Six Cocktails Every Home Bar Should Master

You do not need a hundred recipes. Six drinks, built well, cover nearly every mood and every guest.

The six

Margarita: 2 oz agave spirit, 1 oz fresh lime, 0.75 oz agave syrup. Shake hard, fresh ice. Old Fashioned: 2 oz whiskey, a bar spoon of demerara syrup, two dashes of bitters, orange twist. Paloma: 2 oz agave spirit, half an ounce of lime, grapefruit soda, pinch of salt. Espresso Martini: 1.5 oz vodka, 1 oz fresh espresso, 0.75 oz coffee liqueur, shaken hard. Bee's Knees: 2 oz gin, 0.75 oz lemon, 0.75 oz honey syrup, served up. Whiskey Sour: 2 oz whiskey, 0.75 oz lemon, 0.75 oz simple, egg white optional.

The secret is the base

Every one of these is three or four ingredients, which means the spirit is doing most of the work. Upgrade the bottle and the whole drink levels up - that is why we build our kit around small-producer spirits chosen specifically to outpour the big names.

Must be 21+. Please enjoy responsibly.