Julio Bermejo created this at Tommy's Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco in the 1990s. By replacing Cointreau with agave syrup and insisting on 100% agave tequila, he created a purer,…
May 10, 2026 · 1 min read
One of the most visually striking cocktails ever created. The grenadine sinking through the orange juice creates a…
More popular than the Margarita in Mexico itself, the Paloma is a refreshing, effervescent tequila cocktail. The bittersweet…
The world's most popular tequila cocktail — and with good reason. The Margarita is a perfect triangle of…
Pat O'Brien's bar in New Orleans created the Hurricane during World War II to use up surplus rum.…
Born at the Soggy Dollar Bar in the British Virgin Islands, where patrons had to swim to shore…
Donn Beach created this potent tiki classic in the 1930s and famously limited guests to two per person.…
Follow the Caribbean rhyme: One of sour (lime), Two of sweet (juices), Three of strong (rum), Four of…
Born around 1900 during the Spanish-American War, when American soldiers mixed rum with the newly arrived Coca-Cola and…
Victor 'Trader Vic' Bergeron created the Mai Tai in 1944 in Oakland, California. His friend from Tahiti tasted…
Bermuda's national drink, and one of the only cocktails that's actually trademarked (by Goslings Rum). The dramatic visual…
Puerto Rico's national drink since 1978. The Piña Colada was created at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan…
Don't confuse this with a frozen blended drink — the classic Daiquiri is a thing of pure elegance.…
Havana's gift to the cocktail world. Ernest Hemingway famously drank his at La Bodeguita del Medio, and the…
The 'mistaken Negroni' — created when a bartender accidentally grabbed Prosecco instead of gin. The sparkling wine makes…
A Prohibition-era classic whose name was 1920s slang for 'the best.' The honey syrup was designed to mask…
Created by the legendary Dick Bradsell in London in 1984, the Bramble captures the essence of picking blackberries…
A Prohibition-era cocktail from the Detroit Athletic Club, lost for decades until bartender Murray Stenson rediscovered it at…
The Aviation's stunning sky-blue color comes from crème de violette, which was nearly impossible to find for decades,…
Named after the powerful French 75mm field gun of World War I — because it hits you with…
Dating back to the 1870s, the Tom Collins was born from an elaborate hoax — 'Have you seen…
Immortalized in Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye — 'A real Gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime…
Count Camillo Negroni walked into Caffè Casoni in Florence in 1919 and asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to strengthen…
The world's most popular long drink originated as a medicinal remedy — British soldiers in India mixed quinine-laden…