10 Retro Cocktails You Have To Try

10 Retro Cocktails That Definitely Deserve a Comeback

Bren Did

Some things are better left in the past (bolo ties, dial-up Internet and your high school prom photos). Others should never have gone away in the first place. Case in point, these delicious old-fashioned tipples that are totally due for a resurgence. Here’s how to make them at home this weekend.

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Brooklyn Supper

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Sidecar

Invented after WWI and purportedly named after the motorcycle vehicle, this drink made with Cognac, Cointreau, lemon and sugar is a sour, boozy delight.

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Bren Did

2/10

Gin Rickey

For an ultra-refreshing sip, you can’t beat this gin, lime and soda water combo. No wonder F. Scott Fitzgerald was so fond of it. (Cheers, old sport.)

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https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/old-fashioned-recipe/

Gimme Some Oven

3/10

Old Fashioned

This whisky cocktail may be Don Draper’s drink of choice, but its origins go back way before the Mad Men era—all the way to the 1880s.

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Cookie and Kate

4/10

The Gimlet

Apparently this gin and lime cocktail came about in the 19th century after a naval doctor recommended sailors drink it to ward off scurvy. To your health!

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Live Laugh Rowe

5/10

Amaretto Sour

This '70s classic gets a bad rap, but ditch the sour mix for simple syrup (it’s easy to make) and you’ve got a perfect mix of sweet and tart.

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French 75

Word to the wise—this Prohibition-era Champagne cocktail is more dangerous than it looks. (Hey, there’s a reason it’s named after the French 75mm gun.)

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The Drink Blog

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Grasshopper

Crème de menthe gives this cocktail its green hue, while crème de cacao and cream make it taste like dessert. A 1920s boozy milkshake? Yes please.

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http://www.inspiredtaste.net/6845/tom-collins/#itr-recipe-6845

Inspired Taste

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Tom Collins

Retro cocktails don’t come much better than this refreshingly sweet gin drink that dates back to 1876. Who was Tom Collins, you ask? Nobody knows.

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Boulder Locavore

9/10

White Lady

This dry gin cocktail with Cointreau was first enjoyed in 1930s London, but we think it would make a perfect modern-day signature wedding drink.

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The Drink Blog

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Brandy Alexander

When you can’t decide between dessert and a drink, give John Lennon’s favorite concoction of brandy, crème de cacao and cream a try. Yum.

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10 Retro Cocktails That Definitely Deserve a Comeback

Sidecar

Gin Rickey

Old Fashioned

The Gimlet

Amaretto Sour

French 75

Grasshopper

Tom Collins

White Lady

Brandy Alexander

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10 Retro Cocktails That Definitely Deserve a Comeback

Sidecar

Gin Rickey

Old Fashioned

The Gimlet

Amaretto Sour

French 75

Grasshopper

Tom Collins

White Lady

Brandy Alexander

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