A New Orleans cafe classic in which anise-forward absinthe is poured over crushed ice with fresh mint and a splash of soda, yielding a frosty, licorice-scented cooler.

Absinthe Frappé

A stirred all-botanical build of gin and yellow Chartreuse with orange bitters, producing a golden, herbaceous sipper where honeyed spice rides atop a crisp juniper backbone.

Alaska

A delicate Savoy Cocktail Book equal-parts sipper — gin and dry vermouth at perfect parity with just a hint of maraschino — producing a bone-dry, herbal, lightly floral Manhattan variation.

Allies Cocktail

A mountain-fresh herbal cocktail -- gin and yellow Chartreuse with lime, honey, and mint for an alpine-garden inspired sour.

Alpine Spring

A modern bar staple that pairs any Amaro's herbal bitterness with a small backstop of bourbon, lemon, and egg white — the sour format amplifying and softening the amaro's complexity into something remarkably approachable.

Amaro Sour

Italian amaro in the Spritz format -- herbal bitterness lifted with prosecco and soda for a more complex, aromatic aperitivo.

Amaro Spritz

Aquavit's distinctive caraway and dill over soda water -- a Scandinavian highball that's herbaceous, crisp, and wonderfully savory.

Aquavit Highball

Aquavit's distinctive caraway and dill character in a dry Martini format -- herbaceous and Scandinavian with a citrus-aromatic finish.

Aquavit Martini

A Scandinavian spin on the mule swapping vodka for caraway-scented aquavit, producing a spicy, herbaceous highball where dill and fennel notes dance with ginger beer.

Aquavit Mule

Aquavit's caraway and dill step into the Negroni equal-parts template -- Scandinavian herbal notes play against Campari's bitterness perfectly.

Aquavit Negroni

A Nordic take on the old fashioned swapping whiskey for caraway- and dill-forward aquavit, with demerara and bitters anchoring its savory-herbal character.

Aquavit Old Fashioned

A Scandinavian twist on the egg-white sour that frames aquavit's caraway and dill character with lemon and simple syrup, yielding a savory-herbal foam-capped pour.

Aquavit Sour

Aquavit's herbal caraway in the egg white sour format -- lemon and frothy foam temper the spirit's intensity for a Nordic-inspired classic.

Aquavit Sour Fresh

A bone-dry gin martini variant lifted by orange bitters and a briny olive, the Astoria reads as a crisper, more aromatic sibling to the standard Dry Martini.

Astoria

The elemental two-ingredient classic — cognac's warmth and fruit paired with Bénédictine's legendary 27-herb liqueur — a drink so balanced it was eventually bottled pre-mixed by the distillery and has never left back-bar lists.

B & B

A jewel-box stirred cocktail of gin, sweet vermouth, and green Chartreuse in equal parts — named for its trio of colors and drinking rich, herbal, and emphatically boozy.

Bijou

Harry Johnson's 1900 equal-parts trio — gin, sweet vermouth, and green Chartreuse in perfect thirds — a jewel-like (bijou = jewel) stirred drink of striking green-golden color and layered herbal complexity.

Bijou (Equal Parts)

Stephen Cole's low-ABV modern classic from Chicago's Violet Hour puts artichoke-bitter Cynar front and center, tempered by rich sweet vermouth, a bright squeeze of lemon, and a shower of orange bitters — a deeply satisfying aperitivo that drinks bigger than its proof.

Bitter Giuseppe

A darker cousin to the Rusty Nail stirring Scotch with Drambuie and a bracing dash of Fernet-Branca, where honeyed malt meets bitter-menthol herbaceousness for a bold digestif.

Black Nail

A Negroni variant that substitutes Fernet-Branca for sweet vermouth — the result is sharper, more intensely bitter, and far more herbal than the original. The Black Negroni is a polarizing but beloved drink among those who appreciate the bitter end of the spectrum.

Black Negroni

A stirred Irish whiskey classic splitting the spirit with dry vermouth and anointing it with Peychaud's and absinthe for a dry, anise-perfumed sipper.

Black Thorn

A Savoy Cocktail Book classic pairing Irish whiskey with dry vermouth — unusual and compelling — with Peychaud's bitters and a whisper of absinthe. Herbal, dry, and quietly complex with the gentle character of Irish whiskey.

Blackthorn

A Cuban mojito reworked with muddled blueberries so bright mint and lime meet jammy berry sweetness, topped with soda for a purple-hued, summer-porch refresher.

Blueberry Mojito

A Scotch Manhattan laced with a teaspoon of Bénédictine, whose honeyed herbal sweetness threads through malt whisky and vermouth like a hymn to Rabbie Burns.

Bobby Burns

A tall, muddled smash combining bourbon with lemon, ginger syrup, and fresh mint, topped with soda for a herbaceous, spice-forward sipper with whiskey backbone.

