Piña Colada
The original frozen, fanciful umbrella drink.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The original frozen, fanciful umbrella drink.
New Orleans bartender Kirk Estopinal's tikified take on the Sherry Cobbler.
The “oil” in this Bajan drink is a reference to its aged rum base.
Joaquín Simó's funky spin on the Negroni.
Cream, cane syrup and Frangelico create a decadent backdrop for blue Curaçao and overproof rum in this throwback drink.
Erbin Garcia ups the measure of Curaçao and rum for a more spirituous take on the Cuban classic.
Complementing PX sherry, rum and crème de banana, a double dose of orange liqueurs adds complex mid note flavors without excessive sweetness.
The credit for this iconic 1930s drink—whose name is a nod to the Tahitian, “Maita’i,” which means “good”—is usually given to venerable Los Angeles tiki bar Trader Vic’s.
With his prodigious constitution for drinking (and then writing about it), Ernest Hemingway shows up frequently in cocktail mythology, and none perhaps more famously than in this drink’s.