Lemon Ginger Smash

2 oz bourbon
2 sugar cubes
1 oz water
2 slices lemon
3 slices ginger, 1/4 inch thick

Muddle all but bourbon. Add ice and bourbon, and shake.  Strain into a cocktail glass filled with crushed ice.

(Thanks to Prateek Tandon for this recipe.)

Whiskey Peach Smash

2 oz bourbon
1 oz curacao
1/2 lemon, quartered
3 peach slices
5 mint leaves

Muddle all but bourbon and one peach slice; add bourbon and ice, and shake well; strain into an iced rocks glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint and the remaining peach slice.

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.

Fizz

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

Combine all but soda with ice and shake; strain into a tall glass; fill with soda water; drink "without hesitation."

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.

Mississippi Punch

2 oz brandy
1 oz Jamaica rum
1 oz bourbon
1/2 oz confectioners' sugar
1/2 oz lemon juice
orange
berries

Shake well; ornament with orange slice and fresh berries. Sip through a straw.

Cold Whiskey Punch

3 oz bourbon or rye
1 tsp powdered sugar with a little water
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp Jamaican rum

Shake with shaved ice, and strain into a punch glass. Garnish with thin slices of lemon and seasonal fruit.

Stiletto

2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz amaretto
1/2 oz fresh lime juice

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Scofflaw

2 oz bourbon or rye
1 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz grenadine
2 dashes orange bitters

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Remember the Maine

2 oz bourbon
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz cherry brandy
2 dashes absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir clockwise; strain; cocktail glass.

Preakness Cocktail

2 oz bourbon or rye
1 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; lemon twist.

John Collins

2 1/2 oz bourbon
1 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
club soda

Shake all but club soda with ice, then strain into an ice-filled highball glass.  Top with club soda and agitate to mix. Garnish with an orange slice and a marasca cherry.

Deadly Sin

2 oz bourbon
1/3 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz maraschino liqueur
1 dash orange bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; orange twist.

Black Rose

2 oz bourbon
1/2 tsp grenadine
2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Stir on ice in rocks glass. Garnish with a flamed lemon peel.

Goodbye Marie, or The Davidson

fat 2 oz Bulleit bourbon
skinny 1/2 oz Marie Brizard Apry
skinny 1/2 oz Carpano Antica Formula sweet vermouth
15 drops Angostura bitters
11 drops Fee Brothers' Old Fashion bitters
10 drops Regans' orange bitters

Prep rocks glass with crushed ice and Regans' orange bitters. Stir; strain; and pour into prepped glass.  Express and discard orange peel.

(Thanks to Kyle Davidson.)

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.

Whiskey sour

2 oz whiskey
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
3/4 egg white (optional)

Shake; Old Fashioned glass; rocks; cherry.