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Ned King’s New York Sour

To a considered rye sour base, King adds a float of dry Spanish wine.

Float On, Cocktail Float

Once the sole domain of the New York Sour, the float has landed on everything from clarified milk punch to frozen Piña Coladas.

• story: Al Culliton
• photo: Kelly Puleio

“Root Beer Float”

This bittersweet, fluffy mixture—which takes its inspiration from the Italian Futurist approach to mixology—is somewhere in between a Ramos Gin Fizz and the soda fountain classic.

Blue Moon

The Blue Moon was, like the Aviation and the Attention, an early adopter of violet-flavored liqueur, and one of the few classics to specify a red wine float.