By Type

Classic Cocktails

The foundational cocktails with a settled, long-standing standard recipe — no single fixed formula across the category, but each individual drink has one agreed-upon version that's stayed essentially unchanged for decades, sometimes over a century. These are the drinks every other format in this list ultimately descends from or riffs on.

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.

Vodka

Cosmopolitan

Pink, tart, and better than its reputation — a real cocktail, not just a prop.

Tequila/Mezcal

Tequila Sunrise

No shaker, no stress — pour, layer, watch the colour do the work.

Vodka

Vodka Martini

Two ingredients, total precision — the drink that's really about the ratio, not the recipe.

Gin

Negroni

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

Whiskey

Sazerac

An absinthe-rinsed glass, rye, and Peychaud's bitters — one of America's oldest named cocktails, still made exactly this way.

Brandy/Cognac

Champs-Élysées

Cognac, green Chartreuse, and lemon — a Sidecar's more herbal, more serious cousin.

Brandy/Cognac

Brandy Alexander

A dessert in a coupe glass — cognac, chocolate, and cream in equal, easy balance.

Brandy/Cognac

Jack Rose

Apple brandy, lemon, lime, and grenadine — pink, tart, and built for warm weather.

Brandy/Cognac

French Connection

Two ingredients, one glass, zero fuss — cognac and amaretto, built straight over ice.