Whiskey Recipes

Find cocktail recipes made with whiskey (whisky) scotch, bourbon, irish whisky, canadian whiskey, plus 1000s of drink recipes made with brandy, gin, liqueurs, rum, tequila and vodka. You can also use our handy drink recipe search tool. In addition to drink recipes you will find bartending tips, entertaining suggestions, bar reviews, links to distilleries and more

  • Backyard Barbeque Michelada

    Father’s Day is around the corner and this year mix your Dad up a Backyard Barbeque Michelada, a cocktail created by mixologist Jim Meehan owner of PDT in New York City. He created this unique cocktail as the perfect accompaniment to an evening spent outdoors.

    If you really want to impress Dad, turn him on to the new trend of flasktails. Get him a nice flask, fill it with a Backyard Barbeque Michelda. Dad will … Read more

  • Spring-Time Manhattan

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ parts Maker’s Mark
    ½ parts Maurin Quina Liqueur
    1 bar spoon Stirrings Ginger
    4 dashes Peychauds Bitters
    1 heaping bar spoon of orange marmalade

    Directions:
    Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Fill with ice and shake until frost forms on the tin. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a fresh orange twist.

    Recipe by Josh Lewis (Blush). Courtesy of Maker’s Mark Whisky.… Read more

  • Tin Cup

    This scotch cocktail was created by Andrew Pollard for the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival. Inspired in part by the Pimm’s Cup, this is made for outdoor sipping. It’s a great way to use ginger beer, much like a Dark and Stormy, with a new range of flavors.

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ oz Macallan Fine Oak 10 Year
    ½ oz fresh lime juice
    3 dashes Angostura bitters
    Gosling’s ginger beer
    Mint sprig

    Directions:
    Dry shake … Read more

  • Kentucky Apple Sour

    In honor of the Kentucky Derby, here’s a recipe from our book, DIY Cocktails. Horse racing and bourbon go hand in hand, but you don’t have to be in the stands wearing your best seersucker suit or fancy hat to enjoy a little bit of Kentucky at home!

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ oz bourbon
    ½ oz Grand Marnier
    ½ oz  fresh apple juice
    ½ oz  fresh lemon juice

    Directions:
    Pour all ingredients into a cocktail … Read more

  • Louisville Cocktail

    Dress up your bourbon for Derby day!

    Ingredients:
    2 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
    ½ part Lillet Rouge
    ½ part Lillet Blanc

    Directions:
    Combine ingredients and shake over ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a large orange twist.

    Courtesy of Basil Hayden Bourbon.… Read more

  • Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    (The Peanuts & Cracker Jack Cocktail)

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Wild Turkey 101
    1 oz Frangelico
    1 oz Amaretto
    ¼ oz squeezed lemon juice
    1 pinch salt
    4 oz soda water
    Handful of Cracker Jacks, finely crushed

    Directions:
    Rub half a lemon around the rim of a glass and place into crushed Cracker Jacks to coat the rim. Combine Wild Turkey, Frangelico, Amaretto, lemon juice and salt in a shaker. Mix and strain into a glass … Read more

  • Shot with a Beer Back

    With Tax Day upon us, we thought we’d keep it simple this week. Real easy. Just a shot and a beer. It’s a classic, for sure, designed to ease the pain of writing that check to Uncle Sam. Simply choose your spirit of choice (vodka, tequila, whiskey, fernet, Jägermiester or any of the many, many choices out there) and pair with your favorite beer. In bar lingo, they call this a “beer back.” Not sure … Read more