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.
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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Baby Yoda Grogu The Mandalorian Cocktail Recipe

Baby Yoda

The Baby Yoda is a gin-based cocktail recipe that was created by Kendall of Novel Nightcaps. It was inspired by Grogu from The Mandalorian, a

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The Garden Rose Cocktail Recipe

The Garden Rose

The Garden Rose is a tequila and sparkling wine-based cocktail recipe that was originally created at Gitano Jungle Room in New York City, New York.

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Spring Gin Mule Cocktail Recipe

Spring Gin Mule

The Spring Gin Mule is a gin-based cocktail recipe that was created by Kendall of Novel Nightcaps. It was inspired by Empress 1908 Butterfly Pea

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So Uncivilized Obi-Wan Kenobi Cocktail Recipe

So Uncivilized

The So Uncivilized is a brandy-based cocktail recipe that was created by Kendall of Novel Nightcaps. It was inspired by Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master

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