A tropical blend of rich coconut cream, white rum and tangy pineapple - serve with an umbrella for kitsch appeal
Author: Good Food team
Stir up this classic tequila cocktail for a party using tangy triple sec and lime juice. Don't forget to serve in a salt-rimmed martini glass
Author: Good Food team
This slushy cocktail is best made when strawberries are in season and at their ripest. With just four ingredients you can whip up this thirst quencher...
Author: Miriam Nice
Lipsmackingly sweet and sour, the Cosmopolitan cocktail of vodka, cranberry, orange liqueur and citrus is a good-time in a glass. Perfect for a party
Author: Alice Lascelles
A traditional whisky cocktail with bitters, soda water and a simple orange garnish. Serve in a tumbler with plenty of ice
Author: Good Food team
A classic cocktail recipe for those who like a touch of citrus sweetness. Blend vodka with orange liqueur, cranberry juice and lime, then serve in chilled...
Author: Good Food team
Mixing cocktails may seem intimidating, but it's actually quite intuitive once you understand how to balance the alcohol, sweetness and acidity. In "3-Ingredient...
Author: Alexa Weibel
The old-fashioned is one of the oldest mixed drinks in the cocktail canon. (Original name: whiskey cocktail, which became old-fashioned whiskey cocktail,...
Author: Robert Simonson
A classy cocktail served in an elegant flute - this simple combination of peach purée and Prosecco makes a great start to any celebration
Author: Good Food team
A classic kir is made with aligoté wine and crème de cassis (black currant liqueur), both of which come from the Burgundy region of France. Once you...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Our version of the ultimate classic cocktail is stirred, not shaken. Serve your martini with a twist of lemon, or an olive
Author: Good Food team
We've made hundreds of thousands of bloody Marys over the decades at Prune, with 11 variations, and this classic base mix has been the stalwart, gleaming...
Author: Gabrielle Hamilton
Sometimes it seems there are as many Caesar recipes as there are Canadians of drinking age. The building blocks are usually the same: vodka, hot sauce,...
Author: Robert Simonson
Perhaps watermelon fans already know that a chilled wedge is not the only way to enjoy it. What about drinking it instead? Here, watermelon and strawberries...
Author: Florence Fabricant
There are many ways to make this classic winter drink. Using brown sugar is traditional, but maple syrup is awfully nice, too. Stirring in the butter with...
Author: Rosie Schaap
In case you couldn't help but wonder, this more refined Cosmopolitan is not a robust red but a dusty pink, deeply chilled, and walks the line between sweet...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
This sparkling, citrus cocktail is one to serve at a celebration. Blend clementine juice with vodka, orange liqueur and fizz
Author: Good Food team
Whether sipped from a martini glass, straight up as a shot, or spritzed up with a little club soda, the lemon drop is the quintessential cocktail. Easy...
Author: Edible Times
Author: Jonathan Reynolds
We like this classic vodka cocktail made with fresh cream - the Kahlúa liqueur adds a coffee-infused finish
Author: Good Food team
This flavorsome - and relatively fast - recipe comes from Los Angeles-based bartender Gabriella Mlynarczyk. Pickled onions are the classic garnish for...
Author: Rosie Schaap
Whether you're sick in bed or fresh off the slopes, a hot toddy warms everything up. The classic formula of whiskey, sugar and hot water is like the steamy...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
What's pink, pretty and packs a punch? This rosy riff on sangria, which is loaded with red and pink fruit for a festive, crowd-friendly treat. Be sure...
Author: Rosie Schaap
Refreshing, floral and herbal, the hugo cocktail is perfect for warm summer evenings. Make this simple spritz with prosecco and a dash of gin
Author: Georgina Kiely - Digital food editor, bbcgoodfood.com
More than most cocktails, a properly made brandy crusta requires a little effort. Achieving an even sugar rim on a glass and paring a long lemon twist...
Author: Robert Simonson
Advocaat is a delicious Dutch liqueur with a custard-like flavor. Some call it "Dutch eggnog", but it's thicker than the eggnog served in America. It's...
Author: Vickie Parks
This sweet 50/50 martini was created in the early 1900s by Ada Coleman, the head bartender at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London. It combines...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Verdant and herbaceous, this margarita is slightly more work than the classic, but you can produce it hours in advance. Some cocktail recipes call for...
Author: Alexa Weibel
Recipe video above. The most incredible real strawberry flavour - the ultimate strawberry daiquiri! Skip the ice - it dilutes the flavour. This frozen...
Author: Nagi
This popular Michigan drink, which is thick and creamy and tastes like coffee ice cream, is credited to bartender Jerome Adams, who invented it one night...
Author: Robert Simonson
With the Greek marinated cheese and olives on my mind I couldn't help but think of Ouzo. Ir would be great sipped with either of the above recipes. Here...
Author: Marsha Gardner
The Tom Collins is perhaps the ultimate highball and one of history's most enduring cocktails. It was historically made with Old Tom gin, which is sweeter...
Author: Robert Simonson
I fell in love with rum cream on our first trip to Jamaica. Unfortunately, Sangsters (the Jamaican brand) isn't sold in the US so after going online and...
Author: Jerri Thomas
One of the most exquisite exploitations of the blackberry is accomplished by teaming it with a little booze and presenting it in a sugar-rimmed martini...
Author: Jonathan Reynolds
The piña colada, which originated in Puerto Rico, is an irresistible classic, and an occasion to pull out paper umbrellas - a tiki-culture addition. Just...
Author: Rosie Schaap
Cavas, often blessed with notes of citrus and spring blossoms, are genial sparkling wines, all the more so because of their modest prices. They can be...
Author: Florence Fabricant
The spirit base of this margarita is split between tequila and mezcal, which gives the final drink a deep, complex flavor, and provides an excellent excuse...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
This drink has nothing to do with the cartoon cat and mouse, or Jerry Thomas, the celebrated New York barman of the 1800s, who often boasted of inventing...
Author: Robert Simonson
This is really yummy. If you like a sweet rich liqueur this is for you. Great gift idea too.
Author: barbara lentz
A strawberry margarita is everyone's favorite summer cocktail recipe. This frozen, blended beverage is delicious on a hot day.
Author: Lisa Bryan
A little more dressy than the working-class vodka cranberry. The cosmopolitan is just that, a little sip of sophistication (and a throw-back to the "Sex...
Author: Mark Bittman
Those who know me know that I LOVE SANGRIA! I love to drink it, try it, and make it. It is sweet and smooth. I made this one for a Fundraiser and it was...
Author: Melissa Baldan
This humble Bloody Mary has its roots in a 2000 article by R. W. Apple Jr., who explored the origins of Worcestershire sauce, "perhaps best known as an...
Author: R. W. Apple Jr.
Just when you thought this classic rum and mint cocktail couldn't get any better - grapefruit juice adds a sunshine tang
Author: Cassie Best