Cocktail Recipes
Complete ingredients, preparation methods, and garnish for all 102 IBA official cocktails. Click any card on the gallery page to jump directly to its recipe.
All Recipes
Alexander
Ingredients
- 30 ml Cognac
- 30 ml Crème de Cacao (Brown)
- 30 ml Fresh Cream
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Sprinkle fresh ground nutmeg on top.
Americano
Ingredients
- 30 ml Bitter Campari
- 30 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
- A splash of Soda Water
Method
Mix the ingredients directly in an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Add a splash of Soda Water. Stir gently.
Garnish
Garnish with half orange slice and a lemon zest.
Angel Face
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 30 ml Apricot Brandy
- 30 ml Calvados
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Aviation
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 15 ml Maraschino
- Luxardo
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 Bar Spoon Crème de Violette
Method
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Optional Maraschino Cherry.
Bee’s Knees
Ingredients
- 52.5 ml Dry Gin
- 2 teaspoons Honey Syrup
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 22.5 ml Fresh Orange Juice
Method
Stir honey with lemon and orange juices until it dissolves, add gin and shake with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Optionally garnish with a lemon or orange zest.
Bellini
Ingredients
- 100 ml Prosecco
- 50 ml White Peach Puree
Method
Pour peach puree into the mixing glass with ice, add the Prosecco wine. Stir gently and pour in a chilled flute glass. NOTE: Puccini – Fresh Mandarin Orange Juice; Rossini – Fresh Strawberry Puree; Tintoretto – Fresh Pomegranate Juice.
Garnish
N/A.
Between the Sheets
Ingredients
- 30 ml White Rum
- 30 ml Cognac
- 30 ml Triple Sec
- 20 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Method
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Black Russian
Ingredients
- 50 ml Vodka
- 20 ml Coffee Liqueur
Method
Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently. strain ingredients into old fashioned glass filled with ice. NOTE: WHITE RUSSIAN – Float fresh cream on the top and stir in slowly.
Garnish
N/A
Bloody Mary
Ingredients
- 45 ml Vodka
- 90 ml Tomato Juice
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
- Tabasco, Celery Salt, Pepper (Up to taste)
Method
Stir gently all the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, pour into rocks glass. NOTE: If requested served with ice, pour into highball glass.
Garnish
Celery, lemon wedge (Optional).
Boulevardier
Ingredients
- 45 ml Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
- 30 ml Bitter Campari
- 30 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with a orange zest, optionally a lemon zest.
Bramble
Ingredients
- 50 ml Gin
- 25 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 12.5 ml Sugar Syrup
- 15 ml Crème de Mûre
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the Crème de Mûre, shake well with ice, strain into chilled old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice, then pour the blackberry liqueur (Crème de Mûre) over the top of the drink, in a circular motion.
Garnish
Garnish optionally with a lemon slice and blackberries.
Brandy Crusta
Ingredients
- 52.5 ml Brandy
- 7.5 ml Maraschino
- Luxardo
- 1 Bar Spoon Curacao
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 Bar Spoon Simple Syrup
- 2 Dashes Aromatic Bitters
Method
Mix together all ingredients with ice cubes in a mixing glass and strain into a prepared slim cocktail glass.
Garnish
Rub a slice of orange (or lemon) around the rim of the glass and dip it in pulverized white sugar, so that the sugar will adhere to the edge of the glass. Carefully curling place the orange/lemon peel around the inside of the glass.
Caipirinha
Ingredients
- 60 ml Cachaça
- 1 Lime cut into small wedges
- 4 Teaspoons White Cane Sugar
Method
Place lime and sugar into a double old fashioned glass and muddle gently. Fill the glass with cracked ice and add Cachaça. Stir gently to involve ingredients. Note: Caipiroska - Instead of Cachaça use Vodka; Caipirissima - Instead of Cachaça use Rum. Caipirão - Instead of Cachaça use Licor Beirão.
Garnish
N/A
Canchanchara
Ingredients
- 60 ml Cuban Aguardiente
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 15 ml Raw Honey
- 50 ml Water
Method
Mix honey with water and lime juice and spread the mixture on the bottom and sides of the glass. Add cracked ice, and then the rum. End by energetically stirring from bottom to top.
