Whiskey Cocktails

This very New Orleans style drink is actually a proud San Francisco creation, first made in 2004 by Jon Santer, subsequently made drink-famous at B...

Another strong and stirred New Orleans cocktail that has managed to fly well under the radar as a "B-List" cocktail in recent years, the Arnaud's S...

You could see it as a dressed up Manhattan or a dressed down Vieux Carre, and either way it tends to become a fast favorite for fans of elegant, st...

Rudi, much like her home bar of Doc's Clock, doesn't mess around, and doesn't sweat the small stuff. Rudi loves a good drink, but don't make her do...

This elegant number from the Clift Hotel's storied Redwood Room is one to make two of. Make one for yourself and another to pour out in honor of al...

Brass Tacks's Otto the Pup could really use a drink. He's seen Hayes Valley change again and again and again, with the waves of hipsters, yuppies, ...

This punny drink (Las Tierras Altas - The Highlands) from Cole Valley's Padrecito combines the two great highland designations in the spirits world...

It's fitting that sweet little Clio of Comstock Saloon brings us this classic formula with a twist. Comstock is an old standby for San Francisco dr...

River, the pooch behind the bar at the Dogpatch's historic Sea Star, likes a lot of things. Bully sticks, a mud bath, a snuggle, and of course a co...

What's the coziest thing you can imagine? A sleeping puppy by a crackling fire? A hot homemade pie coming out of the oven? Gathering your family ar...

One of our favorite twists on the Old Fashioned is the use of a house bitter - blending two dashing bitters together into one new, semi-homemade re...

This marriage of a whiskey sour and a bramble is a perfect companion for an afternoon tipple after a jaunt of whimsy in the forest. The notes of fi...

The Black Manhattan, just as suave and dapper as it's classic brother, is just a bit more dark and brooding - more likely to wax on about Nietzsche...

“I think it tastes like Christmas!” Sother Teague, the owner of New York’s famed bar, Amor-y-Amargo, and the inventor of the Sharpie Mustacheonce t...

Everything you need to be a great ball boy. Basically, a spin on the Rob Roy, with St. George's Baller Whiskey at the center, whose lovely plum liq...

Many may balk at the fact that this spin on the Bobby Burns has not a single Scottish bone in it's body, but we think that Burns himself, in the tr...

A lush, fruity, and earthy take on the Boulevardier, this take keeps the American Whiskey base, but it couldn't be a more different American whiske...

Though the whiskey highball is as old as seltzer itself, and could hardly be simpler in terms of ingredients, the Japanese managed to embrace it, e...

The Boulevardier was originally mixed up by Erskine Gwynne, the publisher of a magazine that shared the same name. Erskine created his publication ...

A Northern Californian take on the Boulevardier, which ironically comes from Claire Sprouse of New York City's Hunky Dory. Lighter on it's feet tha...

It doesn't get more classic or reliable than this. The original definition of cocktail was simply "any combination of spirit, sugar, and bitters". ...

Named for the classic, over the top Bette Davis melodrama, the name could also refer to the dark victory that is surviving an entire holiday meal w...

Elevate your Manhattan with a small batch whiskey. The rye grain in this full-bodied whiskey adds just the right amount of spice and lends complexi...

Named for the riverside Brooklyn neighborhood, the Red Hook takes the Manhattan and combines it with the much lesser known (naturally) Brooklyn, cr...

A seemingly crazy cocktail experiment gone wildly right, the Trinidad sour uses a full ounce of Angostura Bitters as its base, complemented by an e...

The Negroni's whiskey based little brother, the Boulevardier was created in 1920's Paris by Erskine Gwynne, editor of the Boulevardier magazine. It...

It doesn't get more classic or reliable than this. The original definition of cocktail was simply "any combination of spirit, sugar, and bitters". ...

First served at the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar in the French Quarter (or Vieux Carré) of New Orleans, this drink has long been a favorite of c...

The classic New Orleans cocktail, which is saying something for a city with such a storied drinking history. Basically a Big Easy version of an old...

One of the greatest, most enduring classic cocktails, the Manhattan is basically the Martini's mysterious and brooding older brother. Rye whiskey i...