Classic Cocktails

The Mojito may have inadvertently sparked the modern cocktail revolution. In the dark days of bartending, some people calling themselves bartenders would actually complain about making anything more complicated than a Jack and coke or pulling the cap …

I love the story of this cocktail, because it harkens back to the early days of bartending. Used to be if you as a bartender wanted grenadine, you had to make grenadine. Under those conditions you could either try to be ready for anything or you …

I remember the first time that I was working a bar and I got my first request for a Singapore Sling. I was expecting something with lots of fruit juices and several exotic rarely used liqueurs. I was shocked at how much alcohol it had in it. The …

As a man of a powerful thirst nothing burns me faster than someone trying to tell me how to spend my money. I went to one of these cocktail cool bars with 30 different Amaro on the backbar. I was thrilled. This place had everything you would want in …

As I mentioned in the other Mai Tai cocktail recipe, I believe Don the Beachcomber to have originated the cocktail known as the Mai Tai. That being said Mai Tai translates to good so it is very conceivable that cocktails were developed independently …

If you want to start an argument, as a Peruvian and a Chilean standing in the same room who invented Pisco. Of course it is an irrelevant question because both countries love Pisco which is the generic name for unnamed brandies made in South America. …

The Planter’s Punch is near an dear from my days as a bartender in Savannah. Now punches are among the very first of the cocktails with the first printed reference showing up in 1632. They were originally made with five ingredients. In fact the …