Cognac and brandy bring a rich, dried-fruit depth to cocktails — from the Sidecar and Stinger to the Brandy Alexander and Vieux Carré.

France's aged grape spirit in cocktail form.

Cocktails with Cognac

Minimal equipment, maximum result — cocktails that work with whatever you have behind a home bar.

Just a glass and something to stir with.

No-Special-Tools Cocktails

Apple cider cocktails, spiced whiskey drinks, and the full range of autumnal flavors — seasonal and better in October than any other month.

Apple, pear, and the flavors of fall.

Autumn Harvest Cocktails

Apple-forward drinks, sufganiyot-inspired flavors, and the cocktails worth celebrating across the Festival of Lights.

Eight nights worth of festive drinks.

Hanukkah Cocktails

Simple cocktails with three or fewer listed ingredients, ideal for fast decisions and low-friction mixing.

Short builds with a clear payoff.

Easy 3-Ingredient Cocktails

The Mint Julep, the Whiskey Cocktail, the Sling — drinks documented in American bartending history from the colonial era through the Gilded Age.

The drinks that defined early American bartending.

Historic American Cocktails

Old Fashioneds, Negronis, and straight pours — the heavy-bottomed glass that signals a drink worth sitting with.

Served short, spirit-forward, on the rocks or neat.

Rocks Glass Cocktails

The Negroni has three ingredients. The Daiquiri has three. Restraint is often the highest form of cocktail craft.

Two or three ingredients, nothing unnecessary.

Minimalist Cocktails

A focused Cocktail Gallery shelf for minimal ingredient cocktails, automatically refreshed from the cocktail inventory as recipes, ingredients, bars, and eras change.

Minimal Ingredient worth exploring.

Minimal Ingredient Cocktails

Some of the best cocktails have no garnish at all — a properly made Martini or Old Fashioned doesn't need decoration to be complete.

No garnish, clean glass, nothing extra.

Minimalist Presentation Cocktails

Stirred classics, aged spirit builds, and the drinks that reward slow attention — cocktails best saved for quiet evenings.

Drinks for people who don't need a straw.

Sophisticated Sipping Cocktails

The Aperol Spritz, the Gin and Tonic, the Old Fashioned — cocktails that are forgiving, recognizable, and satisfying to make at home.

Great cocktails that don't require much technique.

Beginner-Friendly Cocktails

Fast builds for when time is short — efficient cocktails that don't sacrifice quality for speed.

From measuring to serving in five minutes or less.

Under 5 Minutes

The Daiquiri, the Negroni, the Gimlet — cocktails that prove five ingredients or fewer forces every element to earn its place.

Focused recipes with no filler.

5 Ingredients or Less

Fernet-Branca and ginger beer, the Corpse Reviver, a cold Pilsner — the cocktail world's inside preferences, served without pretense.

What the people who make drinks actually drink.

Industry Favorites

The drinks bartenders reach for when they're the customer — usually spirit-forward, usually simple, and reliably good.

What industry people order after their shift.

Bartender Favorites

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Make Trou Normand, a cocktail associated with Sarah Morrissey, using Cocktail Gallery's visual recipe guide.

Trou Normand

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