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Syrups

Simple Syrup

Equal parts sugar and water — the bar's standard sweetener because it mixes instantly into cold liquid. Half the catalog's sours depend on it.

A syrup that appears in 49 of the catalog's 255 drinks.

In the catalog

Arnold Palmer The golfer's drink
Daiquiri Three things. Done right
Espresso Martini Date night fuel
Long Island Iced Tea Five spirits walk in
Amaretto Sour Sweet, almondy, divisive
Bramble Gin in a berry patch
Eggnog Holiday classic
French 75 Champagne with gin permit
Hurricane New Orleans in curves
Limeade Lemonade's sharper cousin
Mai Tai Tiki done properly
Mint Julep Bourbon on a porch
New York Sour Sour in a wine cape
Pink Lemonade Circus tent classic
Whiskey Sour The teaching whiskey
Eastside Cool as a cucumber
Gimlet Gin and lime, Navy
Gin Basil Smash Garden with attitude
Gin Fizz Brunch in tall glass
Jungle Bird Tiki gets bitter
Lime Rickey Col. Rickey's sober kin
NA Espresso Martini Espresso buzz, no booze
Nojito Mojito, rum optional
Old Cuban Mojito with champagne
Orangeade Southern porch classic
Pisco Sour Peru's egg-white opus
Planter's Punch Jamaica's afternoon
Saturn Gin goes full tiki
Sherry Cobbler Victorian afternoon
Sloe Gin Fizz Pink, fizzy, mysterious
South Side Mojito's gin cousin
Tom Collins Lemonade for adults
Vodka Gimlet Gimlet, vodka edition
Whiskey Smash Julep's bright sibling
Brandy Crusta The original sour
Champs-Élysées Sidecar with Chartreuse
Fish House Punch 1732 Philadelphia
Fog Cutter Tiki's death wish
Hotel Nacional Special Havana in a glass
John Collins Tom Collins gone bourbon
Lion's Tail Bourbon meets allspice
Pisco Punch Gold Rush in a glass
Ramos Fizz Twelve-minute arm workout
Russian Spring Punch Vodka, berries, regret
Siesta Margarita meets Campari
Tequila Sour Margarita undressed
Toronto Fernet's Manhattan moment
Brandy Milk Punch French Quarter brunch
Illegal Margarita, smoke alarm

From the reading room

The six templates Six drinks, and how to read the rest