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Blood and Sand Cocktail Recipe
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TJ Vytlacil’s Blood & Sand

Fresh-squeezed OJ and vigorous shaking are key to this version of the classic.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Jonny Edward
Bronx Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

Mastering the Bronx

The trick to Al Sotack's take on the oft-maligned classic? Stirred, not shaken.

  • story: Kara Newman
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Martini Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

Your New (Old) Favorite Martini

From the Ford Cocktail to the Alberto, there’s a whole world of classic Martinis patiently waiting to be rediscovered.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Alberto Martini Cocktail Recipe
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Alberto

A Martini-adjacent classic awaiting its comeback.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Ultimate Classic Cocktail recipes
Cocktails

The Ultimate Classics

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

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Adonis Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

Anyone Know What’s in the Adonis?

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Armagnac Crusta
Cocktails

We All Deserve a Crusta

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

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
New Whiskey Classics Knob Creek
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The New Whiskey Classics

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

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Knob Creek Update a Classic
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How Do You Update a Classic?

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

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
shaken martini
Cocktails

Go Ahead, Shake Your Martini

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

  • story: Tom Macy
  • photo: PUNCH
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Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch
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Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch

Long considered an afterthought among serious drinkers, the blended Scotch category is slowly becoming a hotbed for innovation.

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