5 Classic Cocktails Every Man Should Know

By Queuebot in Food & Drink on Jun 13, 2009 at 11:36 pm

The Art of Manliness has a wonderful post on 5 classic cocktails that all men should be familiar with and how to mix them for maximum effect.

There’s been a trend lately to get back to the old way of doing things, especially when it comes to things we ingest. This trend has also entered the world of libations. Drink menus around the country are starting to have more of the old classics included on them. Many mixologists are using these cocktails as starting points for newer versions that take advantage of the plethora of products out there today. Recipe books from classic bars such as the Old Waldorf-Astoria, The Savoy, and the Stork Club are available in reprint editions for the new generation to use. And who can forget Old Mr. Boston? They’ve been printings those books since 1935 and still do to this day.

But you don’t need a recipe book to get started mixing up some of the classic cocktails men have been drinking for decades (and in some cases, more than a century). Here’s how to create the 5 classic cocktails every man should know.

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by msaleem.

Tags: alcohol, Arts, cocktails, cooking, culture, Drinks, manliness

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John
Jun 14th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Make mine an amaretto sour.
raincoaster
Jun 14th, 2009 at 7:22 am
That is a PERFECT list. And I will take one of each, please.
Jeff, College Station, TX
Jun 14th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Cocktails “every man” should know? “Every man who drinks” should be the title. Stereotype alert. Not every man uses drugs such as alcohol because we care about our health and can cope just fine without. How much sense would this make if it were “5 ways to use cocaine” or “5 ways to use weed”?
ted
Jun 14th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
No, Jeff, it would be 5 more places to stick that heroin needle that every whore should know.
Wes
Jun 14th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I’ve got five ways you can pull that stick out of your butt.
lauren
Jun 14th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
What about “five cocktails everyone should know”. Because you might have noticed, women drink too. And are capable of mixing drinks! Shocking. Neatorama is really sucking with this archaic gender shit.
Vonskippy
Jun 14th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Scotch, neat.

Or Ice Cold Vodka with a twist of lemon.

Why Americans always want to put sugar into everything (especially good alcohol) is beyond me.
MadMolecule
Jun 15th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Yes, Vonskippy, all Americans are exactly alike, just like all men and all women and all broad brushes.
Ember
Jun 15th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Oh come ON neatorama. Just as Lauren mentioned, women also happen to like drinks. Enough with all the “manliness” BS, you have loads of female visitors too, and alcohol is just alcohol. The title really should have been “cocktails Everyone Should Know”. Alcohol and mixing drinks isn’t a gender specific thing (no matter what the “art of manliness” says) or only for men, k?

Tsk tsk. Back to the 21st century people.
Dave K
Sep 14th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Seriously, Girls? There is no need to be offended by this. The article links to the Art of Manliness website, that’s why it says “man.” The vast majority of men I know love to feel stronger and bolder and classic. The way we feel when we put on a fine tailored suit, look out at the world, and feel successful. A site like art of manliness is a perfect little retreat a refresher for men. There’s no need to try and take that happiness away because you feel offended. That would just lead to further emasculation, which would only strengthen the cycle already created.

And to Jeff: just chill out, man. We get it, you don’t drink and that makes you better than us. I’ve heard it a million times and it’s never changed my opinion. Oh and btw, many studies have found that people who drink alcohol in moderate amounts have longer lifespans. Sorry, dude. look it up.

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