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Whether sweet, fruity and smoky to bitter, sour, savory and spicy, there's a cocktail recipe to fit the flavors you're looking for. Check out all the options and get mixing to find your new favorite.

Three Jerk Spiced Bloody Marys in ice-filled highball glasses with jerk spice rim and celery leaf garnish, shot on wooden surface with jerk seasoning, limes, and hot sauce

Jerk-Spiced Bloody Mary

This big-batch Bloody Mary recipe from award-winning author and food journalist Toni Tipton-Martin utilizes sweet-hot spices while swapping rum for vodka, creating a Southern- and Caribbean-style twist on the classic.

Claret Cup cocktail in an ornate retro wine glass with grapefruit slice garnish

Adapted from a 1910 Recipe by Bertha L. Turner, this take on the classic Claret Cup from Toni Tipton-Martin combines infused red wine and Champagne for an effervescent fruit-forward drink guaranteed to convert Sangria lovers.

Clover Leaf cocktail in stemmed coupe glass on red tray, with single mint leaf garnish floating in foam

This recipe from James Beard Award-winning culinary historian and journalist Toni Tipton-Martin is a modern take on a century-old relative of the Clover Club cocktail, utilizing a base of gin and Chambord to create a berry-forward delight.

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Emerson cocktail, pale orange, in a coupe glass with a maraschino cherry on a metal skewer as garnish

Champs-Elysees cocktail in ornate, gold-rimmed cocktail glass with lemon twist, on dark marble background

Champs-Élysées

Bushwick cocktail, pale brown, in stemmed coupe glass with flower etchings

Lychee Rose cocktail at Spago Beverly Hills

Cadillac Margarita in rocks glass with half a salt rim, and Grand Marnier float

Cadillac Margarita (El Cadí)

Close-up of Ramos Melon Fizz cocktail with heavy foam and metal straw, shot in Collins glass

Ramos Melon Fizz

Terroir Old Fashioned in ornate rocks glass with honeycomb on top, on Overstory cocktail napkin

Terroir Old Fashioned

Stone Fruit Sour in footed Irish Coffee glass with thick layer of egg white foam on top

Stone Fruit Sour

Boothby cocktail in ornate coupe glass with etched gold rim, garnished with maraschino cherry

Manhattan Transfer cocktail in vintage style Nick & Nora glass, with orange twist garnish on rim

Manhattan Transfer

Bay Ridge cocktail in a gold-rimmed Nick & Nora glass, garnished with an orange twist, on a dark marble background

Illustration of Whiskey Sour with ice cubes in rocks glass, with speared cherry and orange wedge garnish, against gray background

The 15 Best Cocktails to Make if You Like Whiskey Sours

Horsefeather cocktail, light yellow, in Collins glass filled with ice and lemon wedge garnish

Fanciulli cocktail in ornate coupe glass with leaf-like engraving

Scotch Sour with egg white foam on top, in a rocks glass with single large ice cube, and orange twist garnish

Manhattan cocktail illustration against a grey background.

15 Cocktails to Make If You Love Manhattans

Algonquin cocktail in ornate curved coupe glass, with pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry on skewer as garnish

Bright green Yuzu Midori Highball in coupe glass on bar top, with thick white foam and flower garnish

Yuzu Midori Sour

Sour cocktails against a yellow background with bubbles

10 Sour Cocktails to Make Right Now

Frozen Pina Colada in curved hurricane glass with blended ice, garnished with pineapple wedge, leaves, and a maraschino cherry

Frozen Piña Colada

El Pepino cucumber margarita cocktail in rocks glass with a spicy salt rim, garnished with three cucumber slices, on white marble background

Illustration of hand holding a red Negroni cocktail in rocks glass with ice cube and orange peel against pink background

15 Cocktails to Make If You Love Negronis

Mexican Martini cocktail in a large coupe glass with lime wedge and olive garnish.

Mexican Martini

Rosita cocktail in rocks glass with single large ice cube and lemon twist, on blue-metal background

Tequila Espresso Martini served in Nick and Nora glass with thick foam, garnished with three espresso beans and shot against tan background

Tequila Espresso Martini

Campari Spritz Recirc

Neon green Greenhorn cocktail in Nick & Nora glass, with green maraschino cherry at bottom, on marble background

banana daiquiri cocktail on wooden table in front of green leaves

Banana Daiquiri

Spicy Margarita in ice-filled rocks glass with half salt rim and jalapeno coin garnish, shot on wooden surface

Spicy Margarita

Irish Coffee Cocktail in glass mug next to a jar of cream

Daiquiri in coupe glass with light foam and lime twist on top, on wood counter

Deep red Bloody Caesar cocktail with lime and celery garnishes

Forbidden Sour cocktail with a cherry and orange slice, served on a silver tray

Negroni Sbagliato

Negroni Sbagliato

fuzzy navel cocktail in a highball glass with a green-and-white straw

Frozen strawberry daiquiri in stemmed margarita glass, with purple orchid flower garnish, on blue background

Strawberry Daiquiri

Non alcoholic Negroni

Non-Alcoholic Negroni (NAgroni)

CBD Spritz cocktail on a wooden coaster, garnished with a grapefruit slice and straw, served next to a Sprig CBD can

darkside cocktail in a stemmed glass, garnished with a skewered cherry

red-colored Rosemary Mezcal Negroni cocktail in a rocks glass, garnished with a lit rosemary sprig releasing a wisp of smoke

Rosemary Mezcal Negroni

Negroni cocktail with a 3/4 angle view. one large ice cube sits in a thin-glassed tumbler. a large wide angled swath of orange peel sits on the cocktail's ice cube

Trinidad Sour

bright-red picon punch cocktail in an Irish Coffee glass over ice, garnished with a lemon peel and served on a round silver tray

Americano cocktail

bicicletta cocktail in a double rocks glass with ice and orange slices, served on a wooden coaster

boulevardier cocktail over one large ice cube and with an orange peel garnish

Revolver cocktail in a coupe glass with an orange peel garnish

Aperol Spritz

Set the New Year on Fire cocktail in a collins glass, garnished with a flaming lime shell

Set the New Year on Fire

An elegant, faceted rocks glass holds a vividly golden elixir with large cubes of ice. A single trimmed lemon peel and a small mint sprig garnish the drink, which rests on a wooden bar tray.

Wormhole Warrior

Camparinha cocktail

Winter Sour cocktail in a cocktail glass, layered with red at bottom and a white frothy top, garnished with a rosemary sprig

Hanky Panky cocktail in a coupe glass with an orange peel garnish

Vibrant red Mezcal Negroni in etched rocks glass on marble background, with orange garnish

Toronto cocktail

Qui-Gon Gin-Singer

A tall glass coffee mug rests on a wooden table. The mug hold dark black coffee with a thick layer of white foam dusted with nutmeg.

The Dead Rabbit Irish Coffee

A clear tea mug filled with a milky green cocktail surrounded by barware and scattered sesame seeds

Matcha-Sesame Punch

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