Home ingtrdients are tough. Vermouth only lasts a month tops (if refrigerated) so if ypu aren't using it a lot you might waste it. I would pick a few spirits you really like, then find a cocktail that you like and figure out what liqueur you need. Once you have one bottle of liqueur figure out how else you can use it by mixing with different spirits or citrus. I love Luxardo. You can use it with gin and green chartreuse to make a Last Word, or Gin and Creme de Violette for an Aviation, or with Whiskey and Vermouth for a Red Hook. Those are all cool classics too.

An Old Fashioned never fails to surprise your guests ime

Only Bourbon, sugar (I use demerara) and angostura bitters

Sidecar. Cognac/Orange liqueur/Lemon. Shake and double strain into a coup glass. Garnish with a lemon peel. Simple yet sophisticated.

Japanese Slipper is for you.

Daiquiri- simple, classic and delicious Lime, sugar, and rum. Shake and enjoy.

Couple of British ones you might no have heard of! The venom - Southern comfort, vodka, blue wkd and orange juice poured over ice in a pint glass. There's variations with triple sec and different whisky's, but that's the basics.

This isn't a cocktail so much but it's still a fav for me. The snackbite - Equal parts lager and cider then add a dash of blackcurrant

whiskey + ginger beer

vodka + juice

tequila + juice

Long island iced tea

just add some lime juice to your Jack and Coke and you’ve got yourself a Cuba Libre. I prefer that to a regular Jack and Coke.

Try a Tom Collins or a Whiskey Sour, Gin, Lemon Juice, simple syrup, club soda

When I started in the craft scene I asked my bar manager what his favorite drink was.

He said, "A tequila soda". I was horrified...then he said "Someday you'll get it".

Now I do, I'm tired, I want what's fast, easy, and ideally free.

I make so many drinks I strictly drink PBR at home 🤣

You realise how much you depend on your work setup to make good drinks when you try to make cocktails at home.

I always wanted to make a thc syrup I’m going to try

Beer in can. It’s my specialty.

I usually go for 50ml white rum, 25ml lime juice and 10ml simple syrup. Then shake and strain. It’s super simple to make and difficult to mess up.

If you get bored of that, try crush blackberries in the bottom of your shaker and then adding the other ingredients. Other fruits can be used but blackberries are my personal favourite!

Most cocktails with a 2 strong 1 sour 1 sweet base will be pretty good.

Old fashioned. If you’ve got sugar, bitters, and whiskey you can make a decent one.

Martini is pretty easy, just gin and vermouth.

Negroni I think is the easiest cocktail. You can build it in the glass and it's pretty forgiving if you eyeball equal parts.

Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Martini, Daiquiri, Sidecar, Margarita, Moscow Mule, Dark & Stormy, Cuba Libre, Presbyterian, Cape Codder and Greyhound/Salty Dog are all classics requiring three or fewer ingredients. There are many more. Just google "three-ingredient cocktails". Pick the ones that sound good and ignore the others.

A 2:1:1 ratio for most sour type cocktails is a good place to start, then you scale the ingredients up and down to taste. Personally, I like 2.5 oz rum, .75 oz like and 3 tsp powdered sugar (equivalent to .75 oz simple syrup).

I think the easiest that comes to mind is a daiquiri. All you need is rum, simple syrup, and lime. And it’s incredibly versatile when it comes to changing the flavour via the adding of fruit.

Always g&t 50ml gin 150ml tonic 5 cubes of ice Dried juniper berries Slice of orange

Simple, classic and delicious.

Lime , Sugar , Cold Water , bit salt and spoon.

Negroni, the end boss and blaster of cocktail.

Equal parts Gin, Campari and sweet vermouth. 

A double shot of each over ice. 

2-3 of those and you are rocking. 

Sounds like you're begging to have a whiskey smash.

In a shaker, muddle half a quartered lemon. Add two diced strawberries and a handful of picked mint.

2 oz. Bourbon

.25 oz. simple syrup (don't you dare waste money on store-bought, just mix 2 parts sugar to 1 part water)

Shake and dump into a glass. Garnish with more mint and/or expressed lemon peel.

If you like really bitter drinks, a Negroni might be for you: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1392/negroni-cocktail.

If you like something a bit sweeter/tart, try a margarita (https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/7884/the-original-margarita), daiquiri (https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2365/daiquiri-on-the-rocks), or whiskey sour (https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2082/whiskey-sour-classic-formula) (note: you can omit the egg white on the latter).

If you like something that has a stronger spirit-forward taste, go for the Manhattan (https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1247/manhattan-sweet) or Old Fashioned.

If you try and like any of the recipes that I linked to, there is a link in each recipe's page to search for "More cocktails with similar booziness and sweet/dry/sourness" so that you can find other drinks like it.

G&T is just about the easiest thing ever and if my drink of choice for something I don't want to think about.

Various mules (Moscow mule, Kentucky mule, etc) are just about the second easiest things. I prefer a gin mule myself. I often make them fancier with sage leaves, but I'm also lazy.

Cuba Libres are nice. Just get yourself a Havana Club 3, mix it with lime and coke.

Nice and easy

You're making pourable sugar not sweet water. Make it as close to pure sugar without risking crystallization. If you want it less sweet, use less syrup. If you want more water, shake longer.

This is one of my favorites:

Pineapple Orange Coconut Rum Cocktail

orange juice

pineapple juice

oconut rum

ice-cubes

Pineapple slices for maximum decorative effect

Fresh nutmeg

https://recipefairy.com/coconut-rum-cocktail/

The photography would have been more gripping with the glasses chilled and frosted rather than sweaty with condensation on the outside, drinks sound good tho. What's the coupe?

Mai Tai, Margarita, Whiskey Smash

Boulevardier

Elderflower Negroni Bianco

Manhattan

Army & Navy ; Gin sour ; Whisky sour

Manhattan

Old Fashioned

La Louisiane

For me its usually

Gin and tonic(I have a large collection of gins)

Mai Tai (When I'm feeling adventurous)

Lately it's been Last Words because I finally bit the bullet and treated my self to a bottle of Green Chartreuse