Garnish
Garnish with a lime wedge.
Cardinale
Ingredients
- 40 ml Gin
- 20 ml Dry Vermouth
- 10 ml Bitter Campari
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with a lemon zest.
Casino
Ingredients
- 40 ml Old Tom Gin
- 10 ml Maraschino
- Luxardo
- 10 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktails shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled rocks glass with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with a lemon zest and a maraschino cherry.
Champagne Cocktail
Ingredients
- 90 ml Chilled Champagne
- 10 ml Cognac
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Few drops of Grand Marnier (optional)
- 1 sugar cube
Method
Place the sugar cube with 2 dashes of bitters in a large Champagne glass, add the cognac. Pour gently chilled Champagne.
Garnish
Garnish with orange zest and maraschino cherry.
Chartreuse Swizzle
Ingredients
- 45 ml Green Chartreuse
- 30 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 15 ml Falernum
Method
Pour all ingredients into a tall glass, add pebble ice. With the help of a swizzle stick (or cocktail spoon) mix vigorously, complete by filling the glass with more pebble ice.
Garnish
Garnish with mint leaves and grated nutmeg.
Clover Club
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 15 ml Raspberry Syrup
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- Few Drops of Egg White
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktails shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Fresh raspberries.
Corpse Reviver #2
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 30 ml Cointreau
- 30 ml Lillet Blanc
- 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 dash Absinthe
Method
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake well and strain in chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with an orange zest.
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients
- 40 ml Vodka Citron
- 15 ml Cointreau
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 30 ml Cranberry Juice
Method
Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into large cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon twist.
Cuba Libre
Ingredients
- 50 ml White Rum
- 120 ml Cola
- 10 ml Fresh Lime Juice
Method
Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with lime wedge.
Daiquiri
Ingredients
- 60 ml White Cuban Ron
- 20 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 2 Bar Spoons Superfine Sugar
Method
In a cocktail shaker add all ingredients. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. Add ice and shake. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Dark ‘N’ Stormy
Ingredients
- 60 ml Goslings Rum
- 100 ml Ginger Beer
Method
In a highball glass filled with ice pour the ginger beer and top floating with the Rum.
Garnish
Garnish with a lime wedge or slice.
Don’s Special Daiquiri
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gold Jamaican Rum
- 15 ml Cuban Rum
- 15 ml Passion Fruit Syrup
- 15 ml Fresh lime juice
- 15 ml Honey Syrup
Method
Blend for a few seconds in a milkshake mixer with crushed ice and pour into a footed copo glass. Fill the glass with more crushed ice.
Garnish
Garnish with 1/2 passion fruit
Dry Martini
Ingredients
- 60 ml Gin
- 10 ml Dry Vermouth
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini cocktail glass.
Garnish
Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink, or garnish with a green olives if requested.
Espresso Martini
Ingredients
- 50 ml Vodka
- 30 ml Kahlúa
- 10 ml Sugar Syrup
- 1 strong Espresso
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
3 coffee beans
Fernandito
Ingredients
- 50 ml Fernet Branca
- Fill up with Cola
Method
Pour the Fernet Branca into a double old fashioned glass with ice, fill the glass up with Cola. Gently stir.
Garnish
N/A
French 75
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 15 ml Sugar Syrup
- 60 ml Champagne
Method
Pour all the ingredients, except Champagne, into a shaker. Shake well and strain into a Champagne flute. Top up with Champagne. Stir gently.
Garnish
N/A
French Connection
Ingredients
- 35 ml Cognac
- 35 ml Amaretto
Method
Pour all ingredients directly into old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently.
Garnish
N/A
French Martini
Ingredients
- 45 ml Vodka
- 15 ml Raspberry Liqueur
- 15 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink.
Garibaldi
Ingredients
- 45 ml Bitter Campari
- 120 ml Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
Method
Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with an orange wedge.
