8 Sherry Cocktails That Are Sophisticated Sippers

You know that sherry you walk past at the liquor store, wondering to yourself just what could you do with it? Well, turn right back around and grab a bottle. Fino sherry, amontillado, cream, or manzanilla, there's no wrong choice. It all depends on where you want to start!

One of the classic sherry cocktails, although perhaps not as well known, the Adonis a simple two-ingredient cocktail using fino sherry and an ingredient you already know: sweet vermouth. Sweet yet herbaceous, it's wonderfully balanced.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces sweet vermouth
• 1½ ounces fino sherry
• Ice
• Orange peel for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a coupe glass.
2. In a mixing glass, add ice, sweet vermouth, and sherry.
3. Stir rapidly to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with an orange peel.

It's one of the most delicious and unique cocktails you've yet to try. This drink has stuck around since the 1830s, and it's because it's more than just a beautiful cocktail.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces amontillado sherry
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• Crushed ice
• Fresh berries and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. Fill a highball glass to the top with crushed ice.
2. Add sherry and simple syrup.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with fresh berries and a mint sprig.

Like the Adonis, the bamboo uses sherry and vermouth, but with a few alterations. And, it goes without saying, it's a bit more, well, bitter.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounce dry vermouth
• 1½ ounce dry sherry
• 1-2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 dash aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Lemon peel for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a coupe glass.
2. In a mixing glass, add ice, dry vermouth, dry sherry, and bitters.
3. Stir rapidly to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with a lemon peel.

If you thought tequila and sherry couldn't pair together, prepare to have your socks knocked right off. It's a little fruity with just the right amount of bite.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces reposado tequila
• 1½ ounces manzanilla sherry
• ¾ ounce pear liqueur
• Ice
• Orange twist for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. Chill a coupe or martini glass.
2. In a mixing glass, add ice, tequila, sherry, and pear liqueur.
3. Stir rapidly to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with an orange twist if desired.

Use a sweet sherry such as medium or cream sherry as a substitute for the simple syrup in a new twist on an old classic.

Ingredients

• 1¼ ounces bourbon
• ¾ ounce sweet sherry
• 2-3 dashes orange bitters
• 3-4 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Orange slice for garnish

Instructions

1. In a mixing glass, add ice, bourbon, sherry, and bitters.
2. Stir rapidly to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with an orange slice.

Mix your sherry with lemonade or lemon-lime soda for a refreshing rebujito, a tingly mint beverage that'll be the key to enjoying a drink that's a little lighter.

Enjoy a sour that's sweeter than the usual whiskey sour, but not quite as cloying as the amaretto sour.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces sherry, dry or sweet
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 1 egg white
• Ice
• Dehydrated orange wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a coupe glass.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add sherry, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white.
3. Dry shake (without ice) for approximately 45 seconds to mix ingredients and create a froth.
4. Add ice to shaker.
5. Shake to chill.
6. Strain into the chilled glass.
7. Garnish with dehydrated orange wheel.

The highball you never thought of? The sherry and tonic, of course. The bitter notes of the tonic are the perfect balance to the sherry. Win, win.

Ingredients

• 2½ ounces amontillado sherry
• ¼ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• Tonic water to top off
• Mint sprig and lemon wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, sherry, and simple syrup.
2. Top off with tonic water.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a mint sprig and lemon wheel.

Pinkies out for a cocktail that's a little more elevated than your usual old-fashioned or last word. Enter into the world of sherry cocktails. Something a little fancier, a little less boozy, and just different enough to make you stop and go, "ohh, yeah."