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
Airmail
The first instance of the Air Mail cocktail was documented in Esquire magazine’s 1949 edition of Handbook for Hosts resembling a Caribbean version of the French 75.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Quoit Punch
This 18th-century punch is named for the flat, heavy rings pitched at posts during afternoon barbecues filled with lawn games and languorous punch drinking.
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White Negroni
The fairer Negroni made with Lillet and Suze in lieu of Campari.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Polka Dot Negroni
Salers stands in for Suze in this White Negroni riff.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
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
Gin Rickey
A gin-based variation on the Whiskey Fizz, which is credited to Joe Rickey, a late-19th century Missouri lobbyist.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Mystery Gimlet
Garret Richard's gin-based tiki drink is blended in a Hamilton Beach stand-up drink mixture, which better aerates the cocktail.
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