Satan’s Whiskers
The Satan’s Whiskers first appears in print in Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail Book from 1930, but many attribute the drink to the Embassy Club in Prohibition-era Hollywood.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Mai Tai
The credit for this iconic 1930s drink—whose name is a nod to the Tahitian, “Maita’i,” which means “good”—is usually given to venerable Los Angeles tiki bar Trader Vic’s.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
Sherry Cobbler
Simply sherry, sugar and citrus, shaken and poured over crushed ice.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Bramble
The Bramble, invented in 1984 by bartender Dick Bradsell, is a cross between a cobbler and a fizz, and one of the few drinks that fall into the category of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Sidecar
A gussied-up cognac sour made famous at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
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
Hemingway Daiquiri
With his prodigious constitution for drinking (and then writing about it), Ernest Hemingway shows up frequently in cocktail mythology, and none perhaps more famously than in this drink’s.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Julie Reiner’s Clover Club
Reiner's version of the classic has become a staple at her Brooklyn bar of the same name.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Blood and Sand
This recipe first popped up in the Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930, with the title thought to be a nod to Rudolf Valentino’s 1922 silent film of the same name…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
The Long Hello
Damon Boelte, the bar director at Brooklyn’s Prime Meats, has an affinity for naming his original drinks after songs, albums and musicians including this autumnal Champagne cocktail.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson