Bitter Mai Tai
Brooklyn bartender Jeremy Oertel created this variation on a Mai Tai with bitter Campari and funk-heavy Smith and Cross Jamaican rum.
- 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
Aperitif (Aperitivo)
(n.) An umbrella of a drink category relating to the time of consumption rather than a specific drink, an aperitif is an alcoholic beverage consumed before a meal. The tradition…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
Old Pal
Harry MacElhone of Harry’s Bar in Paris credited his “old pal,” sports journalist and barfly William “Sparrow” Robertson, with the inspiration for this drink.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Chocolate Negroni
A twist on an Italian classic, the Chocolate Negroni sees the addition of Punt e Mes, crème de cacao and chocolate bitters.
- story: Chloe Frechette
