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Aperitivo build

The bittersweet Italian aperitivo of Campari and sweet vermouth lengthened with soda over ice. The equal-parts spirit base batches easily; only the soda top and ice dilution vary, so the bottled mix holds a precise ratio.

10% ABV before added water

Aperol Spritz

Aperol, prosecco, soda — Italy's aperitivo, perfect for large groups.

9% ABV before added water

Aviation

A pre-Prohibition gin sour with maraschino, crème de violette, and lemon giving a pale sky-violet hue — shaken with citrus, so batch the spirit base and add fresh juice at service.

30% ABV before added water

Bee's Knees

A Prohibition-era gin sour sweetened with honey instead of sugar, brightened by lemon. The honey-syrup, gin, and lemon ratio scales linearly, making it a clean, reliable batch sour.

23% ABV before added water

Bellini

A Venetian aperitivo of Prosecco lifted by white peach puree. The fruit-to-sparkling ratio is what defines it, making consistent batching about pre-blending the puree before topping each glass with bubbles.

7% ABV before added water

Between the Sheets

A potent Sidecar variant splitting the base between brandy and rum with Cointreau and lemon — boozy yet balanced, well suited to batching since the spirit-heavy build holds up and dilutes predictably.

36% ABV before added water

Black Russian

A two-ingredient after-dinner sipper of vodka and coffee liqueur built right over ice. Its fixed spirit-to-liqueur ratio and zero-juice profile make it trivially scalable, with dilution coming only from the rocks.

33% ABV before added water

Blood and Sand

A rare equal-parts Scotch cocktail balancing smoky whisky, sweet vermouth, cherry liqueur and fresh orange juice; the fixed 3/4oz ratio makes proportional scaling for a crowd trivial.

20% ABV before added water

Bloody Mary

The savory brunch classic: vodka lengthened with tomato juice, citrus, and a spice backbone. The large juice volume dominates the build, so batch math centers on holding the vodka-to-mix ratio steady across a big pitcher.

11% ABV before added water

Boulevardier

A whiskey-based cousin of the Negroni with bourbon, Campari, and sweet vermouth — entirely spirituous and stirred, perfect for batching ahead and stirring to dilution.

31% ABV before added water

Bramble

A tart London gin sour laced with a blackberry liqueur drizzle over crushed ice; its fixed gin-lemon-sugar base scales cleanly for batching, with the crème de mûre floated per-serve.

23% ABV before added water

Brandy Alexander

A silky after-dinner cocktail of cognac, dark crème de cacao and cream; equal-part simplicity makes it easy to scale, though the cream demands fresh shaking rather than long pre-batching.

21% ABV before added water

Brooklyn

A drier, bittersweet cousin of the Manhattan built on rye and dry vermouth with maraschino and amaro accents; all-spirit and stable, so it scales and stores beautifully for batching.

35% ABV before added water

Cachaça build

Caipirinha

Brazil's national drink: cachaça muddled with lime and sugar, built right in the glass over ice. The simple two-spirit-free spec batches easily by scaling cachaça and lime juice while sugar is dialed to taste.

23% ABV before added water

Champagne Cocktail

A celebratory classic of sugar, bitters and brandy topped with sparkling wine — elegant and effervescent, batch the cognac-bitters-sugar base in advance and top each flute with chilled Champagne to serve.

14% ABV before added water

Clover Club

A pre-Prohibition gin sour with raspberry and egg white — its silky foam and balanced tartness hold up well when prepped in larger shaken batches.

21% ABV before added water

Corpse Reviver No. 2

An equal-parts gin, Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, and lemon sour with an absinthe rinse; the symmetrical spec is ideal for batching, with the absinthe applied to the glass per serve.

25% ABV before added water

Cosmopolitan

Vodka, cranberry, lime, and triple sec — elegant and easy to batch.

27% ABV before added water

Rum build

Cuba Libre

More than a rum and Coke — the lime juice is what defines it. A simple three-part build that scales linearly, ideal for pre-mixing the rum-and-lime base and topping with cola to keep the carbonation fresh.

12% ABV before added water

Daiquiri

Rum, lime, sugar — deceptively simple, endlessly satisfying.

23% ABV before added water

Rum build

Dark 'n' Stormy

Dark rum and ginger beer — a Caribbean classic with serious depth.

12% ABV before added water

Dirty Martini

A Dry Martini given savory backbone with olive brine; the brine is non-alcoholic so it dilutes the batch ABV slightly, making accurate measurement essential.

34% ABV before added water

Dry Martini

The benchmark gin-and-vermouth stirred cocktail; all-spirit and crystal clear, it batches beautifully since precise dilution is the only variable to control.

40% ABV before added water

Espresso Martini

Vodka, Kahlúa, espresso — the after-dinner crowd-pleaser.

21% ABV before added water

French 75

Gin, lemon, simple syrup, topped with champagne — festive and elegant.

19% ABV before added water

French Martini

A silky vodka cocktail with raspberry liqueur and pineapple juice that shakes up a signature frothy cap — fruity and smooth, batch the vodka-Chambord base and shake hard with fresh pineapple for the foam.

