Cocktail recipes, measured in millilitres and grams

Alexander

Cognac, dark crème de cacao and cream. Dust with nutmeg.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 21.3%

Amaretto Sour

Boosted with bourbon to balance the sweetness. Silky foam.

4 ingredients · 127 ml · 15.4%

Amarula Espresso Martini

The espresso martini gone South African — marula cream, vodka and fresh espresso.

4 ingredients · 105 ml · 19.1%

Americano

Campari and sweet vermouth lengthened with soda over ice.

3 ingredients · 120 ml · 10.3%

Angel Face

Equal parts gin, apricot brandy and Calvados.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 34.7%

Aviation

Gin, maraschino, lemon and a whisper of crème de violette.

4 ingredients · 80 ml · 29.8%

Bee's Knees

Prohibition-era classic. Honey and lemon make gin shine.

3 ingredients · 104 ml · 23.1%

Bellini

Prosecco and white peach purée. Venice in a flute.

2 ingredients · 150 ml · 7.3%

Between the Sheets

White rum and cognac with triple sec and lemon.

4 ingredients · 110 ml · 30%

Bijou

Gin, sweet vermouth, and Green Chartreuse. Jewel-bright.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 37%

Black Russian

Simple, strong, direct. Vodka and coffee liqueur over ice.

2 ingredients · 90 ml · 33.3%

Bloody Mary

Vodka and tomato juice with lemon and the full savoury spice rack.

4 ingredients · 151 ml · 12.2%

Boulevardier

Bourbon instead of gin. The Negroni's brooding American cousin.

3 ingredients · 105 ml · 28.9%

Bramble

Dick Bradsell's London gin sour with blackberry drizzle.

4 ingredients · 97 ml · 21.1%

Brandy & Coke

The national drink — 'Klippies & Coke'. South African brandy over ice, topped with cola.

2 ingredients · 200 ml · 10%

Brandy Crusta

Cognac, maraschino and curaçao with lemon, in a sugar-crusted glass.

6 ingredients · 88.5 ml · 29.5%

Caipirinha

Cachaça muddled with lime and sugar over crushed ice. Brazil's own.

3 ingredients · 97 ml · 24.7%

Canchánchara

Cuba's oldest cocktail: cane spirit, lime and honey.

3 ingredients · 95 ml · 25.3%

Cane & Cream Soda

Cane spirit and green cream soda — the legendary SA student combo.

2 ingredients · 200 ml · 10.8%

Cape of Good Hope

Cape brandy shaken with Van der Hum tangerine liqueur, lemon and a touch of sugar.

4 ingredients · 85 ml · 25.9%

Cardinale

A drier Negroni — gin and Campari sharpened with dry vermouth.

3 ingredients · 75 ml · 29.6%

Casino

Gin sharpened with maraschino, lemon and orange bitters.

4 ingredients · 61 ml · 31.9%

Champagne Cocktail

A sugar cube soaked in bitters and cognac, lifted with Champagne.

3 ingredients · 101 ml · 15.1%

Chartreuse Swizzle

Green Chartreuse swizzled with pineapple, lime and falernum.

4 ingredients · 110 ml · 24%

Clover Club

Pre-Prohibition gin sour with raspberry and egg white. Pink and frothy.

4 ingredients · 112 ml · 18.3%

Corpse Reviver #2

Equal parts gin, triple sec, Lillet and lemon with an absinthe rinse.

5 ingredients · 121 ml · 22.1%

Cosmopolitan

Vodka, triple sec, cranberry, lime. Bright pink, perfectly balanced.

4 ingredients · 105 ml · 21.4%

Cuba Libre

White rum and cola with fresh lime. Deceptively simple.

3 ingredients · 180 ml · 11.1%

Daiquiri

White rum, lime, sugar. The benchmark for balance.

3 ingredients · 97 ml · 24.7%

Dark & Stormy

Gosling's dark rum poured over ginger beer. Don't stir.

3 ingredients · 195 ml · 12.3%

Dom Pedro

South Africa's beloved dessert cocktail — whisky blended with vanilla ice cream and cream.

