This Dale DeGroff original recipe shows off bourbon’s charms beautifully.

One of the only cocktails we know of that’s made with a dried-fruit-infused spirit.

A blender drink unlike any other, and an image-changer for sloe gin: It’s not just for embarrassingly named cocktails.

An Old Fashioned variant made grander with the addition of Grand Marnier.

Of course the bourbon matters, but there are few drinks where the ice is so critical.

Sometimes you need a pick-me-up, sometimes you need help relaxing. This drink can go both ways.

Essentially a whiskey sour with a dash of grenadine, we like this one better with rye, but bourbon’s good, too.

There are nearly as many recipes for this most American of cocktails as there have been Derby winners, but having a batch of mint syrup in the fridge makes it easy to mix up a frosty glass anytime....

Orange juice tends to dominate whatever spirit it’s mixed with, but here the bourbon actually stands up to it.

Après ski, or anytime there’s a nip in the air, this citrusy hot toddy—made with bourbon or rye—will warm you up.