Drinking a good cocktail is easy. We’d argue that making a good cocktail should be easy too. And yet… have you ever stared at a cocktail menu and thought, “what the hell is all this?” Yeah, us too.

It’s okay if you don’t know the difference between Martini and a martini (one’s a vermouth brand while the other is a cocktail made from gin or vodka). It’s also okay if you don’t know that you need to muddle the cherry and orange peel in an old fashioned no. 2 and not an in an old fashioned no. 1. And no one needs to memorize a ten-ingredient tiki drink unless, maybe, you work at a rum bar. (Insider secret: even the best bartenders use recipe books for the rare and harder cocktails while mixing.)