New York Times writer Robert Simonson has released an app for iPhone and iPad in partnership with cocktail app-master Martin Doudoroff called Modern Classics of the Cocktail Renaissance. It costs ten bucks.

Normally new cocktail recipe apps don't excite me, but Simonson has been spending a lot of time researching the subject matter lately - he has a written a book called A Proper Drink: The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World, due out in September 2016. So if there was someone qualified to pull together these recipes, he's the one.

The first version has about 100 recipes for cocktails, split into four sections.

Modern Classics: "Twenty three bona-fide modern classics: original drinks that have traveled well beyond where they were created, appeared widely on cocktail menus, and achieved high regard within the bartending community."



Aperol Spritz - Corporate creation, somewhere in Italy.

Barrel-aged Negroni - Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Clyde Common, Portland, OR, 2009

Benton’s Old Fashioned - Don Lee, PDT, New York City, 2007

Bramble - Dick Bradsell, Fred’s Club, London, UK, 1991/2

Breakfast Martini - Salvatore Calabrese, Library Bar, Lanesborough Hotel, London, 1997

Chartreuse Swizzle - Marcovaldo Dionysos, San Francisco, 2002

Cosmopolitan - Toby Cecchini, Odeon, New York City, 1988

Earl Grey MarTEAni - Audrey Saunders, Bemelmans Bar, New York City, 2003/4

Gin Basil Smash - Joerg Meyer, Le Lion, Hamburg, Germany, 2008

Gin Gin Mule - Audrey Saunders, Beacon, New York City, USA, 2000

Gold Rush - T. J. Siegel, Milk and Honey, New York City, USA, 2001

Gunshop Fizz - Kirk Estopinal and Maksym Pazuniak, Cure, New Orleans, 2009

Jasmine - Paul Harrington, Townhouse, Emeryville, California, 1990

Oaxaca Old Fashioned - Phil Ward, Death & Co, New York City, 2007

Old Cuban - Audrey Saunders, Beacon/Tonic, New York City, 2001

Paper Plane - Sam Ross, The Violet Hour, Chicago, 2007

Penicillin - Sam Ross, Milk & Honey, New York City, 2005

Red Hook - Vincenzo Errico, Milk & Honey, New York City, USA 2003

Tommy’s Margarita - Julio Bermejo, Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant, San Francisco, early 1990s

Trident - Robert Hess, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2002

Trinidad Sour - Giuseppe Gonzalez, Clover Club, Brooklyn, NY, 2008

Vodka Espresso - Dick Bradsell, Soho Brasserie, London, 1980s

White Negroni - Wayne Collins, Bordeaux, France, 2001

Additional Candidates: "an additional fifty one originals that clearly meet some of these criteria, and might eventually meet all."

Amaretto Sour - Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Clyde Common, Portland, OR, 2010

The Art Of Choke - Kyle Davidson, Cure, New Orleans, 2009

Basil Gimlet - Greg Lindgren, Rye, San Francisco, 2006

Beuser and Angus Special - Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro, Victoria Bar, Berlin, 2007

Bitter Giuseppe - Stephen Cole, The Violet Hour, Chicago, 2006

Boss Colada - Nick Detrich, Cane & Table, New Orleans, 2013

Bourbon Renewal - Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Eugene, Oregon, 2001

Brancolada - Jeremy Oertel, Donna, Brooklyn, New York, 2012

Bywater - Chris Hannah, French 75 Bar, New Orleans, 2008

Carondelet - Maks Pazuniak, Maison Premiere, New York Ciy, 2011

CIA - Tonia Guffey, Flatiron Lounge, New York, 2011

Conference - Brian Miller, Death & Co., New York, 2007

Corpse Reviver Number Blue - Jacob Briar, Cocktail World Cup, Queenstown, New Zealand, 2007

