Easy Cocktail Recipes

The corkscrew cocktail is made from light rum, dry vermouth and peach brandy. Garnish with lime slices, it is served in a chilled cocktail glass.

This potent concoction originated at sea, though probably in the officer’s wardroom rather than the seaman’s quarters. The “Brass Monkey” was the name given to the metal rack on which cannonballs were stored on the mighty men-of-war of the great days of sail.

Named after the scots hero immortalizes by Sir Walter Scott in his 1817 novel, this tasty cocktail is truly a drink fit for heroes.

This merry charmer is a popular classic from the 1930s and has just enough pepper minty crème de menthe to refresh and refuel.

This 1940s-era Champagne cocktail of classic composition is named after the equally stylish photographer Lee Miller, infamous as muse and model for the surrealist artist Man Ray.

There are many fizzy drinks based on the refreshing combination of gin and citrus juice, but this classic is a highball that really hits the spot.

Conjured straight from Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, this infamous martini was James Bond’s cocktail of choice. It was named after Vesper Lynd, Bond’s doomed double-agent girlfriend. The potent cocktail appropriately calls for Russian Vodka and is served with an orange twist to complement the Lillet, a delicious replacement for vermouth. This drink is served in Bond’s preferred glass, a champagne coupe, and of course, it is shaken, not stirred.

Despite the crazy title, the balance between the herbal notes of Gin Campari and the sweet vermouth together with fresh juice is pure sophistication.

The approach may be stylishly minimal, but when fragrant gin, herbal vermouth and sweet melon liqueur come together, these Oriental and Occidental flavors cavort to infuse this cocktail with aromatic abundance.

Ernest Hemingway, seemingly always in need of a hangover remedy, created this drink. This drink, according to its maker, “tart and bitter – reviving and refreshing”.