Bourbon Ginger Smash

A porch-ready smash that muddles ripe peach and mint into bourbon with lemon and sugar, pairing stone-fruit sweetness with oak and mint lift for a Southern-summer sipper.

Bourbon Peach Smash

A Dale DeGroff-popularized classic where bourbon meets muddled mint, lemon, and sugar over crushed ice for a juicy, herb-streaked whiskey cooler.

Bourbon Smash

A stirred Irish whiskey cocktail combining dry vermouth and Bénédictine, from the Savoy Cocktail Book era. The herbal liqueur softens the Irish whiskey's grain character into something complex and gently sweet.

Brainstorm

The Stinger's original form -- brandy and white creme de menthe in an elegant after-dinner drink that's cooling, clean, and spirit-forward.

Brandy Stinger

A Prohibition-era equal-parts gin cocktail with dry vermouth and green creme de menthe named for the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso.

Caruso

A cognac sour rounded out with green Chartreuse's fierce herbal kick, producing a silky, boulevard-elegant drink where grape richness meets alpine-botanical sparkle.

Champs-Élysées

A daisy driven by yellow Chartreuse's saffron-honey herbaceousness, lifted by gin, lemon, raspberry syrup, and soda for a botanical, berry-tinged refresher.

Chartreuse Daisy

A bold herbal sour built on green Chartreuse — the French monks' 130-herb elixir — lifted by fresh lemon and softened by egg white foam. Intensely aromatic, vividly green, and surprisingly balanced.

Chartreuse Sour

Marcovaldo Dionysos's San Francisco creation that swizzles green Chartreuse with pineapple, lime, and falernum over crushed ice for a herb-garden-meets-tiki sipper of intense botanical depth.

Chartreuse Swizzle

A low-ABV aperitif from Hugo Ensslin's 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks combining dry vermouth, Bénédictine, and absinthe. Delicate and herbaceous, it rewards those who seek complexity without brute strength.

Chrysanthemum

A Hugo Ensslin classic from 1916 -- dry vermouth with Benedictine and a whisper of absinthe for a floral, herbal, low-ABV masterpiece.

Chrysanthemum Fresh

A Parisian hotel-born stirred drink that joins gin and dry vermouth with equal parts apricot brandy and orange liqueur, landing floral, stone-fruited, and elegantly sweet.

Claridge

A gin cocktail featuring yellow Chartreuse and fresh grapefruit juice, creating a beautiful interplay of herbal sweetness and citrus bitterness. From the Golden Age of cocktails.

Cloister

A Clover Club garnished with mint, pairing gin's botanicals with raspberry and lemon over a silken egg-white foam for a pink, garden-fresh sour.

Clover Leaf

A beachy riff on the Cuban mojito that folds silky coconut cream into the usual mint, rum, lime, and soda build for a cooler that drinks like a tropical vacation in a glass.

Coconut Mojito

The 19th-century original Julep form before bourbon took over -- Cognac's oak, stone fruit, and spice shine over crushed ice with fresh mint.

Cognac Julep

A gilded New Orleans Manhattan variation — rye sweetened with vermouth, touched with Bénédictine's herbal honey and a barspoon of amaro for a Southern cocktail of considerable depth and aromatic spice.

Creole Cocktail

A long, cooling gin cocktail built on muddled cucumber, elderflower liqueur, lime, and soda water. The cucumber provides a crisp freshness that the elderflower echoes with gentle floral sweetness.

Cucumber Cooler

A garden-fresh take on the gimlet muddling cucumber with gin, lime, and simple syrup for a crisp, cool, botanical sip that drinks like a summer afternoon.

Cucumber Gimlet

A refreshing margarita variation with muddled fresh cucumber adding a cool, vegetal freshness to the classic tequila-lime-orange formula. Popular at brunch and summer gatherings.

Cucumber Margarita

A brooding, vegetal amaro sour where artichoke-forward Cynar meets lemon and egg white, producing a frothy, bittersweet pour with earthy herbal undertones.

Cynar Sour

A moodier Italian spritz built on Cynar's artichoke-driven amaro, bubbled up with Prosecco and soda for a savory, earthy bitter cooler.

Cynar Spritz

A Cuban classic from Charles H. Baker where light rum is perfumed with yellow Chartreuse, lime, and mint for a floral, herbaceous tropical sour.

Daisy de Santiago

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

Chris Hysted-Adams's modern flip shakes tequila with Chartreuse, Fernet, and egg yolk into a thick, herbal, almost menacingly savory nightcap with silky body.

Death Flip

Named for New York's legendary Delmonico's Restaurant, this Savoy Cocktail Book stirred classic combines gin, cognac, and both vermouths with a dash of orange bitters — a proto-Martini with brandy depth and perfect balance.

