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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.

Today’s top bartenders share secrets to perfecting some of the season’s most iconic drinks.

Bartender Anu Apte-Elford makes a case for the Goldfish, a Prohibition-era Martini variation that calls for the glittering addition of Goldwasser.

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