Chris Hannah’s Hot Buttered Rum
Doctor it with everything from cocoa to galangal and hibiscus.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photo: Emily Ferretti
The Best of Our Lookbook Questionnaire
Our favorite drinkers share their most bizarre cocktail experiments, their go-to hangover recovery regimes, the worst things they ever drank and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Eric Medsker
Five Cocktails from Spring’s Hottest New Bars
From a French-inflected Collins to a thoroughly modern highball and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Chris Hannah | Head Bartender, French 75 Bar
Whereas many acclaimed bartenders might assume a place on the national stage, Chris Hannah of New Orleans' historic Arnaud's French 75 Bar might be best known within the industry for his…
- photo: Claire Bangser
Mastering the French 75 With Chris Hannah
Chris Hannah of Arnaud's French 75 Bar tackles—what else?—the French 75.
- story: Kara Newman
- photos: Claire Bangser
Chris Hannah’s French 75
Chris Hannah's take on the classic sticks with Cognac, rather than gin.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Claire Bangser
What the Hell Is a Crusta?
Meet the Crusta, a fussy mid-19th-century drink that few people have heard of, let alone drunk—and one that is seeing something of a revival today. Lizzie Munro explains the obscure…
- story: Lizzie Munro
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Brandy Crusta
Invented in the 1850s in New Orleans, the Brandy Crusta was one of the city’s first true calling-card cocktails.
- story: Lizzie Munro
- photo: Daniel Krieger
How About a Ramos Gin Fizz at 35,000 Feet?
From in-flight Pisco Sours to Ramos Gin Fizzes, a growing group of New Orleans bartenders are trying to one-up each other in the sky. Clair McLafferty on the friendly bartending…
- story: Clair McLafferty
- photo: Nathan Dalton
French 75
People journey to French 75 for one reason—to see celebrated bartender Chris Hannah work his magic. (The lounging, 1940s vibe and animal print seating doesn’t hurt, either.) Part of the…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
