Whiskey in Cocktails
When mixing with whiskey, there is always a trade off between using a good enough whiskey to make your cocktails taste great and “wasting” high end whiskey…
The Shaken Cocktail
More approachable to the novice bartender, shaking is much more popular in most establishments than stirring. While many cocktails should be stirred, there are definitely times…
The Stirred Cocktail
In many modern establishments, stirring is a lost art. Everywhere you go, people seem to be shaking drinks, regardless of their contents. This is unfortunate, because…
Jiggers, Beakers and Measuring
So you’ve decided you want to make a few cocktails at home and you are wondering what you need to get started. Or maybe you have…
Prohibition’s Effect on Modern Mixology
You may find this shocking, but the vast majority of bars in America still serve drinks based on habits that arose during prohibition. Prior to prohibition,…
Seelbach Cocktail
Ingredients: 1oz Bourbon .5oz Cointreau 7 dashes Angostura bitters 7 dashes Peychaud’s bitters Chilled Brut Champagne Lemon or orange twist Instructions: Add bourbon, Cointreau and bitters…
Hanky Panky
Ingredients: 1.5oz Gin 1.5oz Sweet Vermouth .25oz Fernet Branca Orange twist Instructions: Add all liquids to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain into a…
Sazerac
Ingredients: 2oz Sazerac Rye 1 Sugar Cube 3 dashes Peychauds bitters 1 dash Angostura bitters Absinthe Lemon twist Instructions: Chill a single Old Fashioned glass with…
Ballantine
Ingredients: .75oz Plymouth gin .75oz dry vermouth 2 dashes orange bitters 1 dash absinthe Instructions: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass. Add ice and stir.…
French 75
Ingredients: 1oz London dry Gin .5oz Lemon juice .5oz Simple syrup Chilled Brut champagne Lemon twist Instructions: Add gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a…
The Straight Up 