Gin Basil Smash
Ingredients
- 60ml Gin
- 22.5 ml Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
- 22.5 ml Sugar Syrup
- 10 pcs Italian Basil leaves
Method
Add all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and pour into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Gin Fizz
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 10 ml Simple Syrup
- Splash of Soda Water
Method
Shake all ingredients with ice except soda water. Pour into thin tall Tumbler glass , top with a splash soda water. NOTE: Serve without ice.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon slice, optional lemon zest.
Grand Margarita
Ingredients
- 45 ml Tequila 100% agave
- 30 ml Grand Marnier
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
Method
Rim the rock glass with good quality sea salt. Pour the ingredients into the shaker. Add ice to both glass and shaker. Shake hard for 10 seconds. Strain the drink into the glass.
Garnish
Garnish with a lime slice.
Grasshopper
Ingredients
- 20 ml Crème de Cacao (White)
- 20 ml Crème de Menthe (Green)
- 20 ml Fresh Cream
Method
Pour all ingredients into shaker filled with ice. Shake briskly for few seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A, optional mint leave.
Hanky Panky
Ingredients
- 45 ml London Dry Gin
- 45 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
- 7.5 ml Fernet
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Orange zest.
Hemingway Special
Ingredients
- 60 ml Rum
- 40 ml Grapefruit Juice
- 15 ml Maraschino Luxardo
- 15 ml Fresh Lime
Method
Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a large cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Horse’s Neck
Ingredients
- 40 ml Cognac
- 120 ml Ginger Ale
- Dash of Angostura Bitters (optional)
Method
Pour Cognac and ginger ale directly into highball glass with ice cubes. Stir gently. If preferred, add dashes of Angostura Bitter.
Garnish
Garnish with rind of one lemon spiral.
IBA Tiki
Ingredients
- 30 ml Ron Profundo Havana Club
- 30 ml Ron Smoky Havana Club
- 15 ml Licor Amaretto
- 5 ml Licor Frangelico
- 5 drops Maraschino Luxardo
- 30 ml Passion Fruit Puree
- 90 Fresh Pineapple Juice
- 30 Fresh Lime Juice
- 1 pc Gengibre Slice
Method
In a cocktail shaker muddle a thin slice of Gengibre, Pour all other ingredients. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled Tiki glass filled with pebbled ice.
Garnish
Garnish with citruses and dehydrated pineapple slice.
Illegal
Ingredients
- 30 ml Espadin Mezcal
- 15 ml Jamaica Overproof White Rum
- 15 ml Falernum
- 1 Bar Spoon Maraschino Luxardo
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 15 ml Simple Syrup
- Few Drops of Egg White (Optional)
Method
Pour all ingredients into the shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, or "on the rocks" in a traditional clay or terracotta mug.
Garnish
N/A
Irish Coffee
Ingredients
- 50 ml Irish Whiskey
- 120 ml Hot coffee
- 50 ml Fresh cream (Chilled)
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
Method
Warm black coffee is poured into a preheated Irish coffee glass. Whiskey and at least one teaspoon of sugar is added and stirred until dissolved. Fresh thick chilled cream is carefully poured over the back of a spoon held just above the surface of the coffee. The layer of cream will float on the coffee without mixing. Plain sugar can be replaced with sugar syrup
Garnish
N/A
John Collins
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 15 ml Simple Syrup
- 60 ml Soda Water
Method
Pour all ingredients directly into highball filled with ice. Stir gently. NOTE: Use 'Old Tom' Gin for Tom Collins.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon slice and maraschino cherry.
Jungle Bird
Ingredients
- 45 ml Blackstrap rum
- 22.5 ml Campari
- 45 ml Pineapple juice
- 15 ml Freshly Squeezed Lime juice
- 15 ml Demerara sugar syrup
Method
Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with a pineapple wedge.
Kir
Ingredients
- 90 ml Dry White Wine
- 10 ml Crème de Cassis
Method
Pour Crème de Cassis into glass, top up with white wine. NOTE: Kir Royal - Use Champagne instead of white wine
Garnish
N/A
Last Word
Ingredients
- 22.5 ml Gin
- 22.5 ml Green Chartreuse
- 22.5 ml Maraschino
- Luxardo
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
Method
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Lemon Drop Martini
Ingredients
- 30 ml Vodka
- 20 ml Triple Sec
- 15 ml Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Long Island Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 15 ml Vodka
- 15 ml Tequila
- 15 ml White rum
- 15 ml Gin
- 15 ml Cointreau
- 25 ml Lemon juice
- 30 ml Simple syrup
- Top with Cola
Method
Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice. Stir gently.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon slice (Optional).
