Grapefruit Cooler
A combination of grapefruit-flavored vodka, grapefruit syrup, lemon, mint, honey and two types of bitters signaling a shift in vodka’s standing among the cocktail cognoscenti.
- story: Mary Anne Porto
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Bobby Heugel’s Harvey Wallbanger
Bobby Heugel created this version of the Harvey Wallbanger as part of a month-long campaign to raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey.
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: Julie Soefer
William Elliott’s Cape Codder
This riff on the vodka-cranberry gets added depth from a dash of Angostura and a soda water topper.
- story: Chloe Frechette
Clacson Spritz
Bar Clacson's aperitif-inspired, low-proof signature drink.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Winter Paloma
The Mexican classic, the Paloma—essentially the love child of a Greyhound and Margarita—gets dressed up in a winter coat, courtesy the addition of sage-grapefruit syrup.
- story: Liz Lucking
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Colloidal Cooler
Similar to an old "puff" cocktail (spirit + milk + soda), this highball from London's Team Lyan has the coating finish of a milkshake, in a lighter form.
- story: Talia Baiocchi
Hole in the Fence
The mojito heads to tiki-town in this rhubarb-spiked mint-and-rum refresher from Matt Piacentini of NYC's The Up & Up.
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Letter of Marque
Ryan Liloia's potent mixture of rums and sweet-tart juices all shaken up and dumped over ice, might provide the state of mind necessary to privateer one's own vessel.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Rolled Gold
A riff on a riff, the Rolled Gold is almost a Negroni Sbagliato—a Negroni whose gin base has been swapped for prosecco—with tart sparkling grapefruit soda, forming the body of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: John Perry Yates
Dusty Trails
Shelley Lindgren's Dusty Trails embraces summer strawberries at the height of ripeness paired with spicy rye whiskey and tangy homemade ginger syrup.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Natalie Compton