Hot Toddy

2 oz spirit (recommend: dark rum, Cognac, single malt Scotch [esp. if peaty], Irish whiskey, genever, rye, bourbon)
1 tsp demarara sugar
3/4 oz hot water

Stir in an earthenware mug.

Daisy (early 20th c.)

2 oz spirit
1/4 oz lime juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
1 tsp grenadine
1 splash soda water

In a metal mug, combine all but soda with ice, and stir until mug is frosted. Top with soda water. Decorate with fresh fruit and slapped mint. Serve with straws.

Daisy (19th c.)

2 oz spirit
1 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp curacao
soda water

Shake all but soda; strain into a cocktail glass; fill with soda.

Gin Punch

3 oz Holland (or other) gin
2 oz water
2 tsp confectioners' sugar
1/2 oz raspberry syrup
2 tsp lemon juice
2 slices orange
1 piece pineapple

Shake with ice; ornament with fresh berries.

Improved cocktail

2 oz spirit
1 tsp maraschino liqueur
1 tsp syrup
1/2 tsp absinthe
2 dashes bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass or OF with rocks; orange or lemon twist.

Fancy cocktail

2 oz spirit
1/2 oz curacao
1 tsp syrup
2 dashes bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; orange twist.

Sling

1 oz spirit

1 tsp sugar

Stir without ice, and sling.

Old Fashioned

2 oz spirit
1 oz syrup
1-4 dashes bitters

Stir on ice.  Optionally garnish with a citrus twist & peel and/or a marasca cherry.

For more information, see The Libation Bearers.