Mai-Tai
Ingredients
- 30 ml Amber Jamaican Rum
- 30 ml Martinique Molasses Rhum*
- 15 ml Orange Curacao
- 15 ml Orgeat Syrup (Almond)
- 30 ml Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
- 7.5 ml Simple Syrup
Method
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a double rocks glass or an highball glass. * The Martinique molasses rum used by Trader Vic was not an Agricole Rhum but a type of "rummy" from molasses.
Garnish
Garnish with pineapple spear, mint leaves and lime peel.
Manhattan
Ingredients
- 50 ml Rye Whiskey
- 20 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with cocktail cherry.
Margarita
Ingredients
- 50 ml Tequila 100% Agave
- 20 ml Triple Sec
- 15 ml Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
Method
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Half salt rim (Optional).
Martinez
Ingredients
- 45 ml London Dry Gin
- 45 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
- 1 Bar Spoon Maraschino
- Luxardo
- 2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Lemon zest.
Mary Pickford
Ingredients
- 45 ml White Rum
- 45 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
- 7.5 ml Maraschino Luxardo
- 5 ml Grenadine Syrup
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Mimosa
Ingredients
- 75 ml Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
- 75 ml Prosecco
Method
Pour orange juice into flute glass and gently pour the sparkling wine. Stir gently. NOTE: Also known as Buck’s Fizz.
Garnish
Garnish with orange twist (optional).
Mint Julep
Ingredients
- 60 ml Bourbon Whiskey
- 4 fresh Mint sprigs
- 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp Water
Method
In Julep Stainless Steel Cup gently muddle the mint with sugar and water. Fill the glass with cracked ice, add the Bourbon and stir well until the cup frosts.
Garnish
Garnish with a mint sprig.
Missionary’s Downfall
Ingredients
- 30 ml White rum
- 15 ml Peach Brandy
- 15 ml Fresh lime juice
- 30 ml Honey Mix
- 10 pcs Mint Leaves
- 3 to 4 pcs Pineapple Chunks
Method
Blend all the ingredients with half cup of crushed ice. Serve it in a Coppa grande.
Garnish
Garnish with mint sprig and a slice of pineapple.
Mojito
Ingredients
- 45 ml White Cuban Ron
- 20 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 6 pcs Mint Sprigs
- 2 tsp White Cane Sugar
- Soda Water
Method
Mix mint springs with sugar and lime juice. Add splash of soda water and fill the glass with ice. Pour the rum and top with soda water. Light stir to involve all ingredients.
Garnish
Garnish with sprigs of mint and slice of lime.
Monkey Gland
Ingredients
- 45 ml Dry Gin
- 45 ml Fresh Orange Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Absinthe
- 1 Tablespoon Grenadine Syrup
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Moscow Mule
Ingredients
- 45 ml Smirnoff Vodka
- 120 ml Ginger Beer
- 10 ml Fresh lime juice
Method
In an Mule Cup or rocks glass, combine the vodka and ginger beer. Add lime juice and gently stir to involve all ingredients.
Garnish
Garnish with a lime slice.
Naked and Famous
Ingredients
- 22.5 ml Mezcal
- 22.5 ml Yellow Chartreuse
- 22.5 ml Aperol
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Negroni
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 30 ml Bitter Campari
- 30 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
Method
Pour all ingredients directly into chilled old fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir gently.
Garnish
Garnish with half orange slice.
New York Sour
Ingredients
- 60 ml Rye Whiskey or Bourbon
- 22.5 ml Simple syrup
- 30 ml Fresh lemon juice
- Few Drops of Egg White
- 15 ml Red wine (Shiraz or Malbech)
Method
Pour all ingredients into the shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice. Float the wine on top.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon or orange zest with cherry.
Old Cuban
Ingredients
- 6/8 pcs Mint Leaves
- 45 ml Aged Rum
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 30 ml Simple Syrup
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
- 60 ml Brut Champagne or Prosecco
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the wine, shake well with ice, strain into chilled elegant cocktail glass. Top up with the sparkling wine.
