Top 21 Cocktail Recipes Every Man Should Know How to Make

Men's Whiskey Why men's drinks? Some of those fruity cocktails might require you to turn in your man-card! JK the men on our team love cocktails too. It's a debatable topic, but one of the main unwritten rules of a man's drink is that it shouldn't be sweet. The best cocktails for men are usually brown or clear in color. If you’re thinking of ordering a pina colada or some fruity drink, be prepared to hand over your man card. Fruity flavors and colorful drinks are a big no-no! Although, alcoholic content isn’t the largest factor in most manly drinks, it is still a big factor. Since many men have asked us for a list of the most manly drinks, so they can still keep their man-card, below we have compiled this list of the 20 most manly drinks.

Top 20 Most Manly Drinks


Absinthe Cocktail Recipe

1. Absinthe Cocktail

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 oz - Deva® absinthe
3 dashes - benedictine herbal liqueur
2 dashes - bitters
1 oz - water
Directions
Shake well with cracked ice. Strain into cocktail glass.
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Bloody Mary Recipe

2. Bloody Mary

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 oz - Smirnoff® No. 21 Vodka
3 oz - tomato juice
2 red hot - sauce
2 green hot - sauce
1 dash - Worcestershire sauce
0.5 oz - lemon juice
1 pinch - salt
1 pinch - peppers
1 stalk - celery
Directions
Add Smirnoff No.21 Vodka, tomato juice, red hot sauce, green hot sauce, worchester sauce, lemon juice, pinch of salt, pinch of pepper.

Pour back and forth between two mixing glasses.

Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.

Garnish with celery stalk.

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Boilermaker Recipe

3. Boilermaker

(Beer & Ale)

Ingredients
2 oz - whiskey
10 oz - beer
Directions
Fill shot glass with whiskey. Drop full shot glass into mug o' beer. Drink immediately, enjoy.
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Brandy Alexander Recipe

4. Brandy Alexander

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz - brandy
1 oz - dark creme de cacao
1 oz - half-and-half
1/4 tsp grated - nutmeg
Directions
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the brandy, creme de cacao, and half-and-half. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with the nutmeg.
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Dark 'n Stormy Recipe

5. Dark 'n Stormy

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
2 oz - Gosling's® Black Seal rum
4 oz - ginger beer
Directions
Mix ingredients together in an old-fashioned glass over cracked ice, and serve.
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Dry Martini Recipe

6. Dry Martini

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 2/3 oz - gin
1/3 oz - dry vermouth
1 - olive
Directions
Stir gin and vermouth with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a cocktail glass, add the olive, and serve.
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Godfather Recipe

7. Godfather

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz - Scotch whisky
3/4 oz - amaretto almond liqueur
Directions
Pour ingredients into an old-fashioned glass over ice and serve.

*Bourbon may be substituted for scotch, if preferred.
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Jack and Coke Recipe

8. Jack and Coke

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
2 oz - Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
10 oz - Coca-Cola®
Directions
Pour Jack Daniel's into large glass filled with ice and top off with Coke. Stir lightly.
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Mint Julep Recipe

9. Mint Julep

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
4 fresh - mint
2 1/2 oz - bourbon whiskey
1 tsp - powdered sugar
2 tsp - water
Directions
Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig. Serve with a straw.
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Mojito Recipe

10. Mojito

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1.25 oz - Captain Morgan® Original spiced rum
12 - mint
1 tbsp - sugar
0.5 oz - lime juice
2 oz - soda
Directions
Place mint leaves in bottom of glass. Add crushed ice, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, sugar, and lime juice, and muddle. Add soda water and garnish with mint leaves.
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Negroni Cocktail Recipe

11. Negroni Cocktail

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 oz - gin
1 oz - sweet vermouth
1 oz - Campari® bitters
Directions
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass 3/4 filled with cracked ice. Add a splash of soda water if desired. Garnish with a half slice of orange.
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New Fashioned Recipe

12. New Fashioned

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
2 oz - bourbon whiskey
1 oz - sweet vermouth
1 dash - bitters
1 splash - soda water
4 fresh - basil
2 - strawberries
1 raw - sugar
Directions
In a pint glass, muddle fresh basil, one strawberry, sugar, and bitters. Add ice along with bourbon and vermouth and gently swirl to mix and chill. Dump(don't strain) mixture into an old-fashioned glass - add more ice if needed. Garnish with remaining strawberry and serve.
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Painkiller Recipe

13. Painkiller

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
2 oz - Pusser's® dark rum
1 oz - cream of coconut
4 oz - pineapple juice
1 oz - orange juice
Directions
Shake or stir ingredients, and pour over ice in a tall glass. Sprinkle nutmeg on top, and serve,
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Pisco Sour Recipe

14. Pisco Sour

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
3 parts - pisco brandy
1 1/2 parts - lemon juice
1 - 2 tbsp - sugar
Directions
Add all ingredients to a mixer with ice. Shake well (until ice is melted), and serve in a cocktail glass.
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Rattlesnake Cocktail Recipe

15. Rattlesnake Cocktail

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz - blended whiskey
1 tsp - lemon juice
1/4 tsp - anis liqueur
1/2 tsp - powdered sugar
1 - egg
Directions
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
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Rusty Nail Recipe

16. Rusty Nail

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz - Scotch whisky
1/2 oz - Drambuie® Scotch whisky
1 twist - lemon
Directions
Pour the scotch and drambuie into an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Garnish with the lemon twist.
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Sazerac Recipe

17. Sazerac

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 tsp - Ricard® pastis
1/2 tsp - superfine sugar
2 dashes - Peychaud® bitters
1 tsp - water
2 oz - bourbon whiskey
1 twist - lemon
Directions
Pour ricard into a glass and swirl around to coat the glass; discard any excess. Place the sugar, peychaud bitters, and water into the glass and muddle with the back of a teaspoon. Almost fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the bourbon over the ice cubes, add a twist of lemon peel, and serve.
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Tom Collins Recipe

18. Tom Collins

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
2 oz - gin
1 oz - lemon juice
1 tsp - fine sugar
3 oz - club soda
1 - Maraschino cherry
1 slice - orange
Directions
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a glass full of ice and add club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and orange slice.
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Vesper Recipe

19. Vesper

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
3 oz - Gordon's® gin
1 oz - vodka
1/2 oz - Kina® Lillet Blanc wine
Directions
Shake well until ice cold, strain into a deep champagne goblet. Add a thin slice of lemon-peel.
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Whiskey Manhattan Recipe

20. Whiskey Manhattan

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
1 1/2 oz - whiskey
1 1/2 oz - sweet vermouth
Directions
Pour into an old-fashioned glass and serve.
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Whiskey Sour Recipe

21. Whiskey Sour

(Cocktails)

Ingredients
2 oz - blended whiskey
juice of 1/2 - lemons
1/2 tsp - powdered sugar
1 - cherry
1/2 slice - lemon
Directions
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
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