Recipes

Cocktail recipes, aka mixed drinks, are generally fairly simple sets of text outlining a selection of ingredients along with some basic instructions on how to mix them. Recipes may involve wine or beer, but most commonly are spirits-based, with various mixers, juices, and others ingredients intended to turn a simple spirit into something elevated. Drinkhacker’s recipe section also occasionally includes food products, either intended specifically to pair with a certain cocktail or incorporating a particular liquor into the recipe directly.

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Cognac in Cocktails: It’s Time for a Renaissance

By Sailor Guevara | February 5, 2025 |

If you’re a fan of pre-Prohibition cocktails, you’ll see a vast number of recipes that contain either brandy or Cognac. Before whiskey became the common base spirit, people often made their Old Fashioneds with brandy. This drink included a spirit of any kind, a sweetener, and bitters. And with the famous French 75, there is…

Festive Flavors: Quick Cocktails to Elevate Your Thanksgiving

By Sailor Guevara | November 25, 2024 |

With Thanksgiving around the corner, it’s the perfect time to amp up your holiday gatherings with fun cocktails that capture the season’s vibe. These drinks are quick to whip up and packed with all those amazing seasonal flavors your guests will love. With just a few simple ingredients and some creative spins, you can mix…

2024 Election Night High ABV Cocktails

By Christopher Null | November 5, 2024 |

Well, it’s Election Day, again, and we at Drinkhacker are here to help you through the shitshow the only way we know how — with booze. There aren’t a lot of things Americans agree upon at this challenging moment in U.S. politics, except perhaps for one: It’s time for a stiff drink. Sober October is over,…

Review: As Above, So Below Sigil Gin

By Sailor Guevara | November 4, 2024 |

High in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains, presiding over the desert landscape of New Mexico, lies the city of Santa Fe. Host to a handful of distilleries shaping a new perspective on American spirits, As Above, So Below Distillery (AASB) is a prime example of the enchanting products expressing the soul of the American southwest.…

Review: L’Aperitivo Nonino and Amaro Nonino

By Christopher Null | October 13, 2024 |

The Nonino family has been distilling grappa and amari in Friuli, Italy since 1897, and has been helmed by three female distillers over its lifetime. The current boss is Francesca Nonino, the third generation of the Nonino family, and the creator of a new product, an Aperol-adjacent aperitivo that, of course, is also called Nonino.…

The Top 10 Summer Cocktails of All Time

By Christopher Null | May 17, 2024 |

As summer approaches, it’s natural to ask, aloud even perhaps, what should I be drinking right now? While selections like white wine and cold beer are obvious, numerous cocktails abound which feel tailor-made for summer sipping. But which are best? To find out, we polled the Drinkhacker staff and asked for each writer’s list of…

Review: 4 Syrups from Liquid Alchemist

By Christopher Null | December 21, 2023 |

Liquid Alchemist has more flavors than I can count — at least a dozen — and all are authentic as they get, made with their named ingredients and cane sugar, plus maybe a little citric acid. We’ve reviewed Liquid Alchemist’s orgeat in the past — not my favorite — and today we take a spin with…

Review: Pink House Alchemy Winter Spice Syrup

By Christopher Null | November 8, 2023 |

Oh, that chill in the air can only mean one thing: It’s finally time for cool-weather cocktails. Ready to take a break from pumpkin spice? Give Pink House Alchemy’s Winter Spice Syrup a try. This syrup blends cane sugar, cloves, cardamon, black pepper, nutmeg, and vanilla into a cohesive and seasonally appropriate mixer that can…

Review: Meletti Coffee

By | September 28, 2023 |

The Meletti Family has been producing spirits since the 1870s, and they are one of Europe’s largest makers of Sambuca and Anisette. More recently, their amaro with its grapefruit and honey profile has become one of the darlings of the modern American cocktail scene. Now another Meletti expression has arrived stateside, Meletti Coffee. Coffee liqueurs…

Review: The Singleton of Glen Ord 40 Years Old

By Christopher Null | July 21, 2023 |

The Singleton brand has finally put the cap on its ultra-rare Epicurean Odyssey Series, which launched with a 38 year old expression from Glen Ord, was followed up by a 39 year old, and now ends the story with its natural conclusion: The Singleton of Glen Ord 40 Years Old. Each of the three whiskies…