Garnish
Garnish with mint springs.
Old Fashioned
Ingredients
- 45 ml Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
- 1 Sugar Cube
- Few Dashes Angostura Bitters
- Few Dashes Plain Water
Method
Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitter, add few dashes of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Stir gently.
Garnish
Garnish with orange slice or zest, and a cocktail cherry.
Paloma
Ingredients
- 50 ml 100% Agave Tequila
- 5 ml Fresh lime
- A pinch of Salt
- 100 ml Pink Grapefruit Soda
Method
Poor the tequila into a highball glass, squeeze the lime juice. Add ice and salt, fill up pink grapefruit soda. Stir gently.
Garnish
Garnish with a slice of lime.
Paper Plane
Ingredients
- 30 ml Bourbon Whiskey
- 30 ml Amaro Nonino
- 30 ml Aperol
- 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Paradise
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 20 ml Apricot Brandy
- 15 ml Fresh Orange Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Penicillin
Ingredients
- 60 ml Blended scotch whisky
- 7.5 ml Lagavulin 16y
- 22.5 ml Fresh lemon juice
- 22.5 ml Honey syrup
- 2-3 quarter size sliced fresh ginger
Method
Muddle fresh ginger in a shaker and add the remaining ingredients except for the Islay single malt whisky. Fill the shaker with ice and shake. Fine train into a chilled Old Fashioned glass with ice. Float the single malt whisky on top.
Garnish
Garnish with candied ginger slices.
Pina Colada
Ingredients
- 50 ml White Rum
- 30 ml Coconut Cream
- 50 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
Method
Blend all the ingredients with ice in a electric blender, pour into a large glass and serve with straws. Note: Historically a few drops of fresh lime juice was added to taste. 4 slices of fresh pineapple can be used instead of juice
Garnish
Garnish with a slice of pineapple with a cocktail cherry.
Pisco Punch
Ingredients
- 60 ml Pisco
- 22.5 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
- 15 ml Simple Syrup
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 30 ml Dry White Wine
- 3 pcs Cloves
Method
Gentle mash the simple syrup with the cloves, add the remaining ingredients except the wine. Shake vigorously and double strain into a large goblet. Add the wine on top and gently stir.
Garnish
N/A
Pisco Sour
Ingredients
- 60 ml Pisco
- 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 20 ml Simple Syrup
- 1 Raw whole Egg White
Method
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled goblet glass.
Garnish
Few dashes of Amargo bitters on top as an aromatic garnish.
Planters Punch
Ingredients
- 45 ml Jamaican Rum
- 15 ml Lime Juice
- 30 ml Sugar Cane Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients directly in a small tumbler or a typical terracotta glass. NOTE: Add dilution up to taste, it can be given by water, ice or fresh juices.
Garnish
Garnish with orange zest.
Porn Star Martini
Ingredients
- 50 ml Vanilla Vodka
- 20 ml Passion Fruit Liqueur
- 50 ml Passion Fruit Puree
- 2 Bar Spoons Vanilla Sugar
- 50 ml Champagne to serve on the side
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, double strain into a large chilled cocktail glass. Accompany with a shot of champagne.
Garnish
Garnish with passion fruit cup and sugar.
Porto Flip
Ingredients
- 15 ml Brandy
- 45 ml Red Tawny Port Wine
- 10 ml Egg Yolk
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Sprinkle with fresh ground nutmeg.
Rabo de Galo
Ingredients
- 60 ml Cachaca
- 20 ml Sweet Vermouth Cinzano Rosso
- 15 ml Cynar
- 2 Drops Angostura (Optional)
Method
Combine all the ingredients into a rocks glass, add ice and stir briefly.
Garnish
Garnish with a orange twist.
Ramos Fizz
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 30 ml Sugar Syrup
- 60 ml Cream
- 30ml Egg white
- 3 Dashes Orange Flower Water
- 2 Drops Vanilla Extract
- Soda Water
Method
Pour all ingredients except soda water in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake for two minutes, double strain in a glass, pour the drink back in the shaker and hard shake without ice for one minute. Strain into a highball glass, top up with soda. NOTE: The drink was invented by Henry Ramos in 1888, at his bar Meyer’s Table d’Hôtel Internationale in New Orleans. The Ramos Fizz was originally shaken for 12 minutes by a crew of 30 bartenders who passed the shaker from one to another.
