Davy Jones’s Locker
Brad Farran's Beastie Boys-inspired winter daiquiri.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Brad Farran's Beastie Boys-inspired winter daiquiri.
For weeks, NYC cocktail bar Employees Only had toyed with the idea of mixing together tequila and elderflower liqueur, but there was a piece of the puzzle missing—yellow Chartreuse.
First created during World War I, this Cognac-based cocktail traditionally had only two other ingredients: Cointreau and lemon juice. This version uses Germain-Robin XO brandy and maraschino liqueur.
The Blue Moon was, like the Aviation and the Attention, an early adopter of violet-flavored liqueur, and one of the few classics to specify a red wine float.
According to David Embury’s The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, the Jack Rose was, during the mid-20th century, a pillar of basic cocktail-mixing knowledge.
A reincarnation of The White Lady that opts for Cocchi Americano and Chartreuse in place of Cointreau.
"Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination."
The Old-Fashioned is as traditional of a cocktail as they come: a simple mix of spirits, sugar, bitters and water. This alternate version adds a bit of muddled fruit, in…
American expatriate Leo Engel was working at the Criterion Hotel in London when he supposedly created the Alabazam, an obscure recipe that appears in his 1878 book American and Other…
A blend of pineapple rum, Swedish punsch and green Chartreuse, the Drinkin' with Stiggins calls on mint to complement the drink's inherent herbal flavors.