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Wake Up Your Next Negroni With a Coffee Ice Cube

Kick off your night with this easy, bracing cocktail.

Mincemeat Pie

There’s no meat in this pie, just rich spices, sweet fruit, and centuries of history, all wrapped up in a buttery crust.

Coffee Negroni

Coffee (frozen in ice cube form) mingles with the expressive gin and plays gracefully with the orange garnish, the classic finishing flourish to a traditional negroni.

How to Throw a Cocktail Party Like You’ve Been Doing It for Years

Dim the lights, start the music, and most importantly: Don’t forget to hydrate.

Bee’s Knees

The Bee’s Knees is a refreshing three-ingredient gin cocktail with a mysterious backstory.

Gimlet

Once prescribed as a medicinal tonic to sailors in the British Royal Navy, this classic cocktail stands the test of time.

Lime Cordial

Homemade lime cordial brightens everything from gimlets to N/A cocktails and beyond.

Buck Buck Mule

What distinguishes this ginger beer cocktail is the addition of fino sherry to dry out the other flavors, and cucumber juice for an additional layer of aromatics.

Fanciulli

The Fanciulli cocktail is a variation on the Perfect Manhattan—bourbon or rye, and a split of sweet and dry vermouth—that replaces the dry vermouth with Fernet-Branca.

22 Essential Cocktail Books Every Drinks Lover Should Own

Whether you want to brush up on bartending history or find your next signature cocktail, here’s how to build your library.

Cocoa Sbagliato

Although sbagliato is Italian for “mistake,” this take on the sparkling aperitivo has very deliberate intentions with its use of vanilla and cacao nibs.

Hot Gin and Tonic

The Hot Gin and Tonic is exactly as it sounds, the ever-popular cocktail-hour refresher retrofitted into toddy form.

Traditional Fruitcake

With glacéed fruit, spices, and no small amount of rum, this elegant fruitcake recipe is no joke.

Ramos Gin Fizz

This New Orleans classic is an arm workout that pays back in dividends.

Bloody Mary

Forget the bells, whistles, and time-consuming garnishes. A classic Bloody Mary is all about balance.

Bloody Maria With Quick-Pickled Watermelon Wedges

This brunch drink is made with tequila and leftover watermelon-tomato gazpacho.

Grasshopper

Put a spring in your step with this creamy after-dinner drink, which offers all the flavor of a boozy mint-chocolate shake.

Meet Your New Favorite Cocktail, Straight Out of 1977

The disco decade may be known as the worst era in drinking history, but it also gave us one of the most influential cocktail books ever published.

Pink Squirrel

This creamy, nutty dessert cocktail deserves a comeback.
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