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Cocktails

Your Aperitivo Starter Pack

Everything you need to dive headfirst into the bitter, bubbly golden hour.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Nick Hensley
Cocktails

A Shot and a Dare

The life and times of the Cement Mixer, New Jersey Turnpike and other canonical rite-of-passage dare shots.

  • story: Aaron Goldfarb
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Spirits

The Birth of the Bourbon Hype Machine

In the second installment of a three-part series, Aaron Goldfarb examines the early 2000s, when the push toward higher proofs and limited-edition releases built the modern marketplace as we know…

  • story: Aaron Goldfarb
  • illustration: Raphaelle Macaron
Cocktails

The Magic of Milk-Washed Spirits

The technique boosts texture and froth in any shaken cocktail.

  • story: Jack Schramm
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Spirits

Who Is Bourbon For?

A wave of Black-led groups is challenging the archetypal image of the bourbon enthusiast, and charting a new future for the category along the way.

  • story: Yolanda Evans
  • illustration: Nick Hensley
Partner Content

Want to Understand Shochu? It Starts with Kagoshima.

The birthplace of shochu is famed for its ancestral expressions of the spirit—imo and kokuto—made exclusively from sweet potato and brown sugar. Here’s how to use them in cocktails.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Spirits

The Coronation of Pappy Van Winkle

In the first installment of a three-part series, Aaron Goldfarb examines the 1990s, when “small batch” became synonymous with prestige and the modern bourbon craze began in earnest.

  • story: Aaron Goldfarb
  • illustration: Raphaelle Macaron
Spirits

Your Japanese Whisky Starter Pack

To understand the coveted category, start with the essentials.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • illustration: Nick Hensley
Notable

The New Japanese Whisky Rules

Will recent regulations, including a mandate that Japanese whisky must be made entirely in Japan, upend the category?

  • story: Jake Emen
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Partner Content

Japanese Shochu Is Coming for Your Cocktail

The versatile spirit is at home in just about any format. Three bartenders share their recipes for a shochu-laced Espresso Martini, a frothy fizz and a tea-topped highball.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Notable

One More Round of “Fuck Trump,” With Feeling

The rage-inspired habanero spirit from Copenhagen’s Empirical distillery has entered its final run.

  • story: Kara Newman
  • photo: PUNCH
Spirits

Whisky’s Next Frontier Is… France?

With new styles emerging in Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and beyond, Europe has become a hotbed of experimental whisky production. Here are the places and distillers to look for.

  • story: Clay Risen
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
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