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Classic Cocktail Recipes

Impress your guests with one of these classic cocktail recipes. Whether you’re in the mood for a classic like a revolver cocktail or a unique twist on an old favorite, like sazerac without absinthe, we’ve got something for everyone.

Our cocktails are easy to make and use simple ingredients, so you don’t have to be a mixologist to create a delicious drink. Grab your shaker and check out our favorite cocktail recipes that are sure to be a hit!

2 hands, each holding a wine glass 3 quarters full of a bubbly orange cocktail with ice and an orange slice.
A tall glass of frozen margarita with a salt rim and lime wheel beside a bowl of chips and guacamole.

Frozen Margarita

10 mins

A tall cool glass of a winter mojito made with rum and a sugar syrup of rosemary, thyme, sage leaves.

Winter Mojito

1 hr 10 mins

TTwo eggnogs in glasses with a gingerbread star on the lip and a rim of cinnamon.

Easy Eggnog

5 mins

A chipped pot filled with apple pie moonshine, apple wedges and whole spices with a tray of glasses filled with the moonshine beside it.

Apple Pie Moonshine

10 hrs 30 mins

Cucumber Gimlet

15 mins

Tall glass of tinto de verano, a read wine with Sprite, and ice cubes.

Tinto de Verano

5 mins

Three glasses of ultimate margarita with lime wedges.

Ultimate Margarita

10 mins

Two glasses of rhubarb sour with lemon slices floating in them

Rhubarb Sour

30 mins

Martini glass filled with yellow Bee's Knees cocktail--honey, gin, and lemon--with a lemon twist, a shaker on the side

Bee’s Knees Cocktail

25 mins

Three glasses of glogg (mulled wine) with orange slices and cinnamon sticks.

Swedish Christmas Glögg

1 hr

Boulevardier Cocktail.

Boulevardier Cocktail

5 mins

Two pina coladas, garnished with a pineapple wheel and a whole pineapple nearby.

Creamy Piña Colada with Crushed Pineapple

10 mins

A glass gobelet filled with an Adonis cocktail and an orange twist garnish, in front of a painted background.

Adonis Cocktail

5 mins

Three Champagne cocktails with a Champagne cork an a plate of sugar cubes beside the drinks.

Champagne Cocktail

5 mins

A tall aperitif glass filled with hanky panky cocktail and an orange twist on the rim of the glass.

Hanky Panky Cocktail

5 mins

A metal serving tray with two apricot daiquiris with stir sticks, a juiced lemon, and a pot with poached apricots.

Apricot Daiquiri

2 hrs 30 mins

A tall glass of fruit shrub sitting on a napkin with a long spoon next to it.

Shrub Cocktail

18 d

Two of each mai tai and blue Hawaiian cocktails, in glass tiki glasses and garnished with paper umbrellas on a tray.

Mai Tai and Blue Hawaiian Cocktails

5 mins

Rhubarb vodka splashing over ice beside a glass pitcher and cocktail tools.

Rhubarb Vodka

28 d 15 mins

A flor de jerez cocktail in a coupe glass.

Flor de Jerez

5 mins

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