Embrace the winter spirit with these cozy cold-weather recipes.
Salut! I’m Kendall, the cocktail connoisseur and geeky drinks enthusiast behind Novel Nightcaps.
Over the years, I’ve taste-tested my way through an ever-growing library of cocktail books—exploring everything from timeless classics to modern riffs and seasonal creations. Somewhere along the way, I found my niche in geeky drinks: the ones inspired by fandoms, literature, pop culture, and fantasy that invite a bit of magic into the glass. Now, whether I’m recreating an author’s fictional concoction or unearthing a past bartender’s oddball experiment, my favorite part of bartending is diving into ingredient pairings with unique origin stories that make them fun to revisit again and again.
Here within my recipe archive, you’ll find hundreds of cocktails I’ve tried (and some originals I’ve developed myself), complete with tasting notes, techniques, and honest reviews—all written for fellow imbibers who appreciate a well-crafted drink and the history behind it too.
Cheers,
Check out a few of my highest-rated cocktail recipes.
A mezcal-based cocktail recipe created in 2019 by Mony Bunni in Chicago, Illinois
The Love & Murder is a liqueur-based cocktail recipe that was created by Nick Bennett at Porchlight in New York City, New York. This variation was adapted from Liquor, an online guide to good drinking and great living.
A gin-based cocktail recipe created by Charlotte Voisey in the United States
The Kuzcotopia is a pisco-based cocktail recipe that was created by Alex Sukopp, former bartender of Sips From Scripts, for a Disney-themed contest hosted by Liber & Co.
The Aviation is a gin-based cocktail recipe that was first published in Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo Ensslin in 1916. This variation was adapted from The Art of Vintage Cocktails by Stephanie Rosenbaum.
Get geeky with these cocktail recipes inspired by fictional worlds.
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