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We blind-tasted more than a dozen versions of 27 different classic cocktails to find the best recipe for each. Here are our favorites.

Modern bartenders have decided that the 19th-century drink should be built from fino sherry and sweet vermouth. History would suggest otherwise.

Give yourself the gift of a royally sugar-crowned sour.

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The evolution of the category’s modern classics, from the Gold Rush to the Paper Plane and beyond.

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Top bartenders weigh in on how to approach modernizing the most iconic cocktails.

Defying the rules of convention can yield surprising—and scandalous—results.

The disco-era ombre cocktail is back, in many guises.

How the Ohio, a virtually unknown, 100-year-old cocktail, became a Deutschland staple.

Decades after it first debuted, the peculiar preparation has become standard practice in Argentina’s capital city.

Subtle upgrades on the Moscow Mule, Stinger, Rusty Nail and more.

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