Top 100 Cocktails of All Time
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Top 100 Cocktails of All Time

Top 100 cocktails ranked — from classic Martinis and Negronis to modern bartending innovations and tiki drinks. Every spirit, occasion, and skill level covered.

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Negroni

Negroni

Top classic cocktail. Equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari — a bittersweet aperitivo invented in Florence in 1919 that has conquered every cocktail menu in the world.

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Old Fashioned

Top whiskey cocktail. Bourbon or rye, sugar cube, Angostura bitters, and orange peel — the original cocktail definition and the most ordered classic cocktail at every bar.

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Martini (Dry)

Martini (Dry)

Top sophisticated cocktail. Gin and dry vermouth, stirred and strained — 'Shaken, not stirred' is wrong, but James Bond made it the most aspirational drink in history.

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Margarita

Margarita

Top tequila cocktail. Blanco tequila, Cointreau, fresh lime — the world's most ordered cocktail and the benchmark test for any bar's quality and freshness.

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Espresso Martini

Espresso Martini

Top coffee cocktail. Vodka, espresso, coffee liqueur — Dick Bradsell's 1980s creation has had a global renaissance and is the most ordered contemporary cocktail worldwide.

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Aperol Spritz

Aperol Spritz

Top summer cocktail. Prosecco, Aperol, and soda over ice — Italy's most exported cocktail culture moment and the orange drink that took over every outdoor terrace.

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Daiquiri

Daiquiri

Top rum cocktail. Rum, lime juice, sugar — a perfect three-ingredient cocktail where quality of ingredients is everything. The cocktail hemingway made famous in Havana.

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Whisky Sour

Top sour cocktail. Bourbon, lemon juice, sugar, and a foamy egg white — the sour template that applies to every spirit and spawned thousands of cocktail variations.

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Paloma

Paloma

Top grapefruit tequila cocktail. Tequila, grapefruit soda, lime, and salt — Mexico's national drink is more popular than the Margarita in its home country.

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Manhattan

Manhattan

Top rye whiskey cocktail. Rye or bourbon, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters — stirred, not shaken, with a maraschino cherry. Wall Street's drink of choice since 1874.

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