Featured Summer Recipes

Cool off with these refreshing cocktail recipes perfect for summertime.

Behind The Bar

Salut! I’m Kendall, the author behind Novel Nightcaps.

A creative by trade, I first found craft cocktail-making during the pandemic when my former partner and I started documenting tastings on the since-retired Instagram account Sips From Scripts. I was originally the photographer, but now I’m stepping behind the bar so I can carry on with one of my favorite pastimes—tasting my way through my impressively large cocktail book collection.

Here on this blog you’ll find hundreds of recipes I’ve already tried, along with their histories, tasting notes, and ratings. I have so many favorites, and it’s my hope that you’ll use my experience to find a few reshake-worthy drinks you can revisit year after year too!

Cheers,

Favorite Recipes

Check out a few of my highest-rated cocktail recipes.
Minute To Midnight Cocktail Recipe

Minute To Midnight

The Minute To Midnight is a sparkling wine and brandy-based cocktail recipe that was created by Alex Sukopp, former bartender of Sips From Scripts, for

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Strawberry Serenade Cocktail Recipe

Strawberry Serenade

The Strawberry Serenade is a rum-based cocktail recipe that was created by Kendall of Novel Nightcaps. It was inspired by Mozart Chocolate Strawberry Liqueur for

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Gibson Cocktail Recipe

Gibson

The Gibson is a gin-based cocktail recipe that was created by Walter D.K. Gibson in the 1890s at Bohemian Club in San Francisco, California. This

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Pimm's Cup Cocktail Recipe

Pimm’s Cup

The Pimm’s Cup is a liqueur-based cocktail recipe that was created by James Pimm in London, England. This variation was adapted from The Essential Cocktail

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