21% ABV before added water

Gibson

A Dry Martini distinguished only by its pickled-onion garnish; identical spirit-forward build means batching is straightforward with controlled dilution.

40% ABV before added water

Gimlet

Gin and lime — clean, tart, and excellent batched.

31% ABV before added water

Gin build

Gin and Tonic

The definitive highball — gin lengthened with quinine tonic over ice. A clean 1:3 spirit-to-mixer ratio that batches effortlessly; pre-portion the gin and top with tonic at service to preserve the fizz.

10% ABV before added water

Gin Fizz

A bright, effervescent gin sour topped with soda — the base mix batches easily, with soda added per glass to keep the fizz lively.

12% ABV before added water

Godfather

A two-ingredient spirit-forward sipper of Scotch softened by nutty-sweet amaretto; equal-ish parts and zero perishables make it one of the easiest cocktails to scale and pre-batch for an event.

37% ABV before added water

Gold Rush

A modern three-ingredient bourbon sour sweetened with honey syrup instead of sugar, rich and rounded; the simple spirit-to-citrus ratio batches predictably for parties.

26% ABV before added water

Liqueur shake

Grasshopper

A creamy mint-and-chocolate dessert classic in equal parts; shaken with cream for a velvety texture, batching keeps its 1:1:1 ratio exact while the cream keeps the final strength gentle.

16% ABV before added water

Hanky Panky

A Savoy classic of gin and sweet vermouth made unmistakable by a measure of bittersweet Fernet-Branca; entirely spirit-based and stable, it scales cleanly into a stirred batch.

31% ABV before added water

Hemingway Daiquiri

A dry, tart twist on the daiquiri with grapefruit and maraschino cutting the sweetness — crisp and complex, batch the rum-liqueur base ahead and shake with fresh lime and grapefruit per serving.

25% ABV before added water

Hugo Spritz

A light, floral Alpine spritz of elderflower, prosecco and soda over mint and lime — low-ABV and refreshing, which makes its 3:2 prosecco-to-syrup-plus-soda ratio easy to scale into pitchers for warm-weather events.

5% ABV before added water

Hurricane

A tropical New Orleans rum punch with passion fruit and citrus — scales beautifully into a single batched pitcher for parties, since the proportions stay forgiving across volume.

21% ABV before added water

Jack Rose

A rosy Prohibition-era sour of apple brandy, lemon and grenadine — fruity and tart with a deep blush, ideal for batching since the proportions are simple and the color reads beautifully at volume.

25% ABV before added water

Whiskey build

John Collins

The bourbon-based cousin of the Tom Collins; whiskey, lemon, sugar and soda make a refreshing highball whose spirit base batches easily ahead of soda topping.

15% ABV before added water

Jungle Bird

A tiki classic balancing dark rum and bittersweet Campari against pineapple and lime; the fixed spirit-liqueur-juice ratio holds up superbly in large-batch tropical service.

16% ABV before added water

Kir Royale

An elegant Champagne aperitif sweetened with a measure of creme de cassis. With just two components and no juice, it batches cleanly by holding the cassis dose constant per glass before topping with bubbles.

13% ABV before added water

Last Word

An equal-parts Prohibition-era classic of gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino, and lime — herbaceous and tart, with the spirit trio easy to pre-batch before adding fresh lime.

32% ABV before added water

Multi-spirit shake

Long Island Iced Tea

Five base spirits plus triple sec, lemon and a cola top — deceptively strong despite tasting like iced tea. The fixed half-ounce pours per spirit make it a textbook case for batch scaling and dilution control.

22% ABV before added water

Mai Tai

Rum, citrus, orgeat — the defining tiki cocktail.

27% ABV before added water

Manhattan

Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters — the stately stirred classic.

36% ABV before added water

Tequila shake

Margarita

The classic tequila sour — tart, bright, and endlessly batch-able.

29% ABV before added water

Martinez

The boozy gin-and-sweet-vermouth ancestor of the Martini, lifted by maraschino and a dash of bitters; all-spirit and shelf-stable, it batches and stirs beautifully for service.

29% ABV before added water

Mimosa

An equal-parts brunch staple of chilled sparkling wine and orange juice, served in a flute. Its clean 1:1 ratio scales perfectly for a crowd, and the low total ABV needs no added dilution.

6% ABV before added water

Whiskey build

Mint Julep

A Kentucky Derby staple of bourbon, sugar, and mint over crushed ice — all-spirit core with no perishable citrus, making it ideal for large-batch service.

38% ABV before added water

Rum build

Mojito

Rum, mint, lime, and soda — refreshing and crowd-pleasing.

14% ABV before added water

Moscow Mule

Vodka, ginger beer, and lime — simple and refreshing.

12% ABV before added water

Mudslide

A rich dessert cocktail of vodka, coffee liqueur and Irish cream; the cream content means it must be shaken cold and batched fresh, with low effective ABV from the heavy non-spirit volume.

