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Cocktails & Recipes
Recipes, techniques, and the fastest routes to a good drink at home.
Cocktails & Recipes The Negroni: Recipe and Variations
Our house negroni recipe: 1 oz gin, 1 oz Campari, 1 oz sweet vermouth, stirred over big ice with an orange peel. Ratios, gear, and the variations worth learning.
Cocktails & Recipes Simple Syrup & Flavored Syrups at Home
How to make simple syrup for cocktails: the 1:1 and 2:1 ratios, shelf life, plus vanilla, ginger, demerara and honey syrup recipes we actually use.
Cocktails & Recipes Batch Cocktails: Party Drinks by the Pitcher
Batch cocktails scale one drink to twenty without a shaker in your hand. The parts math, the 15% dilution rule, our best recipes, and the gear that pours cleanly.
Cocktails & Recipes Whiskey Sour: The Real Recipe (Egg White or Not)
Our house whiskey sour recipe: 2 oz bourbon, 3/4 oz lemon, 3/4 oz simple, one dry shake. The math, the egg white call, and the mistakes to skip.
Cocktails & Recipes The Margarita: Fresh-Lime Recipe & Ratios
Our house margarita recipe: 2 oz blanco tequila, 1 oz Cointreau, 1 oz fresh lime. The right ratio, the salt rim done well, the mistakes to skip.
Cocktails & Recipes The Old Fashioned: Classic Recipe Done Right
Our house old fashioned recipe: 2 oz whiskey, rich demerara syrup, two dashes Angostura, one big cube. The math, the method, and the mistakes to skip.
Cocktails & Recipes How to Make a Vodka Watermelon (The Right Way, Updated)
The classic vodka watermelon, fixed. Why the bottle-in-melon trick fails, the injection method that works, and timing for a party-ready melon.