Cocktail

Pass on the trendy downtown bar and have a perfectly balanced espresso martini at home.

Among the most famous of the cocktails to emerge from the “tiki” movement of the 1930s and ’40s, the mai tai was also one of the most argued over.

You can probably make the classic White Lady cocktail right now with ingredients already on your bar cart.

The Martinez is a classic cocktail made with sweet vermouth stirred with gin, maraschino, and bitters.

The boulevardier is a classic whiskey cocktail that requires just three ingredients.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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