Jamie Boudreau, one of the nation’s best bartenders (currently at Tini Bigs Lounge, in Seattle), came up with this monster of a Manhattan variant.

You can think of this cocktail as a softer, more well-rounded Black Russian. Rum and brandy replace the vodka.

The Hot Toddy—for centuries, the classic remedy for a freezing-cold night—is, writes cocktail historian David Wondrich in Imbibe!, “one of the clearest signs I know that there is a providential plan to the universe.”...

We created these Web-exclusive drink recipes as a tribute to this year’s Oscar nominees, some of the most talented actors of our time.

This cocktail—single-malt Scotch coupled with sweet, seductive elderflower liqueur—is all alcohol and a bit bad-ass, but a garnish of sliced kumquats gives it a delicate exoticism....

Drawing from the austere female faces of Melissa Leo’s career, this cocktail includes equal parts orange juice and aquavit rounded out by orange liqueur, lime juice, and vanilla....

For a cocktail that looks as aristocratic as Kate Winslet does, start with a mixture of London dry gin and red-currant jelly and top it off with dry sparkling wine.

In honor of Sean Penn’s nomination for Milk, why not add some cream to bourbon and round it out with splashes of amaretto and orange liqueur?

Served in a Martini glass with a twist, the Anne Hathaway presents itself as elegant yet unfussy.

He’s been around for a while, but only recently has he been getting the attention he deserves, rather like a whiskey sour.