Cocktail calendar

• January 1 — New Year hair-of-the-dog: a soft Americano: Americano
• February 14 — Valentine's Day — something pink and sparkling: French 75, Cosmopolitan
• February 22 — World Margarita Day: Margarita
• March 17 — St Patrick's Day — Irish coffee, properly layered: Irish Coffee
• May 3 — Derby day — the Mint Julep in a frosted cup: Mint Julep
• May 5 — Cinco de Mayo — tequila, lime and grapefruit: Margarita, Paloma
• May 13 — World Cocktail Day (the first 'cocktail' definition, 1806): Old Fashioned
• June 10 — World Gin Day (2nd Saturday of June): Gin & Tonic, Negroni
• June 19 — National Martini Day: Martini, Dry Martini
• July 4 — Fourth of July — a tall cooler on the porch: Tom Collins
• July 11 — Mojito Day: Mojito
• July 19 — Daiquiri Day: Daiquiri
• July 24 — Tequila Day: Paloma, Margarita
• August 16 — Rum Day: Mai Tai, Daiquiri
• August 25 — Whiskey Sour Day: Whiskey Sour
• September 18 — Negroni Week — the equal-parts family: Negroni, Negroni Sbagliato
• September 28 — International Moscow Mule Day: Moscow Mule
• October 16 — Negroni season is at its strongest: Negroni
• October 31 — Halloween — dark, smoky, dramatic: Dark and Stormy, Black Widow
• November 8 — Espresso Martini season opens: Espresso Martini
• November 27 — Thanksgiving — warm, buttered, spiced: Hot Buttered Rum
• December 5 — Repeal Day (Prohibition ended, 1933): Old Fashioned
• December 24 — Christmas Eve — warm and spiced: Irish Coffee, Eggnog (cold)
• December 31 — New Year's Eve — open with something sparkling: French 75, Bellini