By Flavour

Bittersweet Cocktails

Drinks that deliberately let real bitterness — from amari, Campari-style liqueurs, or cocktail bitters — sit alongside sweetness rather than covering it up, adding depth and complexity that keeps the drink from tasting one-dimensional. This is the category for drinkers who want a cocktail with genuine edge, not just easy sweetness.

Whiskey

Old Fashioned

Three ingredients, one stir — the drink that taught the world what a cocktail should be.

Whiskey

Manhattan

Rye whiskey and sweet vermouth, stirred cold with a whisper of bitters, into a drink that tastes like it was built around a slow evening.

Aperitif/Liqueur

Aperol Spritz

Bitter-orange, bubbly, low-effort — the easiest cocktail on this entire site.

Aperitif/Liqueur

Campari Spritz

Bitter, bold, sunset-coloured — the spritz for someone who wants more edge than Aperol gives.

Aperitif/Liqueur

Ruby Ritual

Bitter, bright, and crimson — no food colouring required.

Whiskey

Paper Plane

Equal parts, four ingredients, no garnish — one of the most-copied modern cocktails of the last two decades.

Tequila/Mezcal

Naked and Famous

Equal parts, smoky and bittersweet — modeled directly on the Last Word's structure.

Gin

Negroni

Equal parts, one stir, entirely bitter by design — one of the most-copied drinks in the world.

Tequila/Mezcal

Death Flip

Fernet's bitterness meets the Flip format's whole-egg richness — not a drink for the faint-hearted.

Brandy/Cognac

Intercontinental

Armagnac, amaro, and maraschino, stirred — three countries, one glass.