Take in the flavors of fall with these seasonal cocktail recipes.
Salut! I’m Kendall, the author and home bartender behind Novel Nightcaps.
I’ve spent the past few years tasting my way through an ever-growing library of cocktail books—chasing down both the classics and the curiously-odd concoctions. Along the way, I’ve discovered that every drink tells its own unique story in a glass, and by sharing my tastings, I hope to help other enthusiasts find recipes they want to make again and again each season too, while making the world of craft cocktails a little more approachable to everyone.
Here on my website, you’ll find hundreds of recipes I’ve tried, including several originals, along with historical facts, ingredient lists, instructions, and honest reviews.
Cheers,
Check out a few of my highest-rated cocktail recipes.
A whiskey-based St. Patrick’s Day cocktail recipe first published on Liquor.com
The Airmail is a rum and sparkling wine-based cocktail recipe that was first published in Esquire’s Handbook For Hosts in 1949. This variation was adapted
The Park Avenue is a sparkling wine and brandy-based cocktail recipe that was created by Nick Mautone. This variation was adapted from his book The
A Star Wars cocktail from Oga’s Cantina at Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge theme park that calls for tart blackcurrant gin mixed with huckleberry, elderflower, hibiscus grenadine,
A gin-based cocktail recipe created in 2023 by Kendall Williams of Novel Nightcaps in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
A botanical spirit-based cocktail recipe created by H. Joseph Ehrmann in San Fransisco, California
Get geeky with these cocktail recipes inspired by fictional worlds.
Learn how to make homemade simple syrups, shrubs, and spreads to use in cocktails.
Find out what I thought of different cocktail recipe books as I tasted my way through them.
