🥃 Whiskey ClassicOld Fashioned
- 60ml Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
- ½ tsp Demerara sugar (or 1 sugar cube)
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
- Large ice cube · Orange peel
Add sugar and both bitters to a rocks glass. Add a splash of whiskey and stir to dissolve. Add a large ice cube and pour in remaining whiskey. Stir 30 seconds. Express orange peel over the glass, run around the rim, and drop in.
🥃 Whiskey ClassicManhattan
- 60ml Rye Whiskey (or Bourbon)
- 30ml Sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Maraschino cherry to garnish
Stir all with ice 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry. For a Perfect Manhattan, use half sweet and half dry vermouth.
🥃 WhiskeyWhiskey Sour
- 60ml Bourbon
- 30ml Fresh lemon juice
- 22.5ml Simple syrup
- 1 Egg white (optional but recommended)
- Angostura bitters · Cherry garnish
Dry shake all (no ice) 15 seconds to emulsify the egg white. Add ice, shake hard 12 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Add 3 drops of Angostura on top and drag a pick through for a feather pattern.
🥃 Whiskey CraftBoulevardier
- 45ml Bourbon or Rye
- 30ml Campari · 30ml Sweet Vermouth
- Orange or cherry garnish
Stir all with ice 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe or over a large ice cube. A Negroni with whiskey standing in for gin — some say it's the better drink.
🥃 Whiskey ModernPaper Plane
- 22.5ml Bourbon · 22.5ml Aperol
- 22.5ml Campari · 22.5ml Fresh lemon juice
Equal parts everything. Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. No garnish. The simplest great cocktail to remember — became the bartender's handshake of the 2010s.
🥃 Whiskey ModernGold Rush
- 60ml Bourbon
- 22.5ml Fresh lemon juice
- 22.5ml Honey syrup (3:1 honey to water)
Shake with ice. Double strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. No garnish. The honey syrup makes everything better — use raw wildflower honey for the most floral result.
🥃 Whiskey CraftPenicillin
- 60ml Blended Scotch (Famous Grouse)
- 22.5ml Fresh lemon juice
- 22.5ml Honey-ginger syrup*
- 7.5ml Islay Single Malt (Laphroaig) — float
- *Simmer 3:1 honey:water with ginger slices
Shake Scotch, lemon, and honey-ginger syrup with ice. Strain over a large ice cube. Float the Islay Scotch over a spoon. Garnish with candied ginger. The smoke hits first, the sweetness follows.
🥃 New Orleans ClassicVieux Carré
- 22.5ml Rye · 22.5ml Cognac · 22.5ml Sweet Vermouth
- 1 tsp Bénédictine D.O.M.
- 2 dashes Peychaud's · 2 dashes Angostura
Stir all with ice 30 seconds. Strain over a large ice cube or serve straight up. Lemon peel garnish. Six ingredients, zero shortcuts — named for the French Quarter.
🥃 New Orleans ClassicSazerac
- 60ml Rye Whiskey (Sazerac or Rittenhouse)
- 1 sugar cube · 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
- Absinthe rinse · Lemon peel (expressed, discarded)
Rinse a chilled rocks glass with absinthe, discard excess. Muddle sugar with bitters. Add rye and ice, stir 30 seconds. Strain into the rinsed glass (no ice). Express lemon peel, discard. America's oldest cocktail.
🥃 Whiskey SouthernMint Julep
- 60ml Bourbon (100-proof ideal)
- 2 tsp Simple syrup · 8–10 Fresh mint leaves
- Crushed ice · Powdered sugar & mint sprig
Press mint with syrup in a julep cup. Fill with crushed ice, pour bourbon over, churn with a spoon. Mound more crushed ice, dust with powdered sugar, press a big mint bouquet against the rim. 120,000 served at the Kentucky Derby each year.
🥃 Scotch ClassicRob Roy
- 60ml Blended Scotch Whisky
- 30ml Sweet Vermouth · 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Maraschino cherry or lemon twist
Stir all with ice 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe. A Manhattan made with Scotch — created for the 1894 premiere of the operetta Rob Roy at Herald Square Theatre.
🥃 Whiskey WarmIrish Coffee
- 45ml Irish Whiskey (Jameson or Tullamore D.E.W.)
- 150ml Hot black coffee · 1 tsp Brown sugar
- 45ml Fresh double cream (lightly whipped)
Warm a glass with hot water, discard. Add whiskey and sugar, pour in hot coffee and stir. Float cream over the back of a spoon. Do not stir — drink the hot coffee through the cold cream. Created to warm storm-turned-back transatlantic passengers.
🥃 Modern CraftImproved Amaretto Sour
- 45ml Amaretto · 22.5ml Cask-strength Bourbon
- 30ml Fresh lemon juice · 15ml Simple syrup · 1 Egg white
- Cherry & orange peel
Dry shake 15 seconds. Add ice, shake hard 12 seconds. Double strain over ice. The high-proof bourbon cuts Amaretto's cloying sweetness — the drink's fatal flaw for decades that this recipe finally solved.