3 ingredients · 150 ml · 6.7%

Don's Special Daiquiri

A tiki-era daiquiri with grapefruit and maraschino.

5 ingredients · 105 ml · 24.4%

Dry Martini

Gin-forward, cold, and elegant. The ratio is everything.

2 ingredients · 90 ml · 36.3%

Durban Poison

A green tropical stinger from the east coast — cane spirit, melon liqueur, pineapple and lime.

4 ingredients · 160 ml · 13.3%

Espresso Martini

Vodka, coffee liqueur, fresh espresso. Shake for a thick crema.

4 ingredients · 100 ml · 21%

Fernandito

Fernet-Branca and cola over ice. Argentina's favourite highball.

2 ingredients · 200 ml · 9.8%

French 75

Gin, lemon, sugar, topped with Champagne. Artillery-strength.

4 ingredients · 172 ml · 10.5%

French Connection

Cognac and amaretto over ice. Two ingredients, deep and warm.

2 ingredients · 70 ml · 32%

French Martini

Vodka, raspberry liqueur and pineapple with a signature foam.

3 ingredients · 75 ml · 27.3%

Fynbos Gin & Tonic

A botanical G&T built on Cape fynbos gin, finished with a sprig from the veld.

2 ingredients · 200 ml · 10.8%

Garibaldi

Campari and fluffy fresh orange juice. Bitter meets bright.

2 ingredients · 135 ml · 8.3%

Gimlet

Gin and lime, properly balanced. Shaken or stirred.

3 ingredients · 97 ml · 24.7%

Gin Basil Smash

Gin, lemon and sugar smashed with a fistful of fresh basil.

4 ingredients · 86 ml · 23.8%

Gin Fizz

Gin, lemon and sugar shaken hard and topped with soda.

4 ingredients · 165 ml · 10.9%

Grand Margarita

A Margarita built up with Grand Marnier and a touch of agave.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 26.7%

Grasshopper

Green crème de menthe, white crème de cacao and cream. Dessert in a glass.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 16%

Green Mamba

Bright green and dangerous — cane spirit and blue curaçao turned green with orange juice and lemonade.

4 ingredients · 175 ml · 9.1%

Hanky Panky

Gin and sweet vermouth with a bracing dash of Fernet-Branca.

3 ingredients · 97.5 ml · 28.8%

Hemingway Special

A grapefruit-and-maraschino daiquiri. Papa took his without sugar.

4 ingredients · 130 ml · 22.2%

Horse's Neck

Cognac and ginger ale with bitters and a long lemon peel.

3 ingredients · 161 ml · 10.2%

IBA Tiki

A modern tiki blend of rums, lime, orgeat and orange.

5 ingredients · 120 ml · 27.5%

Illegal

A mezcal sour balanced with falernum and agave.

4 ingredients · 89.5 ml · 24.5%

Irish Coffee

Hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened, under a float of cream.

4 ingredients · 170 ml · 9.4%

John Collins

The whiskey Collins — bourbon, lemon and sugar, topped with soda.

4 ingredients · 150 ml · 12%

Jungle Bird

Dark rum and Campari with pineapple. Surprisingly refreshing.

5 ingredients · 134.5 ml · 17.5%

Kir

Dry white wine with a measure of crème de cassis.

2 ingredients · 100 ml · 12.8%

Last Word

Equal parts gin, Chartreuse, maraschino, lime. Perfectly balanced.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 31.8%

Lemon Drop Martini

Vodka, triple sec and lemon in a sugar-rimmed glass.

3 ingredients · 75 ml · 30%

Long Island Iced Tea

Five white spirits, lemon and a splash of cola. Handle with care.

8 ingredients · 160 ml · 17.8%

Mai Tai

Trader Vic's original. Rum, orgeat, lime — no juice.

5 ingredients · 112 ml · 25.4%

Manhattan

Rye whiskey and sweet vermouth, stirred until very cold.

3 ingredients · 91.5 ml · 32.2%

Margarita

Tequila, lime, triple sec. Shake hard, salt the rim.

3 ingredients · 89 ml · 27.6%

Martinez

The Martini's sweeter ancestor: gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino.

