
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
Hot poker in hand, New York’s Existing Conditions reinvents the Wassail, Ti Punch and more.
Today’s most innovative bartenders are on a mission to uncover the spectrum of flavors hidden within the ingredients we think we know.
“For the Record” traces the milestones of modern cocktail culture. This round, how the Benton’s Old Fashioned launched a viral technique.
Even if you haven’t stepped inside the high-concept cocktail bar, you’re probably familiar with its unlikely calling card.
One of the bar world’s most anticipated openings eschews the shock-and-awe of molecular mixology—until you pull back the curtain.
Two of the cocktail world’s most progressive thinkers have joined forces to open New York’s most anticipated bar in years.
In 2007, PDT’s Benton’s Old Fashioned put fat-washing on the cocktail map; a decade later, it’s gone way beyond bacon.
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…
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…
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…