Carpano Antica

A Sazerac Recipe for Cheap Dates

As usual, the Bitter Southerner is making drinking look good. We've got cocktail envy for their BS No. 3 by Atlanta bartender Paul Calvert of Paper Plane. A play on…

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Americano

Don’t let the name fool you: the Americano’s heritage is distinctly Italian. Born from the Milano-Torino cocktail in the 19th century, this cocktail is topped up with soda water and…

Old Hickory

Maxwell Britten of Brooklyn cocktail bar Maison Premiere adapted his Old Hickory—a reference to President Andrew Jackson’s nickname—from Stanley Clisby’s 1937 Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em.

Negroni

Like all good stories should, the one about the Negroni’s origin involves rakish Italian nobility. Most accounts credit the recipe to one Count Negroni, a swashbuckling proto-boho.

Kingston Negroni

Within five minutes of receiving a bottle of Smith & Cross Jamaican rum NYC bartender Joaquín Simó had created this riff on the Negroni.

Rhythm and Soul

The Rhythm and Soul is Greg Best’s composite sketch of a Manhattan and a Sazerac, as if the cocktails got into a tussle, made up and had a love child.

Rob Roy

The first-known mentions of the Rob Roy credit New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel for the 1897 recipe, which is essentially a Manhattan made with Scotch whisky.

Manhattan

One of the enduring heavyweights in the cocktail world, the Manhattan is something of a twist on the Old Fashioned, most likely spurred by the late-19th century rise of sweet…

Breakfast

Akin to a Negroni or a Boulevardier, this cocktail is essentially "breakfast encapsulated," says the drink’s creator, Aaron Polsky of NYC's Amor y Amargo.