Darkside - Adam Bernbach, Bar Pilar, Washington, D.C., 2008

Death Flip - Chris Hysted, Black Pearl, Melbourne, Australia, 2010

Division Bell - Phil Ward, Mayahuel, New York City, 2009

Eastside - George Delgado, Libation, New York, 2004

Elder Fashioned - Phil Ward, Death & Co, New York, 2007

The Ellison - Charles Hardwick, Blue Owl, New York City, 2007

Final Ward - Phil Ward, Pegu Club, New York City, 2006

Gin Blossom - Julie Reiner, Clover Club, Brooklyn, NY, 2009

Ginger Rogers - Marcovaldo Dionysos, Absinthe, San Francisco, 1998

Gordon’s Cup - Toby Maloney, Milk & Honey, New York City, 2002

Greenpoint - Michael McIlroy, Milk & Honey, New York City, 2006

Hard Sell - Brad Bolt, Bar DeVille, Chicago, 2009

Hard Start - Damon Boelte, Prime Meats, Brooklyn, New York, 2010

Jamaican Firefly - Audrey Saunders, Beacon, New York City, 2000

Joy Division - Phil Ward, Death & Co., New York, 2008

Juliet & Romeo - Toby Maloney, The Violet Hour, Chicago, 2007

Kentucky Buck - Erick Castro, Rickhouse, 2009

La Perla - Jacques Bezuidenhaut, Peche/Tres Agaves, San Francisco, 2005

Laphroaig Project - Owen Westman, Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco, 2009.

Little Italy - Audrey Saunders, Pegu Club, New York, 2005

Medicina Latina - Marcos Tello, The Varnish, Los Angeles, 2009

Moon Cocktail - Thomas Waugh, Death & Co., New York City, 2008

Naked and Famous - Joaquín Simó, Death & Co., New York City, 2011

Nuclear Daiquiri - Gregor de Gruyther, LAB, London, 2005

Paddington - David Slape, PDT, New York City, 2008

Porn Star Martini - Douglas Ankrah, Townhouse, London, 2001

Ranglum - Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro, Victoria Bar, Berlin, 2006

Revolver - Jon Santer, Bruno’s, San Francisco, 2004

Russian Spring Punch - Dick Bradsell, London, 1980s.

Siesta - Katie Stipe, Flatiron Lounge, New York City, 2006

Silver Lining - Joseph Schwartz, Milk & Honey, 2001

The Slope - Julie Reiner, Clover Club, Brooklyn, 2009

St. Germain Cocktail - Corporate creation, 2007

Staggerac - Don Lee, PDT, New York City, 2007.

Tantris Sidecar - Audrey Saunders, Beacon, New York City, 2000

Weeski - David Wondrich, Brooklyn, NY, 2004

Wibble - Dick Bradsell, The Player, London, 1999

Wildest Redhead - Meaghan Dorman, Lantern’s Keep, New York City, 2011

Critical Picks: (I assume these are recommended for classic status if Simonson had his way.)

The Criterium - St. John Frizell, Fort Defiance, Brooklyn, NY, 2012

Eeyore’s Requiem - Toby Maloney, Violet Hour, Chicago, 2010

Fernando - Dushan Zaric and Jason Kosmas, Employees Only, New York City, 2007

French Pearl - Audrey Saunders, Pegu Club, New York City, 2006

Kill-Devil - Erin Williams, Pegu Club, New York City, 2008

La Guepe Verte - Toby Cecchini, Candelaria, Paris, France, 2011

Mr. Brown - Franky Marshall, Clover Club, Brooklyn, NY, 2011

Remember the Alimony - Dan Greenbaum, The Beagle, New York City, 2012

Salt and Ash - Maks Pazuniak, The Counting Room, Brooklyn, NY, 2010

Seven-Spice Sour - Don Lee, Ma Peche, New York City, 2009

Star and Garter - Jessica Gonzalez, Elephant Bar, NoMad Hotel, New York City, 2012

Early Foundations (pre-dating the current craft cocktail renaissance)

Apple Manhattan - David Marsden, First on First, New York, late 1990s.

Añejo Highball - Dale DeGroff, The Rainbow Room, New York City, 1997-1999

Cable Car - Tony Abou-Ganim, Starlight Room, San Francisco, 1996

Combustible Edison - The Millionaire, Combustible Edison, 1994.

The Debonair - Gary Regan, 1993.

Drink Without A Name - Paul Harrington, The Townhouse, Emeryville, CA, 1990

The Fitzgerald - Dale DeGroff, The Rainbow Room, New York City, 1994-1996

Flying Kangaroo - Charles Schumann, Schumann’s American Bar, Munich, 1979

Juniperotivo - Jerri Banks, Fressen, New York City, 1999

Lemon Drop - Henry Africa’s, San Franciscso, 1970s

Perfect Pear - Marcovaldo Dionysos, Sauce Box, Portland, OR, 1995

Ritz Cocktail - Dale DeGroff, Aurora, New York City, 1985-1986

Swimming Pool - Charles Schumann, Schumann’s American Bar, Munich, Germany, 1979

Whiskey Smash - Dale DeGroff, The Rainbow Room, New York City, 1998-1999

What do you think? Anything missing?