Pen Pal
A play on the Old Pal, the Pen Pal is the original's mellowed-out, but beefed-up cousin mixed with rye whiskey, Aperol and dry vermouth.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Polka Dot Negroni
Salers stands in for Suze in this White Negroni riff.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Barrymore Room
A former bartender at Brooklyn’s Clover Club, Brad Farran created this variation on the bar’s namesake cocktail reverse-engineered with bourbon, lime juice, sweet vermouth and strawberry.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Pegu Club
The Pegu Club, located in Yangon, Myanmar, found itself at the center of British social life in 1920s. Its members, citizens of a bygone political era, knew the city as…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Whitechapel’s Ford Cocktail
In Whitechapel’s Ford Cocktail, Keli Rivers combines Jensen Old Tom gin with blanc vermouth and a splash of Bénédictine for a cocktail that drinks like a Martini, but with more…
- story: Chloe Frechette
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Carroll Gardens
An ode to the Italian-American roots of the Brooklyn neighborhood.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Paddington
A Hemingway Daiquiri variation made with orange marmalade, Paddington Bear’s treat of choice.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Bee’s Knees
A twist on the Gin Sour, this mix of gin, honey and lemon is thought to have bubbled up during Prohibition, when questionable bootlegged spirits begged to be masked.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Filibuster
San Francisco bartender Erik Adkins uses the basic Whiskey Sour blueprint for this autumn-inspired drink.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger