Hot Whiskey, Scotch & Bourbon How-Tos

How To: Make a Dry Scotch Manhattan

American Bartenders School shows you to make a Dry Rob Roy or Dry Scotch Manhattan cocktail.

How To: Make a great Old Fashioned cocktail

American Bartenders School shows you to make the Old Fashioned cocktail drink recipe.

How To: Make a Washington Apple

American Bartenders School shows you to make the Washington Apple cocktail drink recipe.

How To: Make a Manhattan cocktail drink

American Bartenders School shows you to make the Manhattan cocktail drink recipe.

How To: Make a Godfather with Scotch and Amaretto

American Bartenders School shows you to make the Godfather cocktail drink recipe with Scotch and Amaretto.

How To: Make a Lynchberg Lemonade

American Bartenders School shows you to make the Lynchberg Lemonade cocktail drink recipe.

How To: Make an Alabama Slammer

This drink is great as a shot or a cocktail - check it out and learn how to make an Alabama Slammer.

How To: Make a Slow Comfortable Screw

Learn how to make a great tasting drink with an interesting name - the Slow Comfortable Screw. You'll need Southern Comfort and Sloe Gin.

How To: Make bacon-infused bourbon

Don Lee of PDT may use maple syrup to make his old-fashioned, but we couldn't get past the bacon-infused bourbon that is the base of the drink. Bacon? Bourbon? We're in. Watch Lee prepare the drink himself in this video.

How To: Make an Alabama Slammer cocktail

Learn how to make an Alabama Slammer, a mixed drink with Southern Comfort, Amaretto and orange juice.

How To: Drink Scotch whiskey

5 Things you need to know about drinking scotch properly.

How To: Make an Irish Coffee cocktail

A bartender shows you how to mix an Irish Coffee!

How To: Make a classic Manhattan

Learn how to mix a Manhattan.

How To: Make a hot buttered cider

This is a bourbon drink, a cranapple cider drink, that will help you feel less full after your Thanksgiving meal.

How To: Make bourbon and branch

Bourbon is America's contribution to the whiskey family, and this isn't so much a drink as it is a tradition. Take bourbon, and ideally, dilute it with water from whatever branch of the local tributary was used to make the bourbon. If you don't have access to that, then use whatever filtered water you can get from the store, and be sure to use it for the ice cubes too.

How To: Make a Godfather martini

The godfather is a bourbon based martini, with amaretto. Shake with ice to aerate the drink, and of course to chill it.

How To: Make Lynchburg lemonade

This is called Lynchburg lemonade because you must use Jack Daniels whiskey from Lynchburg, TN. Pay close attention, because there is no lemonade in this drink.

How To: Appreciate bourbon

Anthony Caporale takes his Art of the Drink show on the road to the Maker's Mark distillery, where Dave Pickerell presents a master's class in bourbon tasting. The emphasis isn't on what you taste, but where you taste.

How To: Make Irish coffee

Anthony Caporale gets help from the staff of Bean Traders coffee shop in Durham,NC in making this classic. This video starts off with David Chapman, the owner of Bean Traders, giving a quick Coffee 101 for the uninitiated, followed by Madonna the manager showing how to make coffee with the press pot. Anthony then adds Irish whiskey and whipped cream to the fresh pressed coffee in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

How To: Home brew moonshine

This is a short documentary on brewing moonshine at home.

How To: Make a Rick Flair

This whiskey drink video shows the right amount of ounces of Southern Comfort, melon liqueur, & pineapple juice to pour for this shot. Watch the bartender mix and shoot the Rick Flair shot.

How To: Make a Ward Eight cocktail

Ward Eight is a classic bourbon sour with a hint of grenadine. Garnish with an orange and cherry flag by skewering both fruits on a cocktail pick. You will need bourbon, grenadine, sour mix, orange slice, and a maraschino cherry for decoration.

How To: Make a Snakebite cocktail with Southern Comfort

A simple, sweet cocktail, perfect to enjoy on a hot summer's day. As the name suggests, this cocktail has a pleasurable bite to it. This version is Southern Comfort based. Make a Snakebite cocktail with Southern Comfort.

How To: Drink Scottish whiskey

In this online guide to whiskey you'll learn all about the alcoholic beverage the Irish call “uisce beatha” or “Water of Life.” Expert Patrick McMenamin gives you a history of Scotch whiskies, explains the differences in single malt whiskeys and blended whiskeys, and offers tips on how to read a whiskey label to know exactly what you're drinking. He also talks about the most popular brands of whiskies, including the most famous Irish whiskeys. And most importantly, he shows you how to serve w...

How To: Make an African violet cocktail

A shot for any occasion… who needs an excuse? A three-layered cocktail consisting of white crème de cacao liqueur, blue curacao, and whisky. Make an African violet cocktail.

How To: Make a Mint Julep cocktail

This classic bourbon and mint cocktail evokes visions of America's Deep South, where it has been the official drink of the Kentucky Derby for nearly 100 years. Mikey Paine, from Lost Society in London, is going to show us how to make the perfect Mint Julep cocktail. Make a Mint Julep cocktail.

How To: Make a Rusty Nail cocktail

This whisky based drink is exactly what you need to warm you on a cold winter's night. Top mixologist, Gerry Calabrese, leads us through the simple steps in creating the perfect drink. Make a Rusty Nail cocktail.

How To: Make a traditional Irish Coffee cocktail

A traditional taste of the Emerald Isle, with a powerful whiskey kick. So popular that the Irish host an annual festival in its honor! Make a traditional Irish Coffee cocktail.

How To: Mix a Rusty Nail drink

A sophisticated after dinner drink, the rusty nail combines Scotch with Drambuie. Top it with a lemon twist and enjoy!

How To: Make a whiskey flip

Learn how to make a whiskey flip from The Art of the Drink master and get some background on "the flip". Add a bit of class to your party with this classic cocktail. Your grandfather will be proud.

How To: Make a Snakebite cocktail

In honor of Snakes on a Plane, bartender Anthony uses a sweetened whiskey to make a Snake bite. Even if it doesn't make the movie more enjoyable, it may help you to at least forget you watched it.