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
Autumn Sweater
The bittersweet lyrics of “Autumn Sweater,” from Yo La Tengo’s 1997 album, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, serve as the source material for this melancholy change-of-season shoegazer.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
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
Fitty-Fitty Martini
Audrey Saunders' fashionably wet variation.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Plausible Deniability
Istanbul-based bartender Alex Waldman created this drink with the parameters of using limited citrus with a bitter liqueur to make something round, full and relatively dry.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Dead Celebrity
The challenges and triumphs Alex Waldman faces owning Istanbul's only craft cocktail bar are perhaps best summarized by this drink.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Katie Parla
Tuxedo
A classic dry Martini with fino sherry standing in for vermouth.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Sazerac
At first glance, this cocktail looks like a twist on the Old Fashioned with a splash of absinthe and specialty bitters, but the backstory is a bit more complicated.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
Sherry Cobbler
Simply sherry, sugar and citrus, shaken and poured over crushed ice.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro