Marasca cherries produced by the Italian distillery Luxardo, preserved in a thick cherry syrup without artificial colors or flavors. They are considered the premium cocktail cherry and are used as a garnish in Old Fashioneds and Manhattans.

A creamy piña colada variation blending amaretto and light rum with pineapple juice and coconut cream, folding almond sweetness into the tropics for a dessert-like sip.

Amaretto Colada

An almond-driven whiskey sour with amaretto and bourbon shaken over egg white, creating a frothy, nutty drink crowned by a few drops of Angostura.

Amaretto Sour

A clean, equal-parts cocktail of rye whiskey and sloe gin, stirred and served up with a cherry. The fruity sloe gin softens the rye's spice into a smooth, berry-inflected sipper.

Black Hawk

Todd Smith's San Francisco riff on the classic, subbing Averna for sweet vermouth so bitter-herbal amaro deepens bourbon into something darker, richer, and more brooding.

Black Manhattan

A 1950s Waikiki creation layering rum, pineapple, and blue curaçao into a vivid azure pour that drinks sweet, tropical, and unmistakably vacation-coded.

Blue Hawaiian

A Manhattan variation from William 'Cocktail Bill' Boothby's 1908 book, topped with a splash of champagne. The sparkling wine adds effervescence and a celebratory lift to an otherwise classic stirred cocktail.

Boothby

A bourbon-specific version of the classic sour, sometimes made without egg white but ideally with it for a silky foam. Bourbon's caramel and vanilla notes shine against fresh lemon juice and a light simple syrup sweetener.

Bourbon Sour

A bourbon Stone Sour named specifically for its base spirit, adding orange juice to the classic whiskey sour formula for a rounder, sweeter, and more fruit-forward drink that is approachable and versatile.

Bourbon Stone Sour

Brandy in the classic Collins format -- fruit and oak notes complement the lemon and soda for a dignified, long cocktail.

Brandy Collins

A Wisconsin supper-club staple that swaps whiskey for brandy, softening the Manhattan into a rounder, fruitier stirred drink with plush vermouth and a brandied cherry.

Brandy Manhattan

A Wisconsin-born riff on the old fashioned built on brandy, sugar, and Angostura, muddled with orange and cherry for a soft, fruit-forward, after-dinner sipper.

Brandy Old Fashioned

A plush classic sour in which cognac's raisined warmth is brightened by lemon and sugar, garnished with orange and a Luxardo cherry for a fruit-kissed, amber finish.

Brandy Sour

A dry Manhattan variation pairing rye with French vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and a bitter amaro stand-in for the original Amer Picon, yielding a sharp, spirit-forward sip with nutty cherry depth.

Brooklyn

A colonial-era bourbon sipper named for a homemade cherry liqueur, stirring whiskey with Cherry Heering and a pair of bitters for a deep, stone-fruited old-fashioned cousin.

Cherry Bounce

A Tom Collins dressed in Cherry Heering, layering gin and lemon with dark, jammy cherry liqueur before the long finish of soda and a Luxardo garnish.

Cherry Collins

Cherry Heering deepens the Old Fashioned with dark cherry fruit -- a jammy, fruity variation on the classic that's richer and more complex.

Cherry Old Fashioned

A ruby-hued sour shaking Danish Cherry Heering with lemon and egg white into a frothy, jammy sip where stone-fruit sweetness meets bright citrus acidity.

Cherry Sour

Cognac's fruit and oak replace rye whiskey in the Manhattan, creating a rounder, fruit-forward stirred cocktail.

Cognac Manhattan

A New Orleans counterpart to the Sazerac, stirring rye with sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and an absinthe rinse, pouring layered, licorice-tinged, and richly Creole.

De La Louisiane

A seventies-era Screwdriver crowned with a float of Galliano, adding a vanilla-anise stripe to orange juice and vodka for kitschy, sunshiny nostalgia.

Harvey Wallbanger

The bourbon-based variant of the Collins family, lengthening whiskey sour ingredients with soda for a tall, honeyed, lemony refresher that drinks breezy on a porch.

John Collins

A riff on Sam Ross's modern classic stirring bourbon with sweet vermouth, Campari, and a splash of maraschino liqueur, producing a bittersweet, nutty Manhattan-Negroni hybrid.

Left Hand

Audrey Saunders' Manhattan variation trades Angostura for Cynar's artichoke-bitter backbone, yielding a softer, earthier sip with cherry-liqueur sweetness at the edges.

Little Italy

The defining stirred whiskey cocktail, where spicy rye, sweet vermouth, and aromatic bitters marry into a silky, deeply aromatic sipper finished with a plump brandied cherry.

Manhattan

The original cocktail template — bourbon, sugar, and bitters stirred over a single large cube — delivering a warming, spirit-forward sip that lets the whiskey's caramel and oak do the talking.

Old Fashioned

A balanced take on the Manhattan that splits sweet and dry vermouth against rye, smoothing the drink's edges into a drier, more nuanced stirred sip with a cherry finish.

Perfect Manhattan

A Perfect Manhattan with rye -- equal parts sweet and dry vermouth create a drier, more complex balance alongside rye's spice.

Perfect Rye Manhattan

The Cobbler format applied to pisco — the South American brandy shaken with lemon juice, simple syrup, and a touch of orange liqueur, served over crushed ice in a wine glass with a generous garnish of fresh citrus and a cherry. A refreshing showcase for pisco's floral character.

Pisco Cobbler

Puerto Rico's blended beach classic of rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice whipped into a creamy, frozen tropical pour that tastes like sunshine in a hurricane glass.

Piña Colada

The original Planter's Punch specification following the one-two-three-four formula (one part sour, two parts sweet, three parts strong, four parts weak) applied to dark rum, lime, sugar, and soda. A foundational rum drink that established the proportional language of tropical bartending.

Planter's Punch Original

The single-serve Planter's Punch -- dark rum with tropical juices, grenadine, and bitters in the definitive Caribbean punchbowl-to-glass formula.

Planter's Punch Single

Vincenzo Errico's Manhattan riff pairs rye with Punt e Mes's bitter vermouth and maraschino, yielding a darker, more assertive sibling with cherry-nut depth.

Red Hook

The Scotch-based Manhattan, marrying smoky-malty whisky with sweet vermouth and a dash of Angostura into a stirred, spirit-forward classic named for the Highland outlaw.

Rob Roy

A pre-war Parisian classic stirring dry vermouth with kirschwasser and grenadine into a pale, bone-dry sip where stone-fruit cherry aromatics meet a pomegranate blush.

Rose

A rum-powered cousin to the Tom Collins where light rum joins lemon and sugar in a tall soda build, served over ice with lemon and a cherry for sunny porch-sipping ease.

Rum Collins

Light rum in the Collins format -- lemon, sugar, and soda with rum's tropical sweetness creating a long, refreshing tropical Collins.

Rum Collins Classic

Aged rum swapped in for rye in the Manhattan template -- cane sugar notes meld with sweet vermouth and Angostura into a Caribbean take.

Rum Manhattan

The original and arguably most authentic Manhattan, made with rye whiskey as bartenders intended in the 19th century before bourbon became dominant. Rye's peppery spice creates a drier, more assertive drink that balances sweet vermouth beautifully.

Rye Manhattan

Rye whiskey's spice and pepper over crushed ice with citrus slices and maraschino cherry in the classic 19th-century Cobbler format.

Rye Whiskey Cobbler

A neon-hued Florida beach-bar highball pairing vodka and peach schnapps with cranberry and pineapple juices — a sweet, fruit-forward vacation drink with a faintly tart finish.

Sex on the Beach

The diner-counter mocktail bubbling ginger ale over a grenadine splash and orange juice, topped with a Luxardo cherry for a sweet, cherry-tinged childhood classic.

Shirley Temple

The original non-alcoholic classic named for the child actress -- ginger ale, grenadine, and orange juice with a cherry garnish.

Shirley Temple Classic

The Raffles Hotel's turn-of-the-century tall drink layers gin with Cherry Heering, Bénédictine, orange liqueur, pineapple, and lime into a rich, herbal, tropically-tinted pink sipper.

Singapore Sling

A classic sour with orange juice added, creating a rounder, less tart version of the whiskey sour. From Tom Bullock's 1917 The Ideal Bartender, the Stone Sour was a bar staple long before the whiskey sour became dominant.

Stone Sour

An agave Tom Collins stretching tequila with lemon juice and simple syrup, topped with soda for a crisp, citrusy highball that drinks easy on a hot afternoon.

Tequila Collins

A 1970s California-born highball where a slow pour of grenadine sinks through tequila and orange juice to paint a literal sunrise — fruit-forward, sweet, and unmistakably nostalgic.

Tequila Sunrise

A Victorian-era highball of gin, lemon, and sugar stretched with soda over ice, delivering a long, fizzy, lemonade-like refresher with just enough juniper backbone.

Tom Collins

The original 19th-century Tom Collins -- gin, fresh lemon, sugar, and soda water in a tall glass with a cherry garnish. Cool, crisp perfection.

Tom Collins Classic

A martini variation from Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book adding maraschino, orange bitters, and a dash of absinthe to equal parts gin and dry vermouth. More floral and complex than a classic dry martini.

Tuxedo No. 2

A clean, clear take on the Tom Collins, letting vodka carry lemon and sugar over ice and a long pour of soda for a neutral, unapologetically refreshing cooler.

Vodka Collins

The Tom Collins's cleaner vodka cousin -- neutral spirit, fresh lemon, sugar, and soda for a simple, refreshing Collins.

Vodka Collins Classic

Bourbon in the Collins format -- sometimes called a John Collins, this long refreshing drink shows bourbon's versatility in a light summer serve.

Whiskey Collins

The 19th-century Fix applied to whiskey -- bourbon, lemon, and pineapple over crushed ice make a cooling summer sipper.

Whiskey Fix

The canonical American sour: bourbon shaken with lemon, sugar, and egg white, finished with Angostura drops on a silky foam — bright, balanced, and endlessly adaptable.

Luxardo Cherry