El Presidente
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…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Old Grampian
Where many Old-Fashioneds require a healthy stir, this one is meant to tell a story as the ice melts.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Iz Bananaz
The odd mix of cachaça and Amaro Montenegro blends together seamlessly with toasty banana liqueur.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Word to Your Cardamom
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.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Dark ’n’ Stormy
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.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Kentucky Buck
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…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Poppa’s Pride
A variation on the Whiskey Smash, this ginger-laced bourbon drink is one of Brooklyn bartender Jay Zimmerman's signatures.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Sho Sho
A unlikely blend of carrot shochu and oloroso sherry topped with root beer.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger