2 Birds 1 Stone

Bartender’s Choice: “Something With Beer”

Thanks to an ever widening array of styles, bartenders are finding new ways to incorporate beer into cocktails as a means of adding both flavor and texture.

• story: Punch Staff
• illustration: Natalie K Nelson

Specialty Glassware As the New Garnish

Until recently, drinkware has been a largely predictable affair. But amidst the cocktail renaissance, bars are using drinking vessels—be it a vintage coupe, a light bulb or a bespoke tiki…

• story: Jesse Simon
• photo: Greg Powers

Altstadt

A tiki-fied shandy, the Altstadt (the German for "historic city center") combines two seemingly opposite flavor styles—German-Austrian and tropical—for a pleasantly spicy, herbaceous beer cocktail.