Know Thyself

-3/4 oz Sazerac 6 year rye
-3/4 oz Cruzan Single Barrel rum
-3/4 oz Paul Masson brandy
1 tsp 2:1 demarara syrup
16 drops Smith-house Berber bitters

Combine and quickly stir with ice, making sure not to dilute the mixture too much.

Whiskey Kiss

1 1/2 oz rye

3/4 oz green Chartreuse

3/4 oz Benedictine

3/4 oz lemon juice

2 dashes Fee's Old Fashion bitters

Shake; strain; cocktail glass; marasca cherry.

Saratoga

1 oz Cognac
1 oz rye
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; float a quarter-wheel of lemon

Prince of Wales

1 1/2 oz rye
1/4 tsp maraschino liqueur
1 oz champagne
1 tsp simple syrup
small square pineapple

Combine and stir all but champagne with crushed ice. Top with champagne and a lemon twist.

Prescription Julep

1 1/2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz rye
1/2 oz simple syrup
mint leaves

Muddle mint with syrup, then add booze and cracked ice. Garnish with a hedge of mint. Serve with a straw. "Repeat dose three or four times a day until cold weather."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Oriental Cocktail

1 1/2 oz rye
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz triple sec
1/2 oz fresh lime juice

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Manhattan (Perfect)

2 oz rye
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1/2 oz dry vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; marasca cherry.

Delmarva Cocktail No. 3

2 oz rye
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 oz amaretto
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Delmarva Cocktail

2 oz rye whiskey

1/2 oz dry vermouth

1/2 oz creme de menthe

1/2 oz fresh lemon juice

mint leaf

Shake; strain; cocktail glass. Garnish with mint leaf.

Ward Eight

2 oz rye
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz orange juice
1 tsp grenadine

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.

Morning Glory

1 oz rye
1 oz Cognac
1/2 tsp curacao
1 tsp simple syrup
1 dash absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters
club soda

Stir with ice, then strain into a chilled Collins glass; top with club soda; stir again with a sugar-coated spoon; lemon twist.

Makeup

1 1/2 oz Wild Turkey 101 rye
1 oz Averna amaro
1/2 oz yellow Chartreuse
2 dashes Regans' orange bitters

Stir; strain into cocktail glass; orange twist.

Thanks to Ricky Gomez.

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.