Garnish
N/A
Remember the Maine
Ingredients
- 60 ml Rye Whiskey
- 22.5 ml Sweet Vermouth
- 15 ml Cherry Brandy Luxardo
- 7.5 ml Absinthe
Method
Pour the absinthe into a coupe glass and swirl to completely coat the inside. Discard the absinthe and set the glass aside. Add the other ingredients to a mixing glass and fill it 3/4 full with ice. Stir until chilled, then strain into the glass rinsed with the absinthe.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon zest.
Russian Spring Punch
Ingredients
- 25 ml Vodka
- 25 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 15 ml Creme de Cassis
- 10 ml Sugar Syrup
- Top up with Sparkling Wine
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the sparkling wine, shake well with ice, strain into chilled tall tumbler glass filled with ice and top up with sparkling wine.
Garnish
Garnish with blackberries and optionally a lemon slice as well.
Rusty Nail
Ingredients
- 45 ml Scotch Whisky
- 25 ml Drambuie
Method
Pour all ingredients directly into an old fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir gently.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon zest.
Sazerac
Ingredients
- 50 ml Cognac
- 10 ml Absinthe
- 1 Sugar Cube
- 2 Dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Method
Rinse a chilled old-fashioned glass with the absinthe, add crushed ice and set it aside. Stir the remaining ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. Discard the ice and any excess absinthe from the prepared glass, strain the mixed drink into the glass. NOTE: The original recipe changed after the American Civil War, Rye Whiskey substituted Cognac as it became hard to obtain.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon zest.
Sea Breeze
Ingredients
- 40 ml Vodka
- 120 ml Cranberry Juice
- 30 ml Grapefruit Juice
Method
Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with an orange zest and cherry.
Sex on the Beach
Ingredients
- 40 ml Vodka
- 20 ml Peach Schnapps
- 40 ml Fresh Orange Juice
- 40 ml Cranberry Juice
Method
Build all ingredients in a highball glass filled with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with half orange slice.
Sherry Cobbler
Ingredients
- 45 ml Amontillado sherry
- 45 ml Palo Cortado
- 1 tsp Superfine Sugar (or granulated)
- 1/2 Orange Wheel
- 1/2 Lemon Wheel
Method
Combine sherry, sugar and 2 quarter wheels each of orange and lemon in a shaker with ice, shake briskly, strain into a Julep cocktail cup filled with crushed ice.
Garnish
Garnish with fresh berries, ¼ wheel each orange and lemon. Serve with straws.
Sidecar
Ingredients
- 50 ml Cognac
- 20 ml Triple Sec
- 20 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Singapore Sling
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 15 ml Cherry Sangue Morlacco
- 7.5 ml Cointreau
- 7.5 ml DOM Bénédictine
- 120 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 10 ml Grenadine Syrup
- A dash of Angostura bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into Hurricane glass.
Garnish
Garnish with pineapple and maraschino cherry.
South Side
Ingredients
- 60 ml London dry Gin
- 30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 15 ml Simple syrup
- 5/6 Mint leaves
- Few drops Egg white (Optional)
Method
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, double-strain into chilled cocktail glass. Note: If egg white is used shake vigorously.
Garnish
Garnish with mint springs.
Spicy Fifty
Ingredients
- 50 ml Vodka Vanilla
- 15 ml Elderflower Cordial
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 10 ml Monin Honey Syrup
- 2 thin Slices Red Chili Pepper
Method
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, double-strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with a red chili pepper.
Spritz
Ingredients
- 90 ml Prosecco
- 60 ml Aperol
- Splash of Soda water
Method
Build all ingredients into a wine glass filled with ice. Stir gently. NOTE: There are other versions of the Spritz that use Campari, Cynar or Select instead of Aperol.
Garnish
Garnish with a slice of orange.
Stinger
Ingredients
- 50 ml Cognac
- 20 ml White Crème de Menthe
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini cocktail glass.
