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Discover cocktail recipes you can make with the ingredients you already have on hand! Select your ingredients, and we’ll match them with our collection of over 1500 cocktail recipes.

Affogato Cocktail

Affogato Cocktail

Affogato Cocktail

Mix It Yourself:

2 oz Dark Rum
1.5 oz Chilled Espresso or Strong Cold Brew Coffee
1 Scoop Gelato

1. Place a scoop of the gelato in the center of a chilled martini glass.
2. Add the rum off to the side of the gelato, then pour the chilled coffee over it.

After Dark

After Dark

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Larceny Bourbon
0.5 oz Chocolate Liqueur
0.5 oz Blood Orange Juice

Directions:
1. Shake  over ice and double-strain into a coupe glass.
2. Garnish with orange wheel.

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After Midnight in Kentucky

After Midnight in Kentucky

After Midnight in Kentucky

Mix It Yourself:

2 oz Bourbon
2 - 3 Blackberries
0.5 oz Chambord
2 oz Ginger Ale

Muddle 2 or 3 large blackberries in a rocks glass with a splash of Chambord Liqueur. Add in equal parts Bourbon and ginger ale. Stir gently. Top off with ice.

Afternoon in the Garden

Afternoon in the Garden

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Gin
1 oz Elderflower Liqueur
2 oz Club Soda
2 oz Grapefruit Juice
1 Sprig Rosemary

Directions:

Fill a Collins glass with ice. Add gin and elderflower liqueur. Top with club soda, stir briefly with a long cocktail spoon, and garnish with a grapefruit wheel and sprig of fresh rosemary.

Agave Derby

Agave Derby

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Bradshaw Bourbon
1 oz Adictivo Tequila Plato
0.5 oz Lime Juice
1.5 oz Ginger Beer
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Pomegranate Juice
Mint

Directions:

  1. Combine Bourbon, Tequila, lime juice, and agave syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake gently and pour contents into a rocks glass (including ice).
  3. Add bitters.
  4. Top with ginger beer and then gently pour pomegranate juice over the back of a cocktail spoon to create the topper.
  5. Garnish with mint leaves.
Agave Espresso Martini

Agave Espresso Martini

Agave Espresso Martini

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:

2 oz Jose Cuervo Tradicional Reposado
1 shot of Espresso
0.75 oz Coffee Liqueur
0.25 oz Agave Nectar

Directions:

Build ingredients in a shaker tin with ice. Shake furiously for 30 sections, pour into a chilled martini glass or a coupe. Garnish with 3 coffee beans for good luck!

Age Before Beauty

Age Before Beauty

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Familia Camarena Silver Tequila
2 Muddled Lemons
0.75 oz St. Germain Elderflower liqueur

Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. 
2. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice and garnish with mint leaves.

Agua Fresca Spritz

Agua Fresca Spritz

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:

2 oz Tequila
2 oz Watermelon Juice
2 oz Club Soda
Watermelon

Directions:

To make watermelon juice, add fresh (seeded, or seedless) watermelon to a blender and blend for 30 seconds.

Place all ingredients except club soda into a shaker with ice. Shake for 30 seconds pour into a glass filled with ice and top with 2 oz club soda. Garnish with watermelon rind ribbons.

Ah Chili

Ah Chili

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Chamucos Blanco Tequila
3 slices cucumber muddled
0.5 oz simple syrup
0.33 oz Bauchant Orange Liqueur
0.5 oz lemon juice
3-4 dashes hot sauce

Directions:
1. Shake & strain.
2. Served in a martini glass.
3. Garnish with orange zest.

Irish coffee

AIrish Coffee

AIrish Coffee

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:

1.5 oz Jameson Irish Whiskey
1 oz Coffee
.5 oz Honey Syrup
.5 oz Heavy Cream
.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup
Freshly Grated (for Garnish) Nutmeg

Directions:

  • Brew a strong cup of coffee and pour 1 oz into a mug.
  • In a separate glass, combine Irish whiskey, honey syrup, heavy cream, and ChatGPT's secret ingredient.
  • Stir the mixture until everything is well combined.
  • Pour the mixture over the coffee in the mug.
  • Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
  • Enjoy your delicious AIrish Coffee cocktail!

For the secret ingredient, AI suggests using a homemade spiced syrup made with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. To make the spiced syrup, combine 1 cup of water, 1 cup of granulated sugar, 2 cinnamon sticks, 5 cloves, and 1 teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, then reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool, then strain the syrup through a fine-mesh sieve and store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Use a half-ounce of this spiced syrup for the AIrish Coffee cocktail.

 

All Hallow's Eve

All Hallow's Eve

Mix It Yourself:

Ingredients:
2 oz Plantation Dark Rum
0.5 oz Cinnamon Syrup*
0.5 oz Lemon Juice
1 oz Apple Cider
4 Cinnamon Sticks (for syrup)

Directions:
Shake ingredients over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.

*Cinnamon Syrup: Simmer equal 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water with 4 cinnamon sticks. Let cool for 30 minutes, then strain out the cinnamon sticks. Store in the regridgerator for up to a month.

Allen's Coffee Flip

Allen's Coffee Flip

Mix It Yourself:

2.5 oz Allen's Coffee Brandy
1 Whole Egg
2 Dashes Bitters

Shake without ice to intergrate
ingredients. Add ice, shake
again & double strain into a
chilled glass.  Grated nutmeg
as garnish.

Espresso Martini

Allen's Espresso Martini

Allen's Espresso Martini

Mix It Yourself:

1 oz Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy
2 oz Vanilla Rum

1. Add Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy and Vanilla Rum to a shaker with ice.
2. Shake vigorously and serve straight up or on the rocks. If serving straight up, the glass may be rimmed with nutmeg sugar or cinnamon sugar. Coffee bean garnish optional.

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