Cocktail Recipes

Bergamot Negroni

Bergamot Negroni

The Bergamot Negroni is one of my absolute favorite cocktails, and a drink that italicus goes really well in. This cocktail was created by bartender Naren Young around 2019 when...

Bergamot Negroni

The Bergamot Negroni is one of my absolute favorite cocktails, and a drink that italicus goes really well in. This cocktail was created by bartender Naren Young around 2019 when...

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

The Hanky Panky was created by bartender Ada Coleman, who headed up the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel from 1908 until 1925. Coleman, or Coley as she was known by...

Hanky Panky

The Hanky Panky was created by bartender Ada Coleman, who headed up the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel from 1908 until 1925. Coleman, or Coley as she was known by...

White Negroni

White Negroni

Created by bartender Wayne Collins while on a trip to Bordeaux to attend the Drinks International Cocktail Competiton. The story goes that while in a small town liquor store hunting for ingredients...

White Negroni

Created by bartender Wayne Collins while on a trip to Bordeaux to attend the Drinks International Cocktail Competiton. The story goes that while in a small town liquor store hunting for ingredients...

Basil Gimlet

Basil Gimlet

The cocktail was created by bar owner Greg Lindgren when his wife found a similar drink although with a vodka base on the menu of a Boston Restaurant called Via Matta. She reposted the cocktail back...

Basil Gimlet

The cocktail was created by bar owner Greg Lindgren when his wife found a similar drink although with a vodka base on the menu of a Boston Restaurant called Via Matta. She reposted the cocktail back...

Intro To Aperol

Intro To Aperol

Created by Audrey Saunders for the Pegu Club which closed its doors permanently. This is one of my absolute favorite apertivo cocktails.

Intro To Aperol

Created by Audrey Saunders for the Pegu Club which closed its doors permanently. This is one of my absolute favorite apertivo cocktails.

Gin Basil Smash

Gin Basil Smash

Created by Joerg Meyer at El Leon in Hamburg Germany. It was on a trip to New York when Mr. Meyer experienced Dale Degroff’s Whiskey Smash that he came up with this very satisfying riff. Playing the Basil off the...

Gin Basil Smash

Created by Joerg Meyer at El Leon in Hamburg Germany. It was on a trip to New York when Mr. Meyer experienced Dale Degroff’s Whiskey Smash that he came up with this very satisfying riff. Playing the Basil off the...