Recipes
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Sea Breeze - Vodka, Cranberry & Grapefruit 1980s Highball
The Sea Breeze is a refreshing vodka highball combining cranberry juice and grapefruit juice over ice. Tart berry flavor, bittersweet citrus, and a clean vodka base make this IBA classic especially easy to build at home.
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Gin Basil Smash – Hamburg’s Basil & Lemon Gin Cocktail
The Gin Basil Smash is a bright, herbaceous IBA cocktail that shakes gin with fresh basil, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Created in Hamburg, it delivers fresh citrus, vivid basil flavor, and a crisp botanical finish.
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IBA Tiki - Havana Club Rum, Passion Fruit & Pineapple Cocktail
The IBA Tiki is a tropical rum cocktail built with two Havana Club rums, passion fruit, pineapple, lime, ginger, and a trio of nutty and cherry liqueurs. Served over pebbled ice in a Tiki glass, it combines smoky depth, bright fruit, spice, and layered sweetness.
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Illegal - IBA Mezcal, Overproof Rum & Falernum Cocktail
The Illegal cocktail is an IBA New Era drink combining smoky Espadín mezcal, Jamaican overproof white rum, falernum, Maraschino Luxardo, lime, and simple syrup. Bold agave, funky rum, citrus, and Caribbean spice make this a compact but highly layered shaken cocktail.
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Naked and Famous - Mezcal, Aperol & Yellow Chartreuse Cocktail
The Naked and Famous is an equal-parts mezcal cocktail combining smoky agave, Yellow Chartreuse, bittersweet Aperol, and fresh lime. Herbal, citrusy, smoky, and sharply balanced, this modern classic packs four distinctive flavors into an easy-to-remember 3/4-ounce formula.
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Old Cuban - Aged Rum, Mint & Prosecco Cocktail
The Old Cuban combines aged rum, fresh mint, lime, Angostura bitters, and sparkling wine for a bright, aromatic cocktail with the freshness of a Mojito and the celebratory lift of Prosecco. Rich rum and warm spice sit underneath crisp citrus, herbs, and bubbles.
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Penicillin – Smoky Scotch Honey-Ginger Sour Modern Classic
The Penicillin cocktail combines blended Scotch, fresh lemon, honey syrup, and ginger with a smoky Lagavulin float. This modern-classic Scotch sour balances bright citrus, warming ginger, honeyed sweetness, and peated whisky.
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Pisco Punch - San Francisco Pisco, Pineapple & White Wine Cocktail
Pisco Punch combines pisco, fresh pineapple, lemon, simple syrup, dry white wine, and clove in the current IBA specification. Bright, lightly spiced, and fruit-forward, it carries the legacy of San Francisco's famous Bank Exchange while standing as a distinct modern recipe.
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Russian Spring Punch - Vodka, Cassis & Sparkling Wine Cocktail
Russian Spring Punch combines vodka, fresh lemon, crème de cassis, simple syrup, and sparkling wine in a bright, berry-forward modern classic. Created by London bartender Dick Bradsell, it drinks like a sparkling vodka sour with blackcurrant depth.
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Sherry Cobbler - Amontillado, Palo Cortado & Citrus Cocktail
Sherry Cobbler combines Amontillado, Palo Cortado, sugar, and fresh citrus over crushed ice in one of America's foundational 19th-century mixed drinks. Nutty, bright, lightly sweet, and remarkably refreshing, the modern IBA version keeps sherry firmly at the center.
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Spicy Fifty - Vanilla Vodka, Elderflower & Chili Cocktail
Spicy Fifty combines vanilla vodka, elderflower cordial, fresh lime, honey syrup, and red chili pepper in a modern IBA cocktail created by Salvatore Calabrese. Floral sweetness, citrus, vanilla, and controlled chili heat give this shaken drink its distinctive character.
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Three Dots and a Dash - Rhum Agricole, Falernum & Allspice Tiki Cocktail
Three Dots and a Dash combines rhum agricole, aged rum, falernum, allspice dram, citrus, honey, and Angostura bitters in Donn Beach's World War II-era tiki classic. Layered rum, warm spice, fresh citrus, and crushed ice make it complex without losing its refreshing tropical character.