Paddington
A Hemingway Daiquiri variation made with orange marmalade, Paddington Bear’s treat of choice.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Mint Julep
When done up properly, the Mint Julep can be a fussy drink—all crushed ice and fancy silver cup—which is exactly why it might be surprising that it packs such a…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Bee’s Knees
A twist on the Gin Sour, this mix of gin, honey and lemon is thought to have bubbled up during Prohibition, when questionable bootlegged spirits begged to be masked.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Benton’s Old-Fashioned
The drink that introduced the concept of “fat-washing” spirits to the cocktail world.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Nick Brown
The Mexican Gentleman
Spain meets Mexico in Denver bartender Sean Kenyon's take on the Sherry Cobbler.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Vieux Carré
Stanley Clisby Arthur, author of Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em, attributed this drink’s original recipe to the Hotel Monteleone, located in the NOLA's Vieux Carré (French…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Ed Anderson
French 75
Named after a French gun used in World War I—a not-so-subtle nod to the drink's lethalness—the Champagne cocktail was made famous at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in the…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Painkiller
With coconut cream, pineapple and orange juice and a Virgin Islands birthplace sometime in the 1970s, this rum-based cocktail is a tropical drink to the core.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
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