Essential Whisky Cocktail: Hot Toddy

This classic drink can be made with any type of whisky and welcomes experimentation.

VIDEO: Choosing the Right Whiskey for a Cocktail

Whether you’re making an Old Fashioned, Manhattan, or another cocktail, which whiskey you choose will have a major impact on the outcome.

Whisky-based punches with winter flavors like cinnamon, clove, and allspice make sure crowd-pleasers.

Luscious persimmons and a bounty of spices pair with bourbon in this punch cocktail that can be served chilled or hot.

Ginger and jalapeño add sweet-and-spicy zing to silky Irish whiskey in this mulled cider that’s delicious whether sipped hot or cold.

Highland single malt joins piquant sherry, Bénédictine, spearmint, and Angostura bitters in this warming holiday punch cocktail.

Subtly floral Canadian rye, along with apple, sparkling wine, and freshly grated cinnamon, shine in this elegant punch cocktail.

Sazerac House in New Orleans immerses visitors in cocktail history—and is making the drink’s main ingredients on-site.

Glenlivet’s experimental Capsule Collection has a lesson for even the most serious whisky drinkers.

Best embodied by the Manhattan and Rob Roy, this classic combination is greater than the sum of its parts.

You’ll be polishing off these drinks—made with bourbon, scotch, and more whiskey—in no time.

Perfect for fall, this blended scotch cocktail incorporates apple, lemon, ginger, and a kick of chipotle.