Drinks for Nightcap.
32 recipes
Toronto
A Toronto stirs rye whiskey, fernet, gum syrup and aromatic bitters into a firm, bittersweet cocktail with an expressed orange peel.
Eggnog
Eggs, sugar, cream and spirit, aged in the fridge until it turns silky. Made properly and left alone for a month, it…
Mulled Wine
Red wine warmed with citrus and spice. Cheap wine made better by heat — which is exactly why the Romans invented it.
Hot Buttered Rum
Dark rum, hot water and a spoonful of spiced butter batter that melts into it. Richer than it sounds and better than…
Maple Old Fashioned
An Old Fashioned with maple syrup instead of sugar. One substitution, and the drink turns autumnal without losing its shape.
Hot Toddy
Whiskey, honey, lemon and hot water. The oldest remedy in the book, and a genuinely good drink if you stop treating it…
Boulevardier
A Negroni built on bourbon instead of gin. Warmer, rounder, and the better choice when it is cold out.
White Russian
Vodka, coffee liqueur and cream. A Black Russian with the edges rounded off, and a film career most cocktails never get.
Irish Coffee
Hot coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar and a collar of unwhipped cream you drink straight through. Made right, it is a dessert and…
Sazerac
Rye, Peychaud's and sugar in an absinthe-rinsed glass, with no ice in the finished drink. New Orleans in a rocks glass.