Strong Cocktails

69 recipes, including Brazuka Sour, Caipivinho, Black Russian.

69 Strong cocktails, with ingredients and how to make them.

Brazuka Sour — Inspired by the New York Sour, using a float for visual and sensory impact.
Caipivinho — A caipirinha topped with dry red wine.
Black Russian — A Black Russian twist made with rye whiskey.
Brazilian Negroni — A Negroni twist with cachaça, sweet red vermouth, and Cynar.
Macunaíma — A white cachaça cocktail with honey syrup and Fernet, served up.
New York Sour — A whiskey sour with egg white and a floating layer of dry red wine.
Old Fashioned — The stirred classic of whiskey, sugar, and aromatic bitters.
Gold Rush — A bourbon sour balanced with honey syrup and lemon.
Kamikaze — A balanced classic of vodka, lime, and triple sec.
Bomberinho — A shot of cachaça, fresh lime, and grenadine, shaken and strained into 40 ml.
Caramel Espresso Martini — A modern Espresso Martini riff that balances bitter coffee with sweet caramel.
Ring of Fire — Bourbon with cinnamon liqueur and honey syrup, served over ice with a torched cinnamon stick.
Cabra Coco — Coffee liqueur, coconut cachaça, and whiskey, with optional applewood smoke.
Revólver — A short, intense cocktail pairing whisky and coffee liqueur, with a dense foam and navel orange aromatics.
Devil's Margarita — A classic margarita with a floating layer of dry red wine for visual and flavor contrast.
Coffee Boulevardier — A Boulevardier riff with coffee liqueur in place of vermouth, stirred with Campari and whiskey.
Balanced Negroni — A riff on the classic with more gin and less Campari and vermouth, stirred to put the spirit up front.
Rabo de Galo — A stirred Brazilian classic: cachaça, sweet vermouth, and Cynar.
Café Bombo — An intense stirred drink of Campari, coffee liqueur, and bourbon, stirred in a mixing glass.
Cabrélico — Coffee liqueur and hazelnut liqueur built straight in the glass, stirred, and finished with thyme.
Bloody Mary — The vodka-and-tomato classic with homemade juice from tomato paste, soy sauce in place of Worcestershire, and a double strain.
Vodka Martini — A stirred classic of vodka and dry vermouth, served ice-cold up, with a lime twist.
Penicillin — A Scotch sour with muddled ginger, honey syrup, and lime, served short in a rocks glass.
Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's classic: vodka, coffee liqueur, and espresso shaken until crowned with foam.
Negroni — Equal-parts Italian classic: gin, Campari, and sweet red vermouth, stirred in a rocks glass.
Cosmopolitan — Shaken classic of vodka, orange liqueur, lime, and cranberry juice, served up.
Dry Martini — Stirred classic of gin and dry vermouth, ice-cold in the glass, with a lemon twist or an olive.
Margarita — Mexican classic of tequila, triple sec, and lime juice, with a half salt rim, double strained into a chilled coupe.
Mai Tai — Tiki classic of two rums, curaçao, orgeat, and lime, served over ice.
Boulevardier — Stirred classic of whiskey, Campari, and sweet red vermouth — the Negroni's cousin.
Whiskey Sour — Classic sour of bourbon, lemon, and syrup — egg white is optional, for foam.
Manhattan — Stirred classic of rye whiskey, sweet red vermouth, and Angostura, served ice-cold up, no ice.
Bossa Negra — Coffee Old Fashioned: bourbon, coffee liqueur, and hazelnut syrup, stirred, with a torched rosemary sprig.
Coffee Negroni — A Negroni riff with coffee liqueur, less vermouth, and navel orange peel.
Brazilian Old Fashioned — Old Fashioned of aged cachaça, coconut rum, and cacao bitters, with nutmeg.
Blackberry Smash — Bourbon smash with blackberries and mint muddled in the glass, lemon, and ice to the rim — the cookout drink.
