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Cocktail Hall of Fame

The following 294 cocktails are the preeminent and best-known of the 6,000+ cocktails on Difford's Guide. Subject to ingredients, these are all cocktails

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20 Best Cocktails by Ingredient

Browse the top 20 cocktails by ingredient

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Cocktail of the Day
14 August 2026

Today is The anniversary of power failures across NE America, so we are drinking a Nuclear Daiquiri.

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Golly Gosh!

A tropical fruity sour with rum-laced layers of funky citrus.

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Limoncello Sour

Could be renamed Summer Sour as this vodka-laced, bright, fresh, zesty sour is best appreciated early on a summer's evening.

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Petrichor

Combining gin botanicals, génépy and amaro, this spirit-forward, herbal cocktail is named after the wet-earth smell, called petrichor, released after

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Newark

A spirituous apple brandy-forward Sweet Manhattan variation with generous splashes of fernet and maraschino liqueur in place of aromatic bitters.

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Molten Steel Flip

Velvety, herbal and indulgent dessert-style cocktail with a rum backbone.

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Sherry Caipirinha

Fino sherry makes a brilliant Caipirinha, which, while lower in alcohol and calories than a cachaça-based Caipirinha, is equally tasty and refreshing.

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Susan's Salad

Cucumber and lime summer freshness with herbal basil and floral elderflower, fortified with a carefree splash of vodka.

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Rhinestone Cowboy

A minty, peachy bourbon sour, invigorated with ginger beer.

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Bellini Margarita

As the name suggests, a peachy Margarita. (I prefer straight-up, but this fruity Margarita is arguably 'peachier' when strained over ice.)

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Brandy Boulevardier

Choose your brandy well (perhaps reach for your finest cognac) and you'll experience a refined Boulevardier/Negroni.

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Saramago

Elderflower liqueur tones and adds floral notes to this Tequila Martini variation.

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21st & ¼ Century

A coconut rum and gentian charged riff on the 20th Century Cocktail.

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S & M (Smoke & Mulberry)

Best made with a smoky mezcal to intertwine with sloe gin's berry fruitiness, subtle layers of herbal vanilla vermouth and delicate bitter chocolate.

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Fat Duck Old Fashioned

A delicately smoky (depending on your mezcal), faintly buttery Tequila Old Fashioned with roasted duck and popcorn notes.

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Suit and Tie

A manzanilla-dried Lychee Martini.

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Boston Flip

A dusting of freshly grated nutmeg completes this satisfying old-school cocktail.

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Smoking Hand

A peated whisky-forward Boulevardier served straight-up with mole bitters adding delicately spiced cacao notes. A deliciously bittersweet aperitivo or

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