Fleur-de-Lis
Tyler Stevens uses verjus (fresh, unfermented grape juice) in this drink, which features an entire ounce of Peychaud's bitters alongside Pierre Ferrand Ambre.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Black Velvet
Upon the death of Prince Albert, champagne did not seem an appropriate sympathy cocktail, so it can be surmised that a dark beer was somber enough to foil the celebratory…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Seelbach
The Seelbach Hotel's grand, saloon-style counter reportedly created this signature cocktail when a bartender used a Manhattan to catch the overflow from an uncorked Champagne bottle.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
Negroni Sbagliato
The sbagliato addendum to the classic Negroni translates to "incorrect" or "mistaken." Not so. This spritzy cousin to the Negroni—typified by the addition of prosecco in place of gin—is one…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Champagne Cocktail
Swap whiskey for Champagne in the Old Fashioned template, and you’ll get this pedigreed cocktail, which was first mentioned in Jerry Thomas’s 1862 How to Mix Drinks.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Cricket Ball
Brad Thomas Parsons came across this understated aperitif at the Red Cat in Manhattan. So named because the drink’s hue matches the color of a traditional cricket ball.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Irish Cunt
To cure LCD Soundsystem member Nancy Whang's stage anxiety, frontman James Murphy would mix any combination of Jameson Irish whiskey and Champagne together to create this uncouth, pre-show cocktail.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Gargoyle and Spire
Writer Brad Thomas Parsons created this cocktail in a nod his neo-Gothic apartment building in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, which had been, until the mid-1980s, home to the Brooklyn Cathedral Preparatory…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Liz Lucking
The Long Hello
Damon Boelte, the bar director at Brooklyn’s Prime Meats, has an affinity for naming his original drinks after songs, albums and musicians including this autumnal Champagne cocktail.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