Bourbon Limoncello Breeze — Bourbon shaken with limoncello, honey, rosemary, and lemon, served in a rocks glass over a big cube.
90's Brasileiro — A stirred drink of cachaça, sweet red vermouth, Cynar, and brigadeiro syrup in equal parts, in a rocks glass.
Irish Coffee — Hot classic of Irish whiskey, brewed coffee, and cream floating on top.
Gimlet — Classic of gin and lime, shaken and served ice-cold in a coupe, no ice.
Mint Julep — Classic of bourbon, mint, and crushed ice, built in the glass until it frosts.
Lemon Drop Martini — Vodka sour served up: triple sec, fresh lemon, and a sugar rim.
Godfather — 1970s stirred duo: Scotch whisky and amaretto in a rocks glass.
Bourbon Blackberry — Bourbon built in a rocks glass with blackberry syrup and lemon, jam only on top of the ice.
Amaretto Limoncello Sour — Bourbon sour with amaretto and limoncello, egg white for foam and bitters on top.
White Lady — IBA classic of gin, triple sec, and lemon, shaken and served up.
Long Island Iced Tea — IBA party classic: vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and Cointreau, lengthened with lemon, syrup, and a splash of cola.
Cowboy Latino — Whiskey sour with passion fruit pulp and lime, finished with aromatic bitters in a gradient in a rocks glass.
Coffee with Whisky — White Russian shaken with bourbon in place of vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream.
Rye Revival — Rye whiskey sour with blackberry liqueur, lime, and a dash of Angostura.
Desk Job — Equal-parts stirred drink: two rums, Punt e Mes, and Cynar, in a rocks glass with a rock and a lime twist.
Baby's First Bourbon — Bourbon sour with orgeat, lemon, and four dashes of Angostura.
Cosmonaut — Gin sour with raspberry jam in place of syrup, shaken and served up.
Hemingway Daiquiri — El Floridita dry daiquiri: white rum with grapefruit and maraschino, no sugar, in a chilled glass.
Godmother — 1970s stirred duo: vodka and amaretto in a rocks glass — the Godfather's sister.
Oriental — Philippine classic: rye whiskey shaken with sweet vermouth, orange liqueur, and lime.
Martinez — Ancestor of the Dry Martini: gin, sweet red vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and orange bitters, stirred and served up.
Mary Pickford — Cuban Prohibition classic: white rum, pineapple, grenadine, and maraschino liqueur, shaken and served up.
Rosita — Tequila Negroni: reposado or blanco, Campari, sweet and dry vermouth, dash of Angostura.
Wray's Nephew — Tropical daiquiri of Jamaican overproof rum, gold rum, pineapple, and a touch of Fernet.
Cherry Amaretto Negroni — Equal-parts Negroni with cherry liqueur, amaretto, and Punt e Mes, stirred over a big cube.
Hanky Panky — Ada Coleman's stirred classic: gin, sweet red vermouth, and Fernet, served up chilled, with orange peel.
Ti' Punch — National drink of Martinique and Guadeloupe: agricole rum, a touch of syrup, and a lime coin, built in the glass.
El Presidente — Cuban stirred classic of white rum, blanc vermouth, orange curaçao, and grenadine, in a coupe.
Caribbean Ember — Highball of dark rum and rye with pineapple, maple, and ginger beer, shaken and lengthened over ice.
Vesper — Bond's classic: gin, vodka, and Cocchi Americano (or Lillet Blanc), stirred and served up.
Black Forest Old Fashioned — Black Forest Old Fashioned: bourbon, brandy, cacao liqueur, cherry, and chocolate bitters.
Gin Honey Old Fashioned — Old Fashioned of barrel-aged gin, honey syrup, and aromatic bitters, stirred in a rocks glass.
Purple Margarita — Blanco tequila margarita with blackberry syrup, lime, and orange liqueur, served up in a chilled coupe.