4 ingredients · 96 ml · 28.2%

Mary Pickford

White rum, pineapple, grenadine and maraschino. Jazz-age Havana.

4 ingredients · 135 ml · 19%

Melktertjie (Milk Tart Shot)

South Africa's milk tart as a shooter — vodka, condensed milk and milk, dusted with cinnamon.

3 ingredients · 45 ml · 13.3%

Mimosa

Equal parts Champagne and fresh orange juice. Brunch, sorted.

2 ingredients · 150 ml · 6%

Mint Julep

Bourbon and sugar over crushed ice with a mint bouquet.

3 ingredients · 76 ml · 32.2%

Missionary's Downfall

A frozen tiki cooler of rum, pineapple, mint and honey.

5 ingredients · 101 ml · 18.3%

Mojito

White rum, lime and mint, topped with soda over ice. Cuban classic.

4 ingredients · 145 ml · 11%

Monkey Gland

Gin and orange juice with absinthe and grenadine.

4 ingredients · 86 ml · 24%

Moscow Mule

Vodka and lime, with ginger beer. Cold copper mug required.

3 ingredients · 202 ml · 11.9%

Naked & Famous

Mezcal's answer to the Paper Plane. Smoky equal parts.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 24%

Negroni

Equal parts gin, vermouth, Campari. Stir over ice.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 27%

New York Sour

A whiskey sour crowned with a float of red wine.

5 ingredients · 140 ml · 18.5%

Old Cuban

Audrey Saunders' aged-rum mojito, topped with sparkling wine.

5 ingredients · 158.5 ml · 15.8%

Old Fashioned

The original cocktail. Whiskey, sugar, bitters.

3 ingredients · 71.5 ml · 34.5%

Paloma

Mexico's favourite highball. Tequila and grapefruit, over ice.

5 ingredients · 205 ml · 11.7%

Paper Plane

Sam Ross's equal-parts modern classic. Sour, bitter, boozy.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 18.8%

Paradise

Gin, apricot brandy and orange juice. Silky and fruity.

3 ingredients · 70 ml · 26.9%

Penicillin

Sam Ross again. Scotch, honey, lemon, ginger. Shake and strain.

4 ingredients · 111 ml · 21.6%

Piña Colada

White rum, coconut cream and pineapple, blended smooth.

3 ingredients · 130 ml · 15.4%

Pisco Punch

San Francisco's gold-rush punch of pisco, pineapple and citrus.

4 ingredients · 127 ml · 18.9%

Pisco Sour

South America's most famous cocktail. Frothy, citrusy, addictive.

4 ingredients · 142 ml · 16.9%

Planter's Punch

Dark rum, citrus and juices with grenadine and bitters.

7 ingredients · 156 ml · 11.8%

Pornstar Martini

Douglas Ankrah's bestseller. Passion fruit and vanilla vodka.

4 ingredients · 89.5 ml · 24.5%

Porto Flip

Port and brandy enriched with a whole egg yolk. Nutmeg on top.

3 ingredients · 75 ml · 20%

Rabo de Galo

Cachaça with sweet vermouth and Cynar. Brazil's stirred aperitivo.

3 ingredients · 80 ml · 31.1%

Ramos Gin Fizz

Gin, citrus, cream and egg white whipped to a cloud, topped with soda.

7 ingredients · 185 ml · 9.7%

Remember the Maine

A Manhattan riff with cherry liqueur and a rinse of absinthe.

4 ingredients · 91 ml · 33.2%

Rock Shandy

Half lemonade, half soda, a good splash of bitters. The SA sundowner that keeps you sharp.

3 ingredients · 202 ml · 0.4%

Rooibos Gin & Tonic

A Cape G&T — gin with chilled rooibos tea and tonic, warm amber and gently earthy.

3 ingredients · 200 ml · 10%

Russian Spring Punch

Vodka, lemon and cassis lengthened with sparkling wine.

5 ingredients · 135 ml · 15%

Rusty Nail

Scotch and Drambuie over ice. Two ingredients, all class.

2 ingredients · 70 ml · 40%

Sazerac

Cognac, Peychaud's and sugar in an absinthe-rinsed glass.

