Time to Tackle a Cocktail Project
The moment has come to master at-home clarification, fat-washing, fermentation and more. Here's how.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photo: PUNCH
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
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
Eben Freeman | Beverage Director, AvroKO
Behind the counter at Genuine Liquorette, a subterranean bodega-inspired cocktail bar by AvroKO in Manhattan’s Little Italy, Eben Freeman stands beside his latest invention, the Cha-Chunker—a repurposed hand-press leather riveting machine…
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
Daiquiri Al Pastor
A pork fat-washed take on the classic daiquiri inspired by tacos al pastor.
Peanut Butter Old-Fashioned
This peanut butter and jelly-like cocktail illustrates how to use the enfleurage method of fat-washing.
