Five Classic Cocktails for the Young and Fabulous

Wine is great, but sometimes you want to mix it up a bit. The return of the cocktails from days before – the Negroni, Sazarac, Manhattan  and even the Martini should be recognized. These are all timeless cocktails, but sometimes you want to mix it up. Here are a couple of drink recipes for those who want to feel like they are in the Great Gatsby.

The Manhattan

• 2 oz. rye whiskey
• 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
• dash of angustora bitters
• cherry to garnish

Shake ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice, strain into martini glass, garnish with a cherry and enjoy!

The Sazarac

• 3 oz. rye whiskey
• 3/4 oz symple syrup (equal parts sugar and water)
• Peychard bitters
• Absinthe
• lemon twist

Coat old fashioned glass in a thin layer of absinthe, run lemon twist around rim of glass. Shake together whiskey, simple syrup, and bitters, strain into glass.

The Negroni

• 2 oz Gin
• 2 oz Campari
• 2 oz Sweet Vermouth
• orange twist for garnish

Shake ingredients together with ice, strain into cocktail glass and garnish.

The Martini

• 3 oz gin
• 1 1/2 oz dry vermouth
• green olive for garish

Shake ingredients together with ice, strain into cocktail glass, and stick toothpick through olive for garnish.

The Anisette

• 1 1/2 oz gin (we used Death’s Door gin)
• 1/2 oz Pernod or anisette
• Splash of green chartreuse
• Splash of lime
• 1/4 tsp. powdered sugar
• Fennel for garnish

Shake first five ingredients together with ice, strain into cocktail glass, garnish with fennel.

What is your favorite classic cocktail? Share your tips in the comments section.

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