Quoit Punch
This 18th-century punch is named for the flat, heavy rings pitched at posts during afternoon barbecues filled with lawn games and languorous punch drinking.
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Mojito
A descendant of the “Draque”—an old Cuban concoction of unrefined rum, cane sugar and lime juice—the Mojito was most likely invented when white rums entered the market in the mid-to-late…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Maison Premiere’s Pimm’s Cup
Like many of Maison Premiere’s drinks, their Pimm’s Cup is classically inspired and rooted in New Orleans.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
Watership Down
Jeremy Oertel’s ode to the classic novel of the same title.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Pimm’s Cup
When Englishman James Pimm invented this crisp cooler in the mid-19th century, surely he could not have imagined that it would become the official cocktail of Wimbledon.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Tom Collins
If you take the American side of the story, this drink evolved from the “The Great Tom Collins Hoax” of 1874.
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Southside Fizz
Muddled mint and cucumber cut through the drink's inherent sweetness.
- story: Lizzie Munro
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Mamie Taylor
A combination of Scotch and ginger beer, the Mamie Taylor was a popular cocktail throughout the first half of the 20th century.
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Bitter Tom
A bitters-based Tom Collins with Campari and Bénédictine.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Yazoo Street Scandal
In the Yazoo Street Scandal, Damon Boelte adds strength and richness with a hit of bourbon and a dose of hibiscus and ginger syrups.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro