Black Scottish Cyclops
Sometimes coming up with a name for an original cocktail is a challenge, and other times it just comes to you when you’re watching a YouTube clip from the multiplayer…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Old Pal
Harry MacElhone credited his “old pal” and barfly William “Sparrow” Robertson with the inspiration for this drink.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Cloud 9
When bartender Toby Maloney visited Jeremy Oertel at Mayahuel looking for a White Negroni, Oertel created this tequila-based riff with Lillet and gentian liqueur.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Bitter Handshake
An after-dinner Fernet Old-Fashioned brightened with a blood orange reduction.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Alabazam
American expatriate Leo Engel was working at the Criterion Hotel in London when he supposedly created the Alabazam, an obscure recipe that appears in his 1878 book American and Other…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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The Bachelor
This rum and amaro-based recipe recalls the richness of an Old Fashioned, crossed with the anise undertones of a Sazerac.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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The Bamboo Club’s Jungle Bird
Coconut-washed Campari gives this riff a richer, rounder texture.
- story: Mary Anne Porto
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Bitter Tom
A bitters-based Tom Collins with Campari and Bénédictine.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Donn Day Afternoon
Martin Cate of Smuggler's Cove pays tribute to the cinnamon-grapefruit pairing of Don's Mix, but forgoes the fresh grapefruit altogether in favor of grapefruit-flavored beer Stiegl-Radler.
- story: Bianca Prum
- photo: Lizzie Munro