This site started as a way to share a cocktail recipe book I'd been building for myself — a collection of classics, deep cuts, and a few originals that actually turned out well. At some point it made more sense to put it online than to keep texting people PDF links.
The whole point of this place is to be the opposite of every other recipe site on the internet. No ads. No 800-word story about how a margarita reminds me of a summer in Tuscany. No pop-ups asking you to subscribe to a newsletter. Just the drink, the ingredients, and how to make it.
I'm a home bartender who got obsessive about it. I've made some genuinely terrible drinks along the way — the first attempts at creating the Sam No. 5 were written on a notecard full of scribbles, crossed-out ideas, and questionable judgment. But when a great drink finally comes together, it's worth it.
If you find a drink here that becomes your go-to, or you continue to come back to this site for new recipes, I've done my job. Cheers.
My first original that didn't taste terrible. A riff on the Corpse Reviver No. 2 — floral, citrus, and tart. Named after the five ingredients. Find it on the Recipes page under Gin.