Coquito, which means "little coconut" in Spanish, is an eggnog-like mixture of coconut milk, eggs, sweetened condensed milk and rum or pitorro, a sort of moonshine rum. Coconut and rum cocktails are made...
Fernand Petiot, who was the bartender at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in the 1930s, took credit for zapping tomato juice and vodka with Worcestershire sauce, lemon, salt and pepper. He moved to the King...
In this recipe, the smoky Scotch makes the eggnog more complex and gives it a savory taste, which goes nicely with the caramelized flavor of the brown sugar. If you're wary of using raw eggs, here's a...
This simple cocktail, basically a Negroni made with whiskey instead of gin, dates back to the late 1920s, but has recently enjoyed a comeback in bars across the country. It even inspired the name of the...
As it simmers, this traditional Swedish mulled wine will fill your home with the scent of burnt orange peel, cardamom and heady sweet wine. It is just the thing to sip on a winter's night as your toes...
This simple four-ingredient cocktail is made by muddling a handful of fresh, sweet cherries, lime and simple syrup and topping it with a few splashes of rum. It's a perfect midsummer's night cocktail....
This tiki drink, believed to have been invented at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton in 1978, has recently lurched from obscurity to ubiquity. It is a favorite among mixologists, and a natural for home bartenders,...
While Americans content themselves with Rudolph and Frosty, rural Austrians revere a more outré member of the holiday pantheon: Krampus, the malevolent goat-horned demon. A pre-Christian holdover, he...
Maksym Pazuniak, who has tended bar at Cure in New Orleans and The Counting Room in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is a devotee of challenging tastes. Bitter Coffee, a hot, creamy concoction suited to the winter...
Tonia Guffey, the head bartender at Dram in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, said he was inspired to create this holiday drink "by those chocolate oranges you get from your mom for Christmas every year and you...
A signature drink from the Manhattan restaurant Marea, this concoction was meant to evoke an underwater garden in a glass. It uses grappa, lemon-flavored Acqua di Cedro liqueur, passion fruit and preserved...
Lynn House, most recently of the Chicago bar Blackbird, drew on her Southern background for this rich cocktail. "One of my greatest memories as a child was making pies with my grandmother for the holidays,"...
This drink comes from the now-closed Martini House in St. Helena, Calif. It is a blend of Aviation gin, St.-Germain, lemon juice and soda that is refreshing, not too tart or sweet. It was served at the...
This homemade liqueur is the perfect addition to many a beachy cocktail, served in frosty glasses and sipped on a porch at sunset. The margarita, the Cosmopolitan and the ever-dangerous Lemon Drop are...
This holiday drink is "Bob Hope's Christmas in Hawaii" in a glass: a tiki-like creation with some spice, owing to the rum and allspice dram, and tropical notes from the mint and lime. Its creator, Jon...
Jack McGarry, a co-owner of the Dead Rabbit bar in Lower Manhattan, is so particular about his Irish coffee that he arranged a search for the best cream available in the Northeast. He settled on Trickling...