Up Cocktails

Preparation Style

For a perfectly chilled cocktail, choose a recipe served "up." These drinks are stirred or shaken with ice before being strained into a glass.

If you're looking for a drink served ice-free in a cocktail, coupe or other stemmed glass or simply want to be free of ice and its diluting effects, check out these cocktails served up. From the Martini to the Kir Royale, find the one that suits you and start mixing.

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

Mexican Martini

The Margarita and Dirty Martini are both beloved cocktails, but what happens when you merge the two? Austin, Texas bar Cedar Door created the Mexican Martini over 40 years ago, and proved that this unlikely combination works.

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

This bright and chocolate-y variation from Bar Flores in Los Angeles combines blanco tequila, Zucca amaro, coffee liqueur, coffee concentrate, honey syrup, and lemon oils.

Siesta cocktail served in a coupe glass and garnished with grapefruit peel, shot against marble backdrop

Developed at Pegu Club in 2006 by Katie Stipe, this bittersweet modern classic and Hemingway Daiquiri riff combines blanco tequila, grapefruit and lime juices, and Campari.

A frozen flip-top bottle filled with gin, standing next to a v-shaped Martini glass showing a Dukes Martini with a lemon twist

Wet Martini in Nick & Nora glass with paisley etching garnished with a lemon twist, on a dark marble background

Bobby Heugel's frozen martini, shown in a martini glass with frozen bottle of extra cocktail in background, next to bowl of olives, cornichons and capers

Bobby Heugel’s Freezer Martini

Hands express orange peel oils over the top of the Longshoreman cocktail

waldorf cocktail in a coupe decorated with etched designs, served on a blue-gray surface

banana daiquiri cocktail on wooden table in front of green leaves

Banana Daiquiri

deep-red bebbo cocktail in a coupe, garnished with a lemon twist and served on a gray surface

A delicate cocktail coupe rests on an elegant metal bar tray. The drink within is lightly orange with a thick white foam head; a slice of orange peel floats on it. The background of the image is almost entirely solid red.

Earl Grey Marteani

spiced eggnog cocktail in a wine glass with fresh nutmeg on top

Pho-King Champ cocktail

devil's margarita cocktail next to limes and red wine bottle

Devil’s Margarita

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

Crystal Ramos Gin Fizz

On a solid blue background, a faceted Collins glass holds a pastel-green drink, topped with foam and a fresh lime wheel resting on the lip of the glass.

Horn of the Bulls

Red-orange Lion's Tail cocktail in a coupe glass

A creamy Eggnog drink fills a rocks glass with a heavy clear base. The drink is garnished with nutmeg and an orange peel, and the background is hazy.

Manhattan cocktail

two kamikaze shots side-by-side on a pink surface

daiquiri cocktail in a coupe with a lime twist garnish

Chrysanthemum cocktail in an etched coupe glass with an orange twist, served on a silver tray

On a white counter with a sky-blue background, a beautiful curved Nick & Nora glass holds a Martini. The drink is slightly cloudy and decked with spots of pepper. A single pepper-stuffed olive is pierced on a silver skewer resting across the mouth of the glass.

CBD Dirty Martini

Samarian Sunset

Brandy Sangaree

Brandy Sangaree

two washington apple shots on a wooden table

Washington Apple Shot

Vesper Martini in a throwback coupe glass with lemon twist, on dark marble background

Trinidad Sour

Cucumber Cleanse cocktail

Cucumber Cleanse

Blood and Sand in a cocktail glass with an orange peel garnish

A petite, elegant cocktail glass holds a dark red drink with a cherry at the bottom, its stem breaking the surface. The background is a dark blue tablecloth.

Remember the Maine

Rob Roy cocktail

Brown Derby cocktail in high-stemmed coupe glass, with a head of foam and orange twist, on a light colored background

Margarita

pisco sour cocktail with three drops of bitters on top, served on a silver tray

Man o' War cocktail with lemon peel and cherry garnish

Sidecar cocktail

Dry Martini in a v-shaped martini glass with lemon twist, and a sidecar on extra Martini in chilled carafe in the background

sazerac cocktail in a crystal-cut glass with a lemon peel garnish

Cosmopolitan cocktail

hand holding the stem of an espresso martini cocktail

Espresso Martini

Reddish-hued French Martini in silver-rimmed coup glass, on bronze tray

old pal cocktail with a lemon twist and blue background

Scofflaw cocktail

Purple-hued Aviation cocktail in a coupe with a cherry garnish

An elegant, thick-stemmed cocktail glass is filled with a hazy yellow drink and garnished with a lemon peel draped over its lip. The background is solid blue.

Amaretto French 75

purple-hued Peeping Tom cocktail in a coupe, garnished with two yellow Peeps marshmallows

toblerone cocktail beside toblerone chocolate bar and honey syrup

red-hued Hot Blooded cocktail in a coupe glass, garnished with heart-shaped orange peels and lime peels on a skewer

two eggnog cocktails with cinnamon sticks and nutmeg garnish

French Harvest cocktail

Last Word cocktail

Greenpoint cocktail in a coupe with lemon peel garnish

ramos gin fizz cocktail with a thick frothy head served in a Collins glass

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

Gimlet cocktail on a circular tray and garnished with a lime wheel

Gin Fizz cocktail in a Collins glass on a marble surface

Revolver cocktail in a coupe glass with an orange peel garnish

Lemon Drop cocktail in a sugar-rimmed glass

Paper Plane cocktail

pink squirrel cocktail in a coupe next to whole nutmeg

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