Painful Punch
A sangria-inspired punch by California bartender Scott Beattie.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Sara Remington
Negroni
Most accounts credit this classic recipe to one Count Negroni, a swashbuckling proto-boho.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Paddington
A Hemingway Daiquiri variation made with orange marmalade, Paddington Bear’s treat of choice.
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Mint Julep
When done up properly, the Mint Julep can be a fussy drink—all crushed ice and fancy silver cup—which is exactly why it might be surprising that it packs such a…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
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
Hurricane
A powerful, fruity drink popularized in 1940s New Orleans.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Vieux Carré
Stanley Clisby Arthur, author of Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em, attributed this drink’s original recipe to the Hotel Monteleone, located in the NOLA's Vieux Carré (French…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
French 75
Named after a French gun used in World War I—a not-so-subtle nod to the drink's lethalness—the Champagne cocktail was made famous at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in the…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Painkiller
With coconut cream, pineapple and orange juice and a Virgin Islands birthplace sometime in the 1970s, this rum-based cocktail is a tropical drink to the core.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger