Cocktail
57 drinks
Margarita
Multiple origin stories. The salt rim balances sour lime and strong tequila. Frozen margarita machin...
Old Fashioned
Considered the original cocktail, first documented in 1880. Made with bourbon or rye whiskey, sugar,...
Mojito
One of the oldest known cocktails. African slaves in Cuban sugarcane fields are credited with its cr...
Negroni
Count Camillo Negroni asked for his Americano with gin instead of soda water. Equal parts gin, Campa...
Martini
The most iconic cocktail in history. Gin or vodka with dry vermouth, stirred or shaken. James Bond m...
Caipirinha
Brazils national cocktail made with cachaca, lime, and sugar. Cachaca is distilled from fresh sugarc...
Pisco Sour
Both Peru and Chile claim pisco and the cocktail as their own. Made with pisco brandy, lime juice, s...
Aperol Spritz
Three parts Prosecco, two parts Aperol, one splash of soda. Aperol was created in Padua in 1919. Bec...
Bloody Mary
Vodka with tomato juice and a complex spice blend. Fernand Petiot claimed to have invented it at Har...
Daiquiri
Named after a beach near Santiago de Cuba. Jennings Cox, an American engineer, supposedly invented i...
Manhattan
Supposedly invented at the Manhattan Club in New York for a banquet hosted by Winston Churchills mot...
Irish Coffee
Invented by chef Joe Sheridan at Foynes airbase for cold, delayed passengers. Hot coffee, Irish whis...
Paloma
Mexicos most popular tequila cocktail, surpassing the Margarita domestically. Tequila with grapefrui...
Mai Tai
Created by Trader Vic in Oakland, California. The name means good in Tahitian. Originally made with ...
Espresso Martini
Invented by Dick Bradsell in London when a model asked for something to wake her up then mess her up...
Amaretto Sour
Amaretto means a little bitter in Italian. Made from apricot kernels or almonds. Disaronno claims to...
Chuhai
Shochu highball, abbreviated to chu-hai. Shochu diluted with carbonated water and flavoring. Sold in...
Screwdriver
Simply vodka and orange juice. The name supposedly comes from American engineers stirring it with sc...
Tom Collins
Gin, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water. The Great Tom Collins Hoax of 1874 was a practical joke swe...
Gimlet
Gin or vodka with lime juice. British Royal Navy sailors received lime juice to prevent scurvy. The ...
Moscow Mule
Invented by three business partners trying to sell their struggling products: vodka, ginger beer, an...
Piña Colada
Puerto Ricos national drink. Rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice blended with ice. The name mean...
Whiskey Sour
Bourbon or rye whiskey with lemon juice and sugar. The egg white variant creates a silky foam. First...
Cosmopolitan
Vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, and lime. Cheryl Cook claims to have invented it in South Beach M...
Long Island Iced Tea
Contains five different spirits: vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec, plus cola. Invented by Ro...
Mint Julep
The signature drink of the Kentucky Derby since 1938. Over 120,000 are served at Churchill Downs eac...
Sidecar
Cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice. Named after a WWI army officer who arrived at a Paris bar in a m...
Sazerac
Americas first cocktail according to New Orleans lore. Rye whiskey or cognac with absinthe or Herbsa...
Penicillin
Created by Sam Ross at Milk and Honey in New York. Scotch, ginger-honey syrup, lemon juice, and a fl...
Tommys Margarita
Julio Bermejo created it at Tommys Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco. Uses agave nectar instead of...
Boulevardier
A Negroni variation using bourbon or rye instead of gin. Named after Erskine Gwynnes Paris magazine ...
Last Word
Equal parts gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime juice. Invented at the Detroit Athle...
Paper Plane
Created by Sam Ross at Milk and Honey. Equal parts bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino, and lemon juice. N...
Corpse Reviver #2
Equal parts gin, Cointreau, Lilac Blanc, and lemon juice with a dash of absinthe. One of several Cor...
French 75
Gin, lemon juice, sugar, and champagne. Named after the French 75mm field gun of WWI, said to have t...
Clover Club
Gin, raspberry syrup, lemon juice, and egg white. Named after the Clover Club, a Philadelphia mens d...
Aviation
Gin, maraschino liqueur, creme de violette, and lemon juice. Named for the pale sky-blue color. Firs...
Vieux Carré
Rye whiskey, cognac, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, and bitters. Invented by Walter Bergeron at the Ho...
Tiki Cocktail Culture
Don the Beachcomber opened the first tiki bar in 1933 in Hollywood. Trader Vic Bergeron was his chie...
Batida
Cachaca mixed with fruit juice and condensed milk. The name means shaken or beaten. Passion fruit ba...
Sake bomb
A shot of sake dropped into a pint of beer. The name references the bomb-like splash. Popular in Jap...
Michelada
Mexican beer cocktail with lime juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire, and tomato juice in a salt-rimmed ...
Red Eye
Beer, tomato juice, a raw egg, and a shot of vodka or gin. The ultimate hangover cure in cocktail fo...
Shandy
Beer mixed with lemonade or ginger beer. The name may come from shandygaff, a 19th century term. Typ...
Diesel
A shandy made with cola instead of lemonade. Half lager, half cola. The dark color gives it the name...
Spritz
A family of Italian cocktails: prosecco, a bitter liqueur, and soda water. Aperol Spritz is the most...
Garibaldi
Campari and fresh orange juice. Named after Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi. The modern craft versio...
Spicy Margarita
A Margarita with fresh jalapeno or hot sauce. The heat cuts through the sweet and sour perfectly. Be...
Jungle Bird
Dark rum, Campari, pineapple juice, lime, and simple syrup. Invented at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton. One...
Bee Knees
Gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup. Created during Prohibition when honey masked bad gin. The name me...
Bramble
Created by Dick Bradsell in London while thinking of blackberry picking as a child. Gin, lemon juice...
Gold Rush
Bourbon, honey syrup, and lemon juice. Essentially a whiskey sour with honey instead of sugar. Creat...
Naked and Famous
Equal parts mezcal, yellow Chartreuse, Aperol, and lime juice. Created by Joaquim Simo at Pouring Ri...
Banana Daiquiri
A frozen daiquiri with banana blended in. Sometimes called a Banana Daiquiri or a Chocomint when coc...
Tom and Jerry
A hot Christmas cocktail of rum, brandy, beaten eggs, sugar, and spices. Not related to the cartoon....
Glogg
Nordic mulled wine with red wine, spices, almonds, and raisins. Served warm during the Christmas sea...
Gluehwein
German mulled wine with cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and citrus. Served at Christmas markets from N...