Delmonico

A striking three-spirit stirred cocktail from the Lord Baltimore Hotel — rye whiskey, apple brandy, and yellow Chartreuse creating a golden, herb-spiced, slightly sweet, and deeply complex pre-dinner drink.

Diamondback

A pre-Prohibition equal-parts vermouth cocktail of understated elegance — the combination of dry and sweet vermouth with maraschino and orange bitters creates a low-ABV stirred drink of genuine sophistication, ideal as an aperitif.

Diplomat

A sophisticated vermouth-forward aperitif — equal parts dry and sweet vermouth stirred with orange bitters. Low-ABV, elegant, and ideal before dinner, the Duplex showcases vermouth as a spirit in its own right.

Duplex

A modern classic born at Libations in New York in 2004 and popularized at Milk & Honey. Muddled cucumber adds a cool freshness to gin, lime, and simple syrup, making it one of the defining cocktails of the early 21st century.

Eastside

A Manhattan variation from the Prohibition era that replaces a third of the sweet vermouth with Fernet-Branca — the result is bracingly bitter and herbal, a dark, complex stirred cocktail beloved by the amaro-inclined.

Fanciulli

Argentina's unofficial national drink pours Fernet-Branca over ice and tops with cola, building a bittersweet highball where menthol, saffron, and cola spices play off one another.

Fernandito

Argentina's unofficial national cocktail — Fernet-Branca's menthol-and-saffron bitterness pairs with Coca-Cola's caramel sweetness in a way that is deeply divisive outside Buenos Aires and completely addictive inside it.

Fernet and Coke

A digestif highball that has become a beloved post-meal ritual in Argentina, where Fernet-Branca is consumed per capita more than anywhere else outside Italy. The intensely herbal, menthol-forward spirit and soda water create a refreshing and deeply bitter long drink.

Fernet and Soda

A Last Word riff created by Phil Ward at Death & Co in New York in 2007, replacing the gin with rye whiskey and the lime with lemon. The switch makes the cocktail warmer and slightly sweeter, with rye's spice complementing the herbal Chartreuse.

Final Ward

A gin Buck or Moscow Mule made with gin, lime, and ginger beer, predating the Moscow Mule by decades. Simple, refreshing, and a showcase for the interplay of gin botanicals with spicy ginger.

Foghorn

A dry, herbaceous gin cocktail from Harry Johnson's 1882 Bartender's Manual. Bénédictine adds an herbal, honeyed note that elevates the classic martini template into something more complex.

Ford Cocktail

A pre-Prohibition martini variation splitting sweet and dry vermouth against London gin with a dash of absinthe, yielding a botanical, lightly licorice-tinged stirred aperitif.

Fourth Degree

A golden, New Orleans-inspired short cocktail that pairs cognac with Bénédictine, bright lemon, and honey syrup — a richer, more spiritous cousin of the Bee's Knees that leans fully into French-style luxury.

French Quarter

A simple, elegant American classic named for San Francisco — rye's spice is gilded by the honey-and-herb sweetness of Bénédictine then sharpened with fresh lemon, making a drink that is far more complex than its three-ingredient count suggests.

Frisco Cocktail

A pre-Prohibition whiskey sour perfumed with Bénédictine, where rye's spice and the liqueur's honeyed herbs meet lemon and lime for a bright, subtly monastic finish.

Frisco Sour

A forgotten cocktail from Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book combining brandy and sweet vermouth with a barspoon of Bénédictine. The result is silky, herbal, and deeply satisfying.

Froupe

A garden-party Gimlet riff that muddles cucumber into the base before adding gin, elderflower, and lime — floral, cooling, and fresh, with the cucumber bridging the botanicals into an impossibly summery drink.

Garden Gimlet

A Collins made with Dutch genever instead of gin, giving the drink a malty, whisky-like body beneath the classic lemon-soda framework. The original John Collins was likely made with genever or Old Tom gin.

Genever Collins

Genever's malty, gin-like spirit in the Old Fashioned format -- a historic Dutch-style take that predates the whiskey version.

Genever Old Fashioned

A modern Hamburg creation from Jörg Meyer that muddles fresh basil with gin, lemon, and simple syrup, yielding a vividly green, herbaceous sour with peppery-sweet aroma.

Gin Basil Smash

Gin's botanicals bring juniper and floral notes to the Boulevardier framework, softening Campari's bitterness and complementing sweet vermouth.

Gin Boulevardier

A Victorian-era sipper built over crushed ice with gin, a touch of sugar, and muddled citrus and mint, prized for its aromatic freshness and gentle sweetness.

Gin Cobbler

A British gin cup -- gin with elderflower, muddled cucumber, and lemon topped with soda. The Pimm's Cup alternative for gin lovers.

Gin Cup

The classic Fix format applied to gin -- a Sour with added pineapple built over crushed ice in a highball for a refreshing pre-Prohibition drink.

