How to Make a Manhattan If you’re here looking for the Manhattan Cocktail Recipe look no further. If you love a Manhattan and you’re are looking to take a deep dive, read on. This guide is filled with history, tips and ideas for making this classic cocktail your own. Manhattan Cocktail Recipe What’s in a…
This variation on the Ramos Gin Fizz makes use of the delicious pairing of cherry and almond. Fruity and frothy. Delicious.
Homemade Cocktail Cherries The best reason for making cocktail cherries is this: Everybody hates maraschino cherries. They are ridiculously colored, flavorless and waxy. They invoke fear. The kind of fear that leads people to believe they are soaked in formaldehyde. S ome people that their mere presence in a drink produces cancer in lab rats.…
The Best Bourbon for You The Guide to Choosing the Best Bourbon In this guide, we’ll look at the elements that shape the flavor of a #bourbon. Then we’ll look at different styles and bottlings of bourbon. I have included tasting notes for a selection of some of the best bourbons on the market. Finally,…
Make Your Own Bitters An Awesome How to Challenge Today you are going to make your own bitters. That’s right, in this section of the Cocktail Bitters Guide we are going to dive into creating your own unique bitters blend. Making your own bitters is a challenge. It involves balancing a huge range of complex and…
Where Can You Buy Bitters? This Bitters Buyers Guide is Part 3 in Cocktail Monkey’s Cocktail Bitter’s Guide. Figuring out where you can buy bitters can be a huge pain. While there is a huge selection available they aren’t always easy to find. This post is the beginning of a directory. Over time we hope…
Bitters Guide Part 2 – Drinks Made With Bitters In Part 2 of the Cocktail Bitters Guide, we are taking a look at some classic drinks made with bitters. Most of the recipes have been previously published elsewhere on the site so we are going to post links to those recipes here. If you missed…
Cocktail Bitters – Cocktail Monkey’s Guide. Bitters are an important part of the cocktail renaissance, but they are not always well understood. Learn more.
The Classic Cocktail Recipes You Need to Know Classic cocktail recipes are the bartender’s mother sauce. In French cooking there are five mother sauces that every chef knows intimately. These sauces provide a foundation for every Saucier to build on. They are a shorthand, a shared language in the kitchen. They are tied to classic…
The sour cocktail is one of the first classic cocktail recipes a bartender should learn. It is more than just a great drink. It is a whole family of drinks and once you know it you know how to make several classic drinks.
Old Fashioned – Classic Cocktails Recipes Every Bartender Should Know This post is the start of the series Seven Classic Cocktails. We are going to start by exploring the Old Fashioned. Due to it’s long history the Old Fashioned maybe most noteworthy of all classic cocktail recipes. In this post we are going to look the…
The Casino is a classic gin cocktail. If you almost love an Aviation you will really love. It is centered around gin and maraschino. That is such a delicious classic pairing. Add a little creme de violette and it becomes an Aviation. A little sweet vermouth and some bitters gets you to a Martinez. Maraschino…
The Rolls Royce cocktail, like its namesake, is one of things you don’t often see. Classic, elegant and luxurious with two varieties of vermouth and Benedictine. This is one of Cocktail Monkey’s favorite classic Gin Cocktails. If you are looking for something similar try the London Maid or the Tuxedo No.2. For more like…
Brooklyn Cocktail Recipe The Brooklyn Cocktail is an interesting variation on the classic Manhattan cocktail. It is every bit as delicious as the Manhattan. If you are a fan of the Manhattan you will enjoy this cocktail every bit as much. The Brooklyn cocktail is sweet and rich with spicy rye notes. Dry vermouth is…
Sarsaparilla Bitters are an amazing old-timey addition to your drink. They are an easy addition to bourbon drinks, but they are also surprisingly tasty with gin. Add this to your arsenal for some sweet nostalgic flavor notes. Sarsaparilla is a unique flavor. The ground root is highly aromatic with a sweet spicy vanilla flavor. It…
Rhubarb works well in a broad range of cocktails. Gin and rhubarb are a perfect pairing and a gimlet is the perfect format for this rhubarb cocktail recipe.
Tuxedo Cocktail Recipe – The Tuxedo No.2: This is a classic gin and sherry pairing. Absinthe adds complexity to a little known classic.
