Short Cocktails by Spirit– category –

Make the Amazuppa cocktail, a sweet-and-sour Japanese drink of umeshu, dry gin, grapefruit and grenadine. Easy 5-ingredient recipe with a pretty pink color.

Make the Aphrodite cocktail, a 1986 award-winning mix of rosé wine, raspberry liqueur, white curaçao and lime. Fruity, smooth and elegant in every sip.

Make the American Beauty cocktail, a classic from 1930 with brandy, dry vermouth, orange, grenadine and a port float. A rosy, elegant sip for special dinners.

Make the Iron Lady cocktail, a bold mix of whisky, port and dry vermouth named for Margaret Thatcher. Easy 4-ingredient recipe with a clean, dry finish.

Learn the Apricot Cocktail recipe: apricot brandy, orange, lemon, and gin shaken into a documented 1930s classic.

Learn the Exorcist cocktail recipe: tequila, blue curaçao, and lemon shaken into a dramatic blue, Margarita-style classic.

Learn the Eye Opener cocktail recipe: rum, egg yolk, and absinthe shaken into a rich, herbal wake-up classic with real 1800s roots.

Learn the Aqueduct cocktail recipe: vodka, apricot brandy, and white curaçao shaken into a rare, amber, fragrant vodka classic.

Learn the Ideal cocktail recipe: dry gin, vermouth, grapefruit, and maraschino shaken into a crisp, lightly sweet gin classic.

Discover the Kisshoten Nyo cocktail: a silky Japanese umeshu and peach recipe with a surprising literary twist behind its name.