Gin Fix

A spring-weight cooler muddling cucumber with gin, elderflower liqueur, lime, and simple syrup for a crisp, perfumed sip that feels like a stroll through an English garden.

Gin Garden

A barest-bones highball of gin and soda with a lemon twist — a dry, juniper-forward cooler that showcases whatever bottle you reach for.

Gin Highball

A simple, refreshing gin and lemon juice highball, sometimes served flat and sometimes with a splash of soda. The gin botanicals and fresh lemon create a naturally complementary pairing that is crisp and easy to drink.

Gin Lemon

A botanically charged take on lemonade, where juniper-forward gin meets lemon and sugar before being topped with soda for a bright, dry-finishing cooler.

Gin Lemonade

A gin-based mule where the botanical complexity of gin mingles with the spice of ginger beer and the brightness of lime. Essentially a Foghorn or London Mule, it showcases how well gin and ginger complement each other.

Gin Mule

A muddled mint-and-lemon classic from the smash family, where gin meets crushed herb and citrus for a bright, aromatic, quickly built sipper.

Gin Smash

A pre-Prohibition template where gin's botanicals are framed by lemon, sugar, and a silky egg-white foam, yielding a bright, perfumed sour with a plush cloud on top.

Gin Sour

The simplest of the classic gin-vermouth riffs — gin and French dry vermouth in a generous 2:1 ratio, stirred cold and served with a lemon twist for a bracing, herbaceous aperitif.

Gin and French

A simple, classic British pub highball -- London dry gin and ginger ale with lemon, clean and refreshing.

Gin and Ginger Ale

A pre-Martini British classic of gin stirred with sweet Italian vermouth and orange bitters, a gently sweet, low-proof stirred drink that predates the era of ice.

Gin and It

The British equal-parts gin and Italian (sweet vermouth) stirred cocktail -- simple, elegant, and a direct ancestor of the Negroni.

Gin and It Fresh

A modern classic created by Audrey Saunders at Bemelmans Bar in New York, combining gin, fresh lime, ginger beer, and mint. The gin-forward take on the Moscow Mule shows how a classic template can transform with a spirit swap.

Gin-Gin Mule

A richer riff on the Adonis that swaps dry vermouth for sweet and adds a barspoon of herby Bénédictine, turning the low-ABV sherry classic into something more golden, aromatic, and subtly complex.

Golden Adonis

A low-proof absinthe punch created by Charles Vexenat, pairing cool cucumber and soda with licorice spirit, lime, and sugar for a surprisingly gentle, garden-fresh sipper.

Green Beast

Gin and green Chartreuse with lime and a touch of sweetness -- a bright, herbal-forward cocktail with Chartreuse's complex botanical backbone.

Green Park

A Barbadian-Caribbean classic — light rum with lime and a measure of green Chartreuse swizzled over crushed ice until the glass frosts, producing a vivid, herbal, daiquiri-adjacent drink of striking appearance and layered complexity.

Green Swizzle

A Japanese-inspired hot cocktail blending gin's botanicals with green tea, honey, and lemon for a delicate, warming herbal sip.

Green Tea Cocktail

A low-proof aperitif from Harry McElhone's 1927 recipe book blending amontillado sherry, dry vermouth, and a dash of peach bitters. Named after the famous West Virginia resort hotel.

Greenbriar

Michael McIlroy's Brooklyn-borough variation stirs rye with sweet vermouth and yellow Chartreuse, giving the Manhattan template a honeyed, herbal spine and two layers of bitters.

Greenpoint

A variation on the Brooklyn neighborhood cocktail -- rye with yellow Chartreuse's herbal warmth replacing Benedictine.

Greenpoint Variation

The original British naval cocktail, dating to 1740 when Admiral Vernon ordered sailors' rum ration diluted with water and lime juice. Warming, tangy, and historically significant as a precursor to countless rum drinks.

Grog

Ada Coleman's London Savoy creation layers a dash of Fernet-Branca into a gin–sweet vermouth stir, turning a Martinez-like base into a darker, menthol-bitter, digestif-leaning classic.

Hanky Panky

A dry, savory variation on the classic Hanky Panky that swaps sweet vermouth for fino sherry, amplifying the salty, almond-forward character against the gin's botanicals and Fernet's herbal bitterness.

Hanky Panky Sherry

A Northern Italian alpine spritz of elderflower liqueur, prosecco, and soda with muddled mint, drinking floral and herbal with a gentle spring-meadow softness.

Hugo Spritz

Jerry Thomas's gin variation on the 'Improved' cocktail template — London dry gin stirred with maraschino, orange bitters, and a ghost of absinthe. A direct ancestor of the modern Martini with nutty, aromatic complexity.

Improved Gin Cocktail

Cocktails with pronounced herbal or botanical character from mint, basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, Chartreuse, or herbal liqueurs. Herbal notes feel green, fresh, and aromatic.