Made with Bourbon
Cocktails with Bourbon
Bourbon is used as a base spirit or alcoholic building block in cocktail recipes across the site.
Open this page when bourbon is one of the ingredients already on hand and you want drinks where it is doing real work, not just showing up in the background.
What to make
Drinks built around bourbon.
Start with the top cards if you just want the clearest examples, then filter when you want to push toward a different spirit, style, or level of effort.
Results
17 cocktails
Wine & Sparkling
Allegheny
Allegheny is a medium alcoholic cocktail for house party with Dry Vermouth, Bourbon, Blackberry Brandy.
Whiskey
Bourbon Sling
Bourbon Sling is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Sugar, Water, Lemon Juice.
Whiskey
Bourbon Sour
Bourbon Sour is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Sugar.
Whiskey
Brandon and Will's Coke Float
Brandon and Will's Coke Float is a medium alcoholic cocktail for after dinner with Vanilla Ice-Cream, Coca-Cola, Bourbon.
Whiskey
Classic Old-Fashioned
Classic Old-Fashioned is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bitters, Water, Sugar.
Rum
Egg Nog #4
Egg Nog #4 is a advanced optional alcohol cocktail for house party with Egg Yolk, Sugar, Milk.
Liqueur
Irish Curdling Cow
Irish Curdling Cow is a medium alcoholic cocktail for brunch with Baileys Irish Cream, Bourbon, Vodka.
Whiskey
John Collins
John Collins is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for summer patio with Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Sugar.
Whiskey
Kentucky B And B
Kentucky B And B is a easy alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bourbon, Benedictine.
Whiskey
Kentucky Colonel
Kentucky Colonel is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bourbon, Benedictine, Lemon Peel.
Wine & Sparkling
Manhattan
Manhattan is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for date night with Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, Angostura Bitters.
Whiskey
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy is a medium alcoholic cocktail for after dinner with Bourbon, Dark Rum, Heavy Cream.
Whiskey
Mint Julep
Mint Julep is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Mint, Bourbon, Powdered Sugar.
Brandy
Mississippi Planters Punch
Mississippi Planters Punch is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Brandy, Light Rum, Bourbon.
Whiskey
Old Fashioned
Old Fashioned is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bourbon, Angostura Bitters, Sugar.
Whiskey
Raspberry Julep
Raspberry Julep is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bourbon, Raspberry Syrup, Mint.
Liqueur
Sazerac
Sazerac is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for house party with Ricard, Sugar, Peychaud Bitters.
Follow the flavor
Lead with the flavor in your head and let the right lane answer back.
This is the better route when taste matters more than bottle choice. Each card leans into a distinct flavor mood rather than a rigid spirit category.
Citrus with lift
Bright, brisk drinks with snap, freshness, and the kind of finish that keeps the whole glass feeling awake.
See the bright, fizzy side
Orange afterglow
Rounder, juicier drinks that land softer and easier - less snap, more glow, more instant appeal.
Open the softer citrus picks
Tropical side trip
Softer, sweeter, and more playful - the lane for beach-leaning flavors, warmer energy, and a little escapism.
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These next steps help if you want to widen back out from one ingredient to a bottle, a broader lane, or the strongest all-rounders.