

White text

Boulevardier

Campari cocktail

Rittenhouse rye	1.5 oz
Sweet vermouth	1 oz
Campari	3/4 oz
A negroni with rye in place of gin. I use less negroni than official recipes, which I find too bitter.

White text

Bramble

Sour

Blackberries	6 berries
Plymouth gin	2 oz
Creme de Mure	3/4 oz
Lemon juice	3/4 oz
Demerara syrup	0.5 oz

White text

Brandy Alexander

Duo

Cognac	1.5 oz
Cream	1 oz
Creme de cacao	3/4 oz

White text

Cosmopolitan
Sour

Vodka citron	2 oz
Cranberry juice	1.5 oz
Cointreau	3/4 oz
Lime juice	3/4 oz

White text

Daiquiri

Sour

Light rum	2.25 oz
Lime juice	1 1/4 oz
Simple syrup	3/4 oz
You can with good effect mix a more neutral rum (like this Banks 5), and a rum with more character.

White text

Gin and Tonic
Highball

Tonic	2 oz
Gin	1 oz

White text

Godson

Duo

Scotch	1.5 oz
Cream	1 oz
Amaretto	0.5 oz
The official recipe for this cocktail is unbalanced, with way too high sweetness.

White text

Grapefruit Collins

Sour

Sparkling water	3 oz
Old Tom gin	2 oz
Grapefruit juice	1 oz
Lemon juice	3/4 oz
Simple syrup	0.5 oz

White text

Hawaiian cocktail
Sour

Light rum	2 oz
Pineapple juice	1 oz
Angustura	1 dash
Simple syrup	0.625 oz
Lime juice	0.5 oz

White text

Hemingway Daiquiri

Sour

Light rum	2 oz
Grapefruit juice	1 1/4 oz
Maraschino	0.5 oz
Lime juice	0.5 oz
A more dry version of the daiquiry. Hemingway was a hardcore drinker, as well as diabetic.

White text

Kentucky Corpse Reviver
Sour

Bourbon	3/4 oz
Lillet Blanc	3/4 oz
Cointreau	3/4 oz
Lemon juice	3/4 oz
I prefer this version of the corpse reviver, which has bourbon in place of gin.

White text

Manhattan

Manhattan family

Rye	2 oz
Angustura	2 dash
Sweet vermouth	3/4 oz

White text

Martini
Martini family

Gin	1.5 oz
Dry vermouth	1/4 oz
This classic cocktail is oddly drier than all the other. I personally find them too dry, and rarely drink them.

White text

May Daisy

Sour

Cognac	2 oz
Lemon juice	1 oz
Green Chartreuse	3/4 oz
Simple syrup	3/4 oz

White text

Mojito

Sour

Mint	10 leaves
Light rum	2 oz
Sugar	2 tsp
Sparkling water	2 oz
Lime juice	3/4 oz

White text

Negroni
Campari cocktail

Gin	1 1/4 oz
Sweet vermouth	1 1/4 oz
Campari	3/4 oz
I use less negroni than official recipes, which I find too bitter.

White text

Old-fashioned

Old-fashioned family

Angustura	2 dash
Rye	1.5 oz
Sugar	1 tsp

White text

Pina Colada

Highball

Pineapple juice	2 oz
Light rum	1.75 oz
Coconut cream	1 oz
Pineapple rum	3/4 oz

White text

Pink Elephant

Sours

Gin	2 oz
Creme de Mure	2 tsp
Maraschino	1 tsp
Simple syrup	1 tsp
Grapefruit juice	3/4 oz
Lime juice	0.5 oz

White text

Sunflower

Sour

Gin	1 oz
Elderflower liquor	1 oz
Lemon juice	1 oz
Cointreau	1 oz
Absinthe	1 dash

White text

Tom Collins

Sour

Sparkling water	3 oz
Old Tom gin	2.25 oz
Lemon juice	1.5 oz
Simple syrup	3/4 oz

White text

Vieux Carre

Manhattan family

Rye	1 oz
Cognac	1 oz
Sweet vermouth	1 oz
Angustura	1 dash
Peychaud’s	1 dash
Benedictine	1/4 oz

White text

Whisky Sour

Sour

Rye	2 oz
Salt	1 pinch
Egg white	1 egg
Lemon juice	3/4 oz
Simple syrup	3/4 oz

White text

Willoughby
Manhattan family

bitters	2 dash
Bourbon	1.5 oz
Sweet vermouth	1.5 ox
A Manhattan is too dry for most people. This is a more palatable version of the great cocktail.