26% ABV before added water

Mezcal shake

Naked and Famous

A smoky equal-parts riff on the Last Word using mezcal, yellow Chartreuse, Aperol and lime; the 1:1:1:1 ratio scales cleanly for batch service.

24% ABV before added water

Negroni

Equal parts, stirred — the quintessential stirred batch cocktail.

29% ABV before added water

Whiskey build

Old Fashioned

Whiskey, sugar, bitters — the original cocktail, built in the glass.

40% ABV before added water

Painkiller

The creamy pineapple-coconut tiki classic from the British Virgin Islands — a crowd-pleaser whose fixed ratio batches cleanly for poolside service.

10% ABV before added water

Tequila build

Paloma

Tequila and grapefruit — Mexico's most popular tequila cocktail.

12% ABV before added water

Paper Plane

A modern equal-parts classic of bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino and lemon, bittersweet and bright; the symmetrical build is ideal for large-format pre-batching.

23% ABV before added water

Penicillin

Scotch, lemon, honey-ginger, peaty float — a modern classic.

26% ABV before added water

Piña Colada

Rum, coconut cream, pineapple — tropical and party-ready.

16% ABV before added water

Pisco shake

Pisco Sour

A frothy Peruvian sour of pisco, lime, and sugar lifted by egg white and finished with bitters; the spirit-citrus-sweet core batches well, with egg white whipped in per round for the signature foam.

19% ABV before added water

Ramos Gin Fizz

The famously fluffy New Orleans gin fizz with cream, citrus, egg white and orange flower water — labor-intensive to shake, so batching the liquid base saves real time behind the bar.

13% ABV before added water

Rob Roy

The Scotch cousin of the Manhattan: whisky, sweet vermouth and aromatic bitters, stirred and silky. Three stable ingredients and a fixed ratio make it a reliable batch-and-chill candidate.

32% ABV before added water

Rusty Nail

A bold two-spirit nightcap of Scotch and Drambuie, stirred over ice; being all-spirit and crystal clear it pre-batches perfectly, with dilution coming purely from stirring or controlled water addition.

40% ABV before added water

Sazerac

New Orleans rye classic with an absinthe-rinsed glass and Peychaud's bitters — a spirit-forward, citrus-free stirred drink that batches and dilutes predictably.

43% ABV before added water

Screwdriver

A two-ingredient brunch highball of vodka and fresh orange juice; trivially batchable since it's just a single spirit plus juice, so the dilution math hinges almost entirely on the OJ volume and any pre-batch chilling.

13% ABV before added water

Sea Breeze

A tart, refreshing vodka cooler layering cranberry and grapefruit juice; built straight in the glass over ice, it scales cleanly for a crowd with only one spirit driving the ABV.

9% ABV before added water

Sex on the Beach

A fruity, crowd-pleasing highball of vodka and peach schnapps lengthened with cranberry and orange juice; high juice volume and forgiving ratios make it ideal for big-batch pitchers and party pours.

12% ABV before added water

Sidecar

Cognac, triple sec, lemon — a Parisian classic that batches beautifully.

31% ABV before added water

Southside

A crisp gin sour shaken with fresh mint, lemon and simple syrup, like a gin mojito served up; the clean sour ratio makes it a reliable batch crowd-pleaser.

25% ABV before added water

Tequila build

Tequila Sunrise

A built highball of tequila and orange juice with a slow grenadine sink that creates the signature sunrise gradient — juice-heavy and easy to pre-batch the spirit-and-juice base for brunch crowds, adding grenadine per glass.

12% ABV before added water

Gin build

Tom Collins

A tall, sparkling gin sour lengthened with soda; the citrus, syrup and soda mean batching the spirit base separately keeps the carbonation crisp at serve.

15% ABV before added water

Vesper

James Bond's gin-and-vodka martini sharpened with Lillet Blanc — a fully spirituous stirred (or shaken, per Bond) drink that scales cleanly with predictable dilution.

41% ABV before added water

Vieux Carré

A New Orleans monument layering rye and Cognac with sweet vermouth, Bénédictine and two bitters; complex but all spirit-and-liqueur, so it pre-batches and stirs to order without splitting.

34% ABV before added water

Vodka stir

Vodka Martini

The clean, neutral vodka take on the Martini; smooth and spirit-forward, it scales reliably for batching when you nail the water dilution.

36% ABV before added water

Whiskey Smash

A bright bourbon sour built on muddled lemon and mint — citrus-forward and refreshing, so batch the spirit-and-syrup base and add fresh lemon and crushed mint to order to keep it lively.

25% ABV before added water

Whiskey Sour

Bourbon, lemon, and sweetener — the essential American sour.

26% ABV before added water

White Russian

A smooth, dessert-like build of vodka, coffee liqueur and cream — the spirit base batches perfectly, with cream floated fresh on each pour.

25% ABV before added water

Zombie

Don the Beachcomber's legendary tiki bomb — three rums layered with lime, falernum, grapefruit, cinnamon and absinthe. Its high cumulative ABV and many components make precise batch math essential before service.

35% ABV before added water