4 ingredients · 67 ml · 37.2%

Sea Breeze

Vodka with cranberry and grapefruit over ice.

3 ingredients · 190 ml · 8.4%

Sex on the Beach

Vodka and peach schnapps with orange and cranberry.

4 ingredients · 140 ml · 14.3%

Sherry Cobbler

Sherry, sugar and orange over crushed ice with seasonal fruit.

3 ingredients · 120 ml · 13.5%

Sidecar

Cognac, triple sec and lemon. The template for the sour.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 28.9%

Singapore Sling

Gin, cherry liqueur and a tropical chorus of juice and liqueurs.

8 ingredients · 206 ml · 10.3%

South Side

A gin sour with mint — a Mojito's uptown cousin, straight up.

4 ingredients · 91 ml · 22.5%

Soweto Sunrise

A township twist on the sunrise — vodka and orange juice over a slow-sinking grenadine dawn.

3 ingredients · 175 ml · 9.1%

Soweto Toilet

A cheeky layered SA shooter — banana liqueur with a float of Amarula.

2 ingredients · 30 ml · 18.5%

Spicy Fifty

Vanilla vodka, elderflower and honey with a chilli kick.

5 ingredients · 91 ml · 25.8%

Springbokkie

The green-and-gold layered shooter — peppermint liqueur under a float of Amarula. Rugby fuel.

2 ingredients · 30 ml · 20.5%

Spritz

Prosecco and Aperol with a splash of soda over ice. Aperitivo hour.

3 ingredients · 120 ml · 9.2%

Steelworks

The classic South African non-alcoholic bar drink — kola tonic, bitters, ginger beer and soda.

4 ingredients · 227 ml · 0.4%

Stinger

Cognac and white crème de menthe. Cool and clean.

2 ingredients · 70 ml · 35.4%

Suffering Bastard

Gin and brandy with lime and bitters, topped with ginger beer.

5 ingredients · 176 ml · 13.9%

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila and orange juice with a grenadine sunrise.

3 ingredients · 150 ml · 12%

Three Dots and a Dash

A Donn Beach tiki classic — rum, citrus, falernum and honey.

6 ingredients · 101 ml · 19.9%

Tipperary

Irish whiskey, sweet vermouth and green Chartreuse. Emerald and warming.

3 ingredients · 89 ml · 37.8%

Tom Collins

Gin, lemon, sugar — topped with soda. The definitive highball.

4 ingredients · 172 ml · 10.5%

Tommy's Margarita

Julio Bermejo's two-ingredient riff — agave nectar instead of orange liqueur.

3 ingredients · 105 ml · 22.9%

Toronto

Rye and Fernet — bitter, herbal, perfectly balanced.

4 ingredients · 76.5 ml · 36.1%

Trinidad Sour

The famous inversion — Angostura bitters as the base, with orgeat and rye.

4 ingredients · 112 ml · 23.3%

Tuxedo

A dry Martini dressed up with maraschino, absinthe and orange bitters.

5 ingredients · 65 ml · 29.6%

Umqombothi

Traditional Xhosa and Zulu maize-and-sorghum beer — brewed, not mixed. Served generously and shared.

1 ingredient · 300 ml · 3%

Ve.n.to

An Italian sour of grappa, honey-chamomile and lemon.

4 ingredients · 96 ml · 18.8%

Vesper

Gin and vodka with Lillet Blanc. Bond's own Martini.

3 ingredients · 82.5 ml · 37.9%

Vieux Carré

New Orleans in a glass: rye, cognac, vermouth, Bénédictine, bitters.

6 ingredients · 97 ml · 32.6%

Whisky Sour

Bourbon, lemon, sugar, egg white for foam. Dry shake first.

4 ingredients · 127 ml · 18.9%

White Lady

Gin, triple sec and lemon. Crisp and elegant.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 27.8%

White Russian

The Dude abides. Vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream over ice.

3 ingredients · 97 ml · 23.1%

Zombie

A potent tiki blend of rums, lime, falernum and grenadine.

7 ingredients · 166 ml · 34.3%