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Cocktails

The New Hot Drinks

Hot poker in hand, New York’s Existing Conditions reinvents the Wassail, Ti Punch and more.

  • story: Kara Newman
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
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Cocktails

This Is Not a Banana

Today’s most innovative bartenders are on a mission to uncover the spectrum of flavors hidden within the ingredients we think we know.

  • story: Christopher Ross
  • photo: Nick Hensley-Wagner
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For the Record

This Is How Fat-Washing Happened

“For the Record” traces the milestones of modern cocktail culture. This round, how the Benton’s Old Fashioned launched a viral technique.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
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Places

You Will Instagram This: The Existing Conditions Vending Machines

Even if you haven’t stepped inside the high-concept cocktail bar, you’re probably familiar with its unlikely calling card.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photos: Instagram
Existing Conditions Bar NYC
Cocktails

Bar Review: The New Home of the High-Concept Cocktail

One of the bar world’s most anticipated openings eschews the shock-and-awe of molecular mixology—until you pull back the curtain.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Existing Conditions
Cocktails

Dave Arnold and Don Lee Haven’t Run Out of Tricks

Two of the cocktail world’s most progressive thinkers have joined forces to open New York’s most anticipated bar in years.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Fat Washed Whiskey Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

The Next Generation of Fat-Washed Cocktails

In 2007, PDT’s Benton’s Old Fashioned put fat-washing on the cocktail map; a decade later, it’s gone way beyond bacon.

  • story: Kara Newman
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Angostura Bitters
Cocktails

What’s in a Dash, Anyway?

Seven years ago, bartender Don Lee set out to quantify one of the cocktail's immeasurable components, the dash—leading to his design for a standardized dasher top. Lizzie Munro on what…

  • story: Lizzie Munro
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
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Don Lee | Bartender, Puppet Maker and Professional Skeptic

Within the insular boundaries of the cocktail world, Don Lee is a legend. As a catch-all "Director of Product Development and Education"—per his business card—he can often be found at home perfecting…

  • story: Lizzie Munro
  • photo: Doron Gild
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Cocktails

The Cocktail World’s Man Behind the Curtain

From sewing his own Muppets to infusing mezcal with marijuana to inventing "fat-washing," Don Lee's intellect and curiosity have become legendary. Leslie Pariseau on the cocktail world's one true renaissance…

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photo: Doron Gild
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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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