Recipe Chart for the Aromatics
An 'Aromatic' cocktail is a stirred drink. It includes spirit and some or all of: vermouth, sweetener and bitters. Simple (sugar) syrup, liqueurs, or the vermouth itself are used as the sweetener. Cocktail bitters or a bitter liqueur are used for aroma and flavor.
Here's a chart of the ingredients in our Aromatic recipes. They fall into three groups each based on a classic cocktail: Old Fashioned, Manhattan/Martini and Negroni.
The cocktails on our Top Shelf are marked. All the recipes are good but these we return to time and again.
Cocktail | Spirit | Syrup | Liqueur | Bitters | |
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Old Fashioned | |||||
Old Fashioned | bourbon | simple | Angostura | ||
Talent Scout | bourbon | curaçao | Angostura | ||
American Trilogy | rye apple-brandy | Demerara | orange | ||
Corn 'n' Oil | rum | falernum | Angostura | ||
Rum Old Fashioned | rum | Demerara | allspice dram | orange Angostura | |
Oaxaca Old Fashioned | tequila mezcal | agave | Angostura |
The Martini
- 2 oz London Dry Gin
- 1 oz dry vermouth (Dolin Dry)
- 3 dashes orange bitters
The Martini, revered by many as the King of Cocktails, for me is a king with no clothes. No matter how hard I try, it just tastes like a glass of cold gin. Above is The Educated Barfly's favorite Martini recipe.
Cocktail | Spirit | Vermouth | Liqueur | Amaro | Bitters |
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Manhattan/Martini | |||||
Manhattan | rye | sweet | Angostura | ||
Preakness | bourbon | sweet | Bénédictine | Angostura | |
De La Louisiane | rye | sweet | Bénédictine absinthe | Peychaud's | |
Creole Cocktail | rye | sweet | Bénédictine | Amer Picon | |
Red Hook | rye | Punt e Mes | maraschino | ||
Williamsburg | bourbon | dry, Punt e Mes | Chartreuse | ||
Moto Guzzi | cask-strength bourbon | Punt e Mes | |||
Fallback | rye apple-brandy | sweet | Amaro Nonino | Peychaud's | |
Black Manhattan | rye | Ramazzotti | orange Angostura | ||
Martini | gin | dry | orange | ||
Martinez | gin | Punt e Mes | curaçao maraschino | Angostura | |
Deep Blue Sea | gin | kina | crème de violette | orange | |
Bijou | gin | blanc | Chartreuse | orange | |
Acacia | gin kirsch | Bénédictine | |||
Negroni | |||||
Negroni | gin | sweet | Campari | ||
Hanky Panky | gin | sweet | Fernet- Branca | ||
Negroni D'Or | gin | blanc | Gran Classico | ||
Eeyore's Requiem | gin | blanc | Campari Fernet Cynar | orange | |
Chocolate Negroni | gin | Punt e Mes | crème de cacao | Campari | chocolate |
Lucien Gaudin | gin | dry | Cointreau | Campari | |
New Milano | gin | Dimmi | Cynar | ||
Jamaican Negroni | rum | sweet | Campari | ||
Old Pal | rye | dry | Campari |