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Cocktail Recipes

Cosmopolitan Recipe (Real Cranberry, Fresh Lime, No Apologies)

Posted on May 13, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Vodka, triple sec, cranberry, lime. The 90s glamour cocktail that survived Sex and the City and is somehow still better than half the new ones.

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5 Mother’s Day Cocktails to Bring to Brunch

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Scotty Boxa
cocktail in golden hour outdoor setting

Five cocktails for Mother’s Day brunch. Pretty, easy to pre-batch, low-boozy. Click any card for the full recipe.

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Whiskey Sour

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Bourbon, fresh lemon, sugar, optional egg white. Shaken hard, served on the rocks or up. The simplest, oldest, and most balanced whiskey cocktail.

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Cocktail Recipes, Drinks / Cocktails, Recipes

Classic Martini

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Gin and dry vermouth, stirred with ice, strained into a chilled glass, finished with a lemon twist or olive. The cocktail that defines all other cocktails.

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Cocktail Recipes, Drinks / Cocktails, Recipes

Tom Collins

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Gin, lemon juice, sugar, soda water, served tall over ice. The original highball cocktail and the easiest gin drink to nail at home.

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Cocktail Recipes, Drinks / Cocktails, Recipes

Mai Tai Cocktail

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Aged rum, white rum, orange curacao, orgeat, fresh lime. Tiki’s most famous cocktail, pre-blender era, served over crushed ice with a mint sprig.

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Cocktail Recipes, Drinks / Cocktails, Recipes

Dirty Martini

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Vodka or gin, dry vermouth, olive brine, three olives. The savoury cousin of the classic martini, salty and dry and weirdly addictive.

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Cocktail Recipes, Drinks / Cocktails, Recipes

French 75 Cocktail

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Gin, lemon, sugar, topped with champagne. Named after a World War One field gun because the drink kicks like one.

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Cocktail Recipes, Drinks / Cocktails, Recipes

Manhattan Cocktail

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters. Stirred, strained into a coupe, finished with a cherry. The cocktail that defines confidence.

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Negroni Cocktail

Posted on April 28, 2026April 29, 2026 by Scotty Boxa

Equal parts gin, Campari, sweet vermouth. Built over big ice, garnished with orange. Italy’s most-bitter, best-loved aperitivo.

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