100 cocktails you must try

Some bar in Houston named Anvil that I've never been to (mostly because I've never been to Houston) has drawn up a list of one hundred cocktails that everyone needs to try before they die. Since most people have no idea when they're going to die, everyone better get crackin'.

I'm going to do my best to hit all of these myself. I'll keep everyone updated on my status. I'LL SELL YOU THE WHOLE SEAT, BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE.

Let's start by posting the list and then crossing off the cocktails I've already tried. I've never heard of half of these, to be completely honest, and I doubt that the bartenders at my favorite bars have either. Oh, and a lot of them sound kind of gross. Either way:

Absinthe Drip – absinthe, water, sugar
Air Mail – rhum, lime, honey, champagne
Alexander – spirit, creme de cacao, cream
Algonquin – rye, french vermouth, pineapple
Americano – campari, italian vermouth, soda
Aperol Spritz – aperol, sparkling wine
Aviation – gin, lemon, maraschino, creme de violette
Bijou – gin, italian vermouth, green chartreuse, orange bitters
Blackthorn – irish whiskey, french vermouth, absinthe, angostura bitters
Blinker – rye, grapefruit, raspberry syrup
Blood & Sand – scotch, orange juice, italian vermouth, cherry heering
Bramble – gin, lemon, creme de mure
Brandy Crusta – cognac, cointreau, lemon, maraschino, peychaud’s bitters
Caipirinha – cachaca, sugar, lime
Champagne Cocktail – brut, sugar, angostura bitters
Champs Elysees – cognac, lemon, sugar, yellow chartreuse, angostura bitters
Chrysanthemum – french vermouth, absinthe, benedictine
Cocktail a la Louisiane – rye, benedictine, italian vermouth, absinthe, peychaud’s bitters
Coffee Cocktail – cognac, ruby port, egg
Collins – spirit, lemon, sugar, soda
Corn ‘N Oil – blackstrap rum, falernum, angostura bitters
Corpse Reviver #2 – gin, lemon, cointreau, lillet blanc, absinthe
Cuba Libre – rum, coca cola, lime
Daiquiri – rum, lime, sugar
Daisy – bourbon, yellow chartreuse, lemon, lime
the Darb – gin, french vermouth, lemon, apricot brandy
Death in the Afternoon – champagne, absinthe
Dulchin – pisco, apricot brandy, curacao, lime, grenadine
East India Cocktail – cognac, curacao, pineapple gomme, maraschino, angostura bitters
El Diablo – tequila, creme de cassis, lime, ginger beer
Fernet-Branca – it’s a shot of fernet-branca
Fourth Degree – gin, french & italian vermouth, absinthe
French 75 – gin, lemon, sugar, brut champagne
Gimlet – gin, lime, turbinado
Gin & Tonic – gin, tonic water, lime
Gin Gin Mule – gin, lime, ginger beer, mint
Gin Rickey – gin, lime, soda
Hemingway Daiquiri – rum, lime, grapefruit, maraschino
Hot Buttered Rum – rum, butter, sugar, water
Improved Cocktail – spirit, maraschino, peychaud’s & angostura bitters
Jack Rose – applejack, lemon, grenadine
Japanese – brandy, orgeat, angostura bitters
Jasmine – gin, cointreau, campari, lemon
Knickerbocker – rum, raspberry syrup, curacao, lime
Last Word – gin, lime, green chartreuse, maraschino
Mai Tai – rum, curacao, lime, orgeat
Maiden’s Prayer – gin, cointreau, orange, lemon
Manhattan – rye, italian vermouth, angostura
Maple Leaf – bourbon, lemon, maple syrup
Margarita – tequila, lime, cointreau
Martinez – italian vermouth, gin, maraschino, orange bitters
Martini – gin, french vermouth, orange bitters
Metropole – cognac, french vermouth, peychaud’s & angostura bitters
Milk Punch – spirit, sugar, milk
Mint Julep – bourbon, mint, sugar
Mojito – rum, lime, mint, turbinado, soda
Monkey Gland – gin, orange, grenadine, absinthe
Monte Carlo – rye, benedictine, angostura bitters
Morning Glory – scotch, lemon, egg white, absinthe
Navy Grog – rum, honey, lime
Negroni – gin, campari, italian vermouth
Old Fashioned – spirit, sugar, angostura bitters
Old Pal – rye, campari, french vermouth
Opera – gin, dubonnet, maraschino
Oriental – rye, italian vermouth, curacao, lime
Paradise – gin, apricot brady, orange, lemon
Pegu Club – gin, curacao, lime, angostura & orange bitters
Pimm’s Cup – pimm’s no. 1, gin, lemon, soda, cucumber
Pink Gin – gin, angostura bitters
Pink Lady – gin, applejack, lemon, grenadine, egg white
Pisco Punch – pisco, pineapple gomme, lemon
Pisco Sour – piso, lemon, egg white
Port Flip – ruby port, sugar, whole egg
Punch – jerry thomas’ special punch recipe
Ramos Gin Fizz – gin, cream, lemon, lime, egg white, soda, orange flower water
Red Hook – rye, punt e mes, maraschino, angostura & orange bitters
Rum Swizzle – rum, lime, falernum
Rusty Nail – scotch, drambuie
Satan’s Whiskers – gin, french vermouth, italian vermouth, curacao, orange, orange bitters
Sazerac – rye, absinthe, peychaud’s bitters
Scofflaw – rye, french vermouth, lemon, grenadine, orange bitters
Seelbach – bourbon, cointreau, champagne, bitters
Sherry Cobbler – sherry, sugar, fruit, soda
Sidecar – cognac, cointreau, lemon
Silver Fizz – spirit, lemon, sugar, egg white, soda
Singapore Sling – gin, cherry heering, lime, pineapple, cointreau, benedictine, grenadine, angostura bitters
Smash – spirits, sugar, water, mint
Stinger – cognac, creme de menthe
Suffering Bastard – bourbon, gin, lemon, ginger beer, angostura bitters
Tailspin – gin, italian vermouth, green chartreause, campari
‘Ti Punch – rhum agricole, lime, sugar
Toddy – spirit, sugar, hot water
Tom & Jerry – rum, brandy, egg, nutmeg
Twentieth Century Cocktail – gin, lemon, creme de cacao, lillet blanc
Vesper – gin, vodka, lillet
Vieux Carre – cognac, rye, italian vermouth, benedictine, angostura & peychaud’s bitters
Whiskey Skin – scotch, lemon, hot water
White Lady – gin, cointreau, lemon
Widow’s Kiss – calvados, benedictine, yellow chartreause, angostura bitters
Zombie – jamaican rum, lime, lemon, pineapple, passion fruit syrup, brown sugar, angostura bitters