Garnish
Optional mint leave.
Suffering Bastard
Ingredients
- 30 ml Cognac or Brandy
- 30 ml Gin
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
- Top up Ginger beer
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the ginger beer, shake well with ice. Pour unstrained into a Collins glass or in the original. S. Bastard mug and top up with ginger beer.
Garnish
Garnish with mint spring and optionally an orange slice as well.
Tequila Sunrise
Ingredients
- 45 ml Tequila
- 90 ml Fresh Orange Juice
- 15 ml Grenadine Syrup
Method
Pour tequila and orange juice directly into highball glass filled with ice cubes. Add the grenadine syrup to create chromatic effect (sunrise), do not stir.
Garnish
Garnish with half orange slice or an orange zest.
Three Dots and a Dash
Ingredients
- 45 ml Rhum Martinique Agricole
- 15 ml Blended Aged Rum
- 7.5 ml Falernum
- 7.5 ml Allspice Saint Elizabeth15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 15 ml Fresh Orange juice
- 15 ml Honey Syrup
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients in a Blender with 12 ounces of crushed ice, flash blend, pour the drink into a footed copo glass. Fill the glass with more crushed ice.
Garnish
Garnish with three cherries and a rectangular chunk of pineapple.
Tipperary
Ingredients
- 50 ml Irish Whiskey
- 25 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
- 15 ml Green Chartreuse
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with a slice of orange.
Tommy’s Margarita
Ingredients
- 60 ml Tequila 100% agave
- 30 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 30 ml Agave Nectar
Method
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled rocks glass filled with ice.
Garnish
Garnish with a lime slice.
Trinidad Sour
Ingredients
- 45 ml Angostura Bitters
- 30 ml Orgeat Syrup
- 22.5 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 15 ml Rye Whiskey
Method
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Tuxedo
Ingredients
- 30 ml Old Tom Gin
- 30 ml Dry Vermouth
- 1/2 Bar Spoon Maraschino Luxardo
- 1/4 Bar Spoon of Absinthe
- 3 Dashes Orange Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with cherry and lemon zest.
Ve.N.To
Ingredients
- 45 ml White Smooth Grappa
- 22.5 ml Fresh lemon Juice
- 15 ml Honey mix (replace water with chamomile)*
- 15 ml Chamomile cordial
- Few Drops of Egg White (Optional)
Method
Pour all ingredients into the shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a chilled small tumbler glass filled with ice. NOTE: *If desired water can be replaced by chamomile infusion in the honey mix.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon zest and white grapes.
Vesper
Ingredients
- 45 ml Gin
- 15 ml Vodka
- 7.5 ml Lillet Blanc
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with lemon zest.
Vieux Carré
Ingredients
- 30 ml Rye Whiskey
- 30 ml Cognac
- 30 ml Sweet Vermouth
- 1 Bar Spoon Bénédictine
- 2 Dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Method
Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
Garnish with orange zest and maraschino cherry.
Whiskey Sour
Ingredients
- 45 ml Bourbon Whiskey
- 25 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
- 20 ml Sugar Syrup
- Few Drops of Egg White (Optional)
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into cobbler glass. If served "On the rocks", strain ingredients into old fashioned glass filled with ice. NOTE: If egg white is used shake little harder to release and incorporate the foam from the egg white.
Garnish
Garnish with half orange slice and maraschino cherry, optionally use orange zest.
White Lady
Ingredients
- 40 ml Gin
- 30 ml Triple Sec
- 20 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish
N/A
Zombie
Ingredients
- 45 ml Jamaican dark rum
- 45 ml Gold Puerto Rican rum
- 30 ml Demerara Rum
- 20 ml Fresh lime juice
- 15 ml Falernum
- 15 ml Donn’s Mix*
- 1 tsp Grenadine syrup
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- 6 drops Pernod
Method
Add all ingredients into an electric blender with 170 grams of cracked ice. With pulse bottom blend for a few seconds. Serve in a tall tumbler glass. Note: *Donn’s Mix: 2 parts of fresh yellow grapefruit and 1 part of cinnamon syrup
Garnish
Garnish with mint leaves.