Liqueur Cocktails

65 recipes, including Coconut Caipirinha, Cinnamon Caipiroska, Coffee Caipirinha.

65 Liqueur cocktail recipes, with ingredients and how to make them.

  • Coconut Caipirinha — Quick and easy with a pre-sweetened coconut cachaça liqueur.
  • Cinnamon Caipiroska — Cinnamon liqueur with lime and a cherry in syrup.
  • Coffee Caipirinha — Cachaça, lime, and cold brew coffee liqueur.
  • White Russian — Split-vodka technique with a deliberately half-mixed look.
  • Black Russian — A Black Russian twist made with rye whiskey.
  • Caipi Jambu — A passion fruit caipirinha with jambu liqueur and crushed ice.
  • Coffee & Dulce de Leche (Dom Cabra) — A creamy drink of coffee liqueur and dulce de leche liqueur.
  • Vodka Banoffe Bliss — A creamy take on banoffee pie, with caramel vodka, banana liqueur, and vanilla.
  • 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.
  • Coffee Boulevardier — A Boulevardier riff with coffee liqueur in place of vermouth, stirred with Campari and whiskey.
  • Café Bombo — An intense stirred drink of Campari, coffee liqueur, and bourbon, stirred in a mixing glass.
  • Cachaça Margarita — A margarita with cachaça instead of tequila, a salt rim, and a double strain into a chilled glass.
  • Café 43 — A shaken sour of coffee liqueur and Licor 43, with lime juice and a double strain.
  • Cabrélico — Coffee liqueur and hazelnut liqueur built straight in the glass, stirred, and finished with thyme.
  • Cabra Moca — Equal parts coffee liqueur and chocolate liqueur, shaken to bring their densities together.
  • Garganta — A cachaça sour with muddled ginger, honey syrup, and triple sec, finished with loosely mixed aromatic bitters.
  • Sol Maior — A Licor 43 fizz lengthened with mandarin juice, lime, and soda water.
  • Jabuti — A jabuticaba liqueur sour with lime, orange juice, and egg white — the native Brazilian fruit becomes the base.
  • Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's classic: vodka, coffee liqueur, and espresso shaken until crowned with foam.
  • Cosmopolitan — Shaken classic of vodka, orange liqueur, lime, and cranberry juice, served up.
  • Hugo Spritz — Floral spritz of elderflower liqueur, prosecco, soda water, and mint.
  • 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.
  • Caramel Coffee — Short shaken drink of caramel vodka, caramel coffee liqueur, and vanilla syrup, served over ice.
  • Pingo Salgado — Vodka sour with coffee liqueur and salted caramel syrup, served up in a chilled coupe.
  • Jaboo Raíz — Jabuticaba liqueur shaken with unaged cachaça, ginger, cinnamon, and brown sugar, in a rocks glass.
  • Jaboo Spritz — Spritz of jabuticaba liqueur and brut sparkling wine, brightened with a touch of lemon.
  • Jaboo & Tonic — Highball of gin and jabuticaba liqueur lengthened with tonic water and lemon.
  • Jaboo Negroni — An inverted Negroni: jabuticaba liqueur in place of vermouth, with small pours of gin and Campari and a tangerine twist.
  • Amaretto Sour — Modern sour of almond liqueur and bourbon, dry shaken with egg white for foam.
  • Sex on the Beach — Classic highball of vodka, peach liqueur, orange juice, and cranberry.
  • Banana Daiquiri — Daiquiri of Bacardi gold rum and banana liqueur, shaken and served in a chilled coupe.
  • Kir Royal — French aperitif: crème de cassis in the bottom of a flute, topped with brut sparkling wine.
  • Clericot — Pitcher punch of white or sparkling wine, chopped fruit, and orange liqueur — barbecue summer in a glass.
  • Hakuna Matata — Tropical drink of coconut rum, spiced rum, banana liqueur, and pineapple, with grenadine at the bottom for a sunrise.
  • Coffee Enzoni — A dark Enzoni: gin, Campari, and coffee liqueur shaken with black grapes and lemon.
  • Toblerone — Creamy cocktail of coffee, hazelnut, and Irish cream — a liquid dessert inspired by the Swiss chocolate.
  • Grasshopper — IBA dessert classic: white crème de cacao, green crème de menthe, and cream, shaken and served up.
  • El Diablo — Tequila highball with crème de cassis, lime, and ginger beer — Trader Vic's classic.
  • Pororoca — Cachaça sour with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, no extra syrup, in a rocks glass.
  • Better Than Sex — Shaken dessert of amaretto, cacao, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur, lengthened with milk in a rocks glass.
  • Amaretto Limoncello Sour — Bourbon sour with amaretto and limoncello, egg white for foam and bitters on top.
  • Long Island Iced Tea — IBA party classic: vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and Cointreau, lengthened with lemon, syrup, and a splash of cola.
  • Cinnamon Sour — Cinnamon liqueur sour with lime and honey syrup, shaken and served over fresh ice.
  • Guaraná & Açaí Caipirinha — Cachaça and açaí-guaraná liqueur, with blackberry syrup in place of sugar.
  • 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.
  • Alligator — Fernet-Branca sour with orange liqueur, lime, and cinnamon syrup, over a large cube.
  • French Martini — '90s martini: vodka, raspberry liqueur, and pineapple juice, shaken until it foams in the glass.
  • Pimm's Cup — British fruit cup of Pimm's No. 1 lengthened with ginger ale, cucumber, strawberry, and mint.
  • Hemingway Daiquiri — El Floridita dry daiquiri: white rum with grapefruit and maraschino, no sugar, in a chilled glass.
  • Coconut Honey Margarita — Blanco tequila margarita with Grand Marnier, lime, toasted coconut syrup, and honey syrup.
  • Oriental — Philippine classic: rye whiskey shaken with sweet vermouth, orange liqueur, and lime.
  • Fernandito — Argentine highball of Fernet Branca and cola, built in the glass over ice.
  • 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.
  • Fireball Passion Fruit — Cinnamon liqueur shot with passion fruit mixer, finished with lemon foam.
  • Cherry Amaretto Negroni — Equal-parts Negroni with cherry liqueur, amaretto, and Punt e Mes, stirred over a big cube.
  • Irish Maid — Dead Rabbit modern sour: Irish whiskey, St-Germain, lemon, and muddled cucumber.
  • Igarapé — Cachaça highball with açaí-and-guaraná liqueur, lime, and guaraná soda.
  • Black Forest Old Fashioned — Black Forest Old Fashioned: bourbon, brandy, cacao liqueur, cherry, and chocolate bitters.
  • Purple Margarita — Blanco tequila margarita with blackberry syrup, lime, and orange liqueur, served up in a chilled coupe.

More in this list

  • Wine
  • Cachaça
  • Vodka
  • Tequila
  • Gin
  • Whiskey
  • Rum