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Find cocktail recipes by base spirit. Pick gin, rum, vodka, whiskey, or tequila, then follow simple steps to classic drinks 🍹
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Gin brings botanicals, citrus, spice, and a dry backbone. It works especially well with lime, lemon, tonic, vermouth, and bitter liqueurs.
Pour gin over ice, top with tonic, and stir gently.
Shake gin with fresh lime juice and simple syrup, then strain.
Stir gin with dry vermouth and ice until very cold, then strain.
Stir equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth over ice.
Rum can go bright, tropical, rich, or spiced. It loves lime, mint, sugar, pineapple, coconut, ginger, and bitters.
Shake rum with fresh lime juice and simple syrup, then strain.
Muddle mint gently with lime and sugar, add rum and ice, then top with soda.
Build rum over ice with ginger beer and a squeeze of lime.
Tequila is earthy, bright, peppery, and great with citrus. It works especially well with lime, grapefruit, orange liqueur, soda, salt, and chili.
Shake tequila with lime juice and orange liqueur, then strain.
Build tequila with grapefruit, lime, and soda over ice.
Whiskey brings oak, grain, spice, caramel, and warmth. It works well with bitters, citrus, sugar, vermouth, ginger, and smoke.
Shake whiskey with lemon juice and simple syrup.
Stir whiskey with a little sugar and bitters, then serve over ice.
Vodka is neutral, clean, and flexible. It lets citrus, spice, tomato, coffee, herbs, and fruit do most of the talking.
Build vodka with lime and ginger beer over ice.
Shake vodka with espresso and coffee liqueur until frothy.