The Gin Sour is another cocktail from the sour family, which includes the Whiskey Sour and Amaretto Sour. This is an old school style of cocktail, which means it's really all about the flavor of the liquor.

This drink takes the Cranberry Gin to a whole new level. The sweet and tart notes hit you first, and you finish with the juniper flavor from the gin. But the orange and lime add so much to the flavor profile.

The Gin Aloha Cocktail has a strong orange component in the form of a full shot of Cointreau. Orange liqueurs are often treated as interchangeable, but they all have slightly different flavor profiles. Cointreau is both bitter and sweet, whereas triple sec and curacao is mostly sweet.

The Ramos Gin Fizz is a fantastic classic cocktail, with gin, lemon, lime, cream and a hint of lower. Use the dry shake method to cut prep time way down.

The classic Corpse Reviver No. 2 cocktail features gin, lillet blanc, lemon juice and absinthe. You're about to find out what all the fuss is with this delicious drink.

The Aviation cocktail uses a touch of one of the lesser known and harder to find liqueurs in the world: creme de violette. It's just what it sounds like - a liqueur that tastes like violets.

When you want champagne, but it doesn't have the kick you want, you can always go for the French 75 cocktail. It's a gin and champagne drink with lemon, and it has a kick. Great way to use up leftover champagne.

The Angel Face classic cocktail perfectly balances the blend of fruit and herb notes, and it's easy to make, too. The only trick is to find the right apricot brandy.

The Tom Collins is a classic cocktail recipe featuring gin, lemon juice and club soda. It's a wonderful refreshing drink that's perfect for summer time and barbecues.

The Limoncello Collins is much like the Tom Collins, but with the addition of Limoncello, a lemon liqueur. That makes the lemon flavor considerably stronger than the gin.

This delicious drink is so simple, but so good. It features gin and cranberry juice, and you'll be surprised what a good pair they make.

This classic gin Martini cocktail recipe is about as dry as the Martini can get. If it's too dry for you, just add more vermouth. The more vermouth, the less dry the drink will be. Be sure to use a great gin that you enjoy, because it will dominate the flavor.

The Gin Flourish tastes like blackcurrant with orange and herbal notes from the gin. It's refreshing and delicious - sweet, but not too sweet.

Sake and gin may be the last flavor combination you'd expect, but it makes sense the more you think about it. Sake generally tastes a little like white wine, and gin is herbal with near-citrus notes, so combining the two tempers the gin and adds a touch of excitement to the sake.

The Clover Leaf cocktail recipe is a very old classic that blends gin with egg white, lime and grenadine. The flavor of this drink is refreshing citrus with a hint of cherry. The egg white adds a creamy, silky texture.

The flavor of the Crimson Cocktail is all citrus, herb and sweet cherry and grape. The gin comes through pretty clearly, so choose a brand you like.

The Negroni is a very simple drink recipe. This classic cocktail features just three ingredients: gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. It tastes like cherry, wine and citrus, but with noticeable bitter notes. It can be a bit of an acquired taste.

The Casino Royale cocktail was probably named after the first James Bond novel, and it has the sort of ingredient list you expect from the drinks of the sixties. Along with gin, lemon juice and maraschino liqueur, it uses an egg yolk which adds a bit of thickness and froth to the drink.

The Hanky Panky has a flavor that hints at sweet orange with cinnamon and cloves, but isn't quite any of those, and certainly isn't very sweet. The overall flavor is bittersweet, like dark chocolate, with the bitterness and sweetness both present and yet canceling each other out.

The Fairy Belle Cocktail is a pink, slightly creamy or frothy drink, and the grenadine makes it pretty sweet. In other words, it's just what you might have imagined from the name.

The Fastlap is an old style cocktail, featuring plenty of gin, some Pernod, some orange juice and a touch of grenadine. The herbal notes make it special.

The D'Amour is an old school drink that features anisette, a licorice flavored liqueur. Licorice is the dominant flavor here, but it's perked up by some citrus notes and rounded out by egg white.

The Gin and Tonic is such a classic cocktail. Its simplicity is key to its continued popularity: it's just gin tempered with tonic water and a squeeze of lime.

The Gin Daisy cocktail blends gin with lemon juice, sugar and some grenadine. The result is mostly citrus with a touch of sweetness and some berry notes.

The Resolute cocktail features apricot brandy, an ingredient people tend to love or hate due to the sweetness. But don't write it off yet - in this recipe, there are strong citrus notes to balance out the brandy.

Think 7-up with a kick, and you've got some idea of what the Gin Fizz tastes like. Of course the herb flavor from the gin makes it a little more interesting than that. And then there's the silky egg foam

The Gin Squirt cocktail is very simple - just gin, grenadine, carbonated water and some sugar to make it even sweeter. The flavor is pretty fabulous, if you like a sweet cocktail, but what really sells this one in my humble opinion is the garnish.

The Gin and Bitter Lemon is a neat twist on the Gin and Tonic. Instead of lime, it adds a little lemon juice and sugar to bring out the citrus notes in the gin.