Chocolate Martini
The kitschy dessert cocktail reimagined as a streamlined digestif.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
The kitschy dessert cocktail reimagined as a streamlined digestif.
A nuanced riff on the Bee’s Knees calls for wax-washing gin as the base spirit.
A Gimlet riff taps vanilla syrup and grenadine for the template.
Many tip their hats to Eddie Woelke, an American bartender in Havana in the 1920s for the creation of this drink. However, it found popularity upon the repeal of Prohibition…
Where many Old-Fashioneds require a healthy stir, this one is meant to tell a story as the ice melts.
The odd mix of cachaça and Amaro Montenegro blends together seamlessly with toasty banana liqueur.
This tongue-in-cheek creation began with bartender Sylvanus Johnson's homemade cardamom syrup, which he makes in the kitchen at New York City bar Mother's Ruin.
This simple mix of dark rum and ginger beer over ice has roots in colonial Bermuda, where England’s Royal Navy opened a ginger beer plant in the late-19th century.
Traditionally, a buck is made with ginger ale, but in this long, summery cooler Erick Castro uses homemade ginger syrup and soda water to create a bubbly cocktail with more…