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If you've never made a cocktail before and want to see what the fun is about without needing to get ALL THE STUFF, then this is place to start β†’ Let's make your first cocktail right now!

Techniques

Bookshelf

Instragrams to Follow

Patterns

After reading Fat Salt Acid Heat, I felt empowered to experiment and explore in the kitchen. I experienced the joy of creation.

What if there was something like that for cocktails?

These empowering patterns I call Cocktail Constellations and as I learn more, I'll add more. Then we can all create our own signature cocktails.

Along the Frontier

Liqour

All Cocktail Recipes

Below is a list of all the cocktail receipes I've made and recommend.

βš“οΈ Army & Navy

Gin, lemon, and orgeat

The Art Of Choke

🫢 Artichoke Hold

Navy rum, Cynar, St. Germain, orgeat

✈ Aviation

Gin, maraschino liqueur, and strawberries

🍌 Bananarac

Cognac, rye, banana, and absinthe

Old Fashioned Family

🍸 Between the Sheets

Pre-prohibition, cognac, rum, orange liqueur

πŸ₯ƒ Bitter Giuseppe

Cynar, sweet vermouth, lemon, and orange bitters

Martini Family

πŸ–€ Blackthorn No. 2

Irish whiskey, tawny port, and rich demerara syrup

🌊 Blue Crush

Rum, lemon, blue curaçao, and egg white

🀭 Blushing Daiquiri

Rum, pineapple, acid watermelon, and egg white

⛡️ Boat Juice

Banana, coconut rum, pisco and cinnamon

πŸ₯ƒ Boulevardier

"A man about town"

Martini Family

🐎 Brown Derby

Bourbon, grapefruit, lemon, and honey

🧊 Brunellle Frappé

Absinthe, lemon, and simple

🌸 Caneflower

Cachaça, Aperol, and elderflower liqueur

🎭 Charade

Whiskey Highball Family

Chirulin

🌌 Cocktail Constellations

β˜•οΈ Coffee Cocktail

Tawny port, cognac, and egg β€” no coffee!

Flip Family

πŸ₯’ Cucumber Collins

Gin, cucumber, lime and seltzer

πŸ₯’ Cucumber Daiquiri

Rum, lime, and cucumber

πŸ₯’ Cucumber Mezcal Margarita

Mezcal, lime, cucumber, and Cointreau

Sidecar Family

πŸ₯’ Cucumber Sour

Gin, cucumber, and egg white

Daiquiri

πŸ›Ž Division Bell

Aperol, mezcal, and maraschino liqueur

πŸŽ„ Eggnog by Max Overstrom-Coleman

Aged spirits, cream, and eggs

πŸ’ƒ Esmeralda

Cachaça, peated scotch, and elderflower liqueur

✨ Esperanza

Cachaça, mezcal, and elderflower liqueur

β˜•οΈ Espresso Martini

Vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso

Martini Family

πŸ–‹ The Essay

Smoky, light cocktail riff on "The Last Word"

πŸ₯ƒ Fancy-Free

Rye, Maraschino, and bitters

🫧 French 75 by Tim Miner

Cognac, lemon, and champagne

French Martini

Rebalanced fruity vodka martini

πŸ“ Fruit Season

Simple summer cocktail, use any fruit

🐐 Goat

Savory goat milk punch cocktail

πŸ₯› Milk Punch

🍊 Grapefruit Collins

Gin, grapefruit, lemon, and seltzer

🟒 Greenhorn

Tequila, Midori, and Suze

πŸŽ₯ Greta Garbo

πŸ– High Five

Gin, Aperol, Grapefruit

Daiquiri Family

πŸ‘‘ High Queen Highball

Refreshing gin Collins riff

πŸ•³οΈ Hole in the Cup

Tequila, absinthe, pineapple, lime, and cucumber

🌭 Hotdog Water

Whiskey Highball Family

🫧 Imperial Fizz

Refreshing, hydrating, bourbon drink

Fizz

πŸ₯ƒ Improved Whiskey Cocktail

Simple to make, complex to taste

Old Fashioned Family

🧑 It’s just so easy

Gin, clementine, orange cream citrate, and seltzer

πŸ›©οΈ Jet Pilot

Rum, grapefruit, cinnamon, falernum

🦜 Jungle Bird

Dark rum, Campari, lime, pineapple

Tiki

πŸ₯ƒ Kingston Negroni

Rum variation on a classic

πŸ₯ƒ Negroni

🫧 Kom Collins

Gin, kombucha, lemon, and seltzer

Daiquiri Family

πŸ’ A La Louisiane

Rye, sweet vermouth, BΓ©nΓ©dictine, Peychaud's bitters, absinthe

Martini Family

🌹 La Rosita

Aperol, mezcal, and maraschino liqueur

Martini Family

🀭 The Last Laugh

Gin, Green Chartreuse, Maraschino liqueur, and cava

😢 The Last Word

Boozy, balanced, and so easy to drink

Daiquiri Family

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βœ’οΈ Posts

🫧 Lilac Gin Fizz

Gin, lilac syrup, heavy cream, egg white, and seltzer

Fizz

πŸ‰ Mai Melon

🍹 Mai Tai

Rum mix, pineapple juice, orgeat, more juices

Daiquiri Family,

Tiki

🍍 Mai Tai by Garret Richard

Less boozy, more complex, high brow Mai Tai

🍹 Mai Tai

🍺 Mara's Birthday Beer Spritz

Pacifico Clara, Aperol, orange and lemon

β˜€οΈ Margarita

Tequila, Cointreau, lime and salt

Sidecar Family

🌌 Midnight

Martini Family

πŸͺ² Midori Sour

Gin, Midori, lemon, and lime

πŸ’‹ Milano-Torino Sour

Campari, dry vermouth, grapefruit, lemon, and egg white

πŸ₯ƒ Monte Carlo

Rye, BΓ©nΓ©dictine, and bitters

⛰️ Mountain Drew

πŸ₯΅ Naked and Famous

Dry, boozy and incredible riff on "The Last Word"

πŸ₯ƒ Negroni

A bitter classic

Martini Family

πŸ₯ƒ Negroni Sbagliato

Prosecco Negroni, think Negroni highball

πŸ₯ƒ Negroni

πŸ—½ New York Flip

Bourbon, tawny port, heavy cream, and egg yolk

Flip Family

πŸ₯ƒ Nonino Negroni

Bourbon, amaro nonino, sweet vermouth

πŸ₯ƒ Old Fashioned

Pre-prohibition, bourbon, sugar, bitters

Old Fashioned Family

πŸ’‰ Painkiller by Matthew Belanger

Pineapple, orange, coconut, rum and nutmeg

🌴 Palmetto by Paul McGee

Rum blend, Cocchi, bitters

Martini Family

✏️ Pencil Thin Mustache

A cachaça-fernet-pineapple cocktail

πŸ“– The Penultimate Word

Smoky version "The Last Word"

🍹 Piña Colada Milk Punch

Milk clarified: rum, coconut water, falernum, and pineapple

πŸ₯› Milk Punch,

Tiki

🍍 Piña Colada by Fanny Chu

Demerara rum, panamanian rum, pineapple, coconut, lime

🫧 Pierre Collins

Cognac, lemon, and seltzer

Daiquiri Family

πŸ’˜ The Pink Angel

Aperol, mezcal, sparkling wine, and seltzer

🏎️ Racecar

Cognac, orange liqueur, orange cream citrate

🫧 Ramos Fin Fizz

Gin, heavy cream, egg white, and orange flower water

πŸ₯΅ Raspberry Collins

Gin, raspberry, lemon, and seltzer

Daiquiri Family

πŸ₯€ Rumhattan

Vanilla Rum, Averna, and bitters

Martini Family

πŸ₯ƒ Sazerac

Rye, cognac, and absinthe

Old Fashioned Family

πŸ¦‚ Scorpion

Light rum, cognac, orange juice, orgeat

Tiki

🏍️ Sidecar Classic

Cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon juice

Sidecar Family

🫧 Sidecar Collins

Cognac, orange liqueur, lemon, simple, and seltzer

🫧 Sidecar Fizz

Refreshing, light Cognac fizz

Fizz

🫧 Silver Fizz

Gin, lemon, egg and seltzer

Daiquiri Family

🦊 Silver Fox

Gin, orgeat, lemon, and seltzer

Daiquiri Family

🌱 Sleeping Lotus

Gin, orgeat, lemon, orange bitters, and mint

πŸͺž Smoke and Mirrors

Scotch, lime, mint, absinthe

Daiquiri Family

☁️ Smokescreen

Scotch, lime, mint, Chartreuse

πŸƒ Southside

Gin, lime, mint

Daiquiri Family

πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ The Bachelor

Old Fashioned Family

πŸ—ΊοΈ The Lost World

Navy strength rum, banana liqueur, yellow chartreuse, lime

Tiki

🫧 Tom Collins

Gin, lemon, and seltzer

Daiquiri Family

✳️ Toxic

🍷 Vermouth Cocktail

Sweet vermouth, bitters

Old Fashioned Family

πŸ₯ƒ Vieux CarrΓ©

Rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, BΓ©nΓ©dictine, and bitters

Martini Family

πŸ‰ Wateremelon Daiquiri

Acid adjusted watermelon juice makes this daiquiri pop

Sours

πŸ‰ Watermelon Long

Gin, lemon, watermelon, and seltzer

πŸ₯ƒ Whiskey Sour by Dan Sabo

Rye, lemon, orange, and egg white

Daiquiri Family

🍸 White Lady

Gin, orange liqueur, lemon juice, and egg white

πŸ›₯ Yacht Rock

Banana liqueur, rum, coconut, cinnamon

References

Cocktail Course Syllabus Private

This website listing many of the cocktails I've made and loved.

A Cocktail Course for Everyone

This website lists many of the cocktails I've made and loved.

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