These four drinks are the foundation of so many modern cocktails.
If you understand these, the rest of the cocktail world starts to make a lot more sense.
The four:
- Old Fashioned
- Martini
- Negroni
- Daiquiri
Each one teaches something different:
- Balance
- Spirit-forward structure
- Sweet/bitter interplay
- Acid + sugar control
This is how I think about cocktails — not as individual recipes, but as systems you can build from.
👇 Question for the group:
Which one do you make the most at home?
Or which one still gives you trouble?
Drop questions, tweaks, or photos in the comments — that’s how we make this space actually useful.
— Nick