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Gin Daisy (New School)

This drink is a variation on the basic Daisy formula: a sour kicked up with the addition of seltzer or soda water. The new school version uses grenadine for a…

Martinez

The dry Martini's alleged forebear.

Riff Diaries: The Negroni

Italy's strong and bitter swashbuckler, three different ways.

• story: Punch Staff
• photo: Daniel Krieger

White Negroni

The fairer Negroni made with Lillet and Suze in lieu of Campari.

Polka Dot Negroni

Salers stands in for Suze in this White Negroni riff.

Gin & Ingenuity: Drinking Through the Joy of Cooking

The current keepers of what has become one of America's most iconic cookbooks trace the 82-year evolution of Joy's cocktail section, the celebrity-studded cocktail parties that informed it and the…

• story: Megan Scott + John Becker
• photo: Joy of Cooking

Put a Barrel On It

Robert Simonson reports on an old fashioned practice made new again. "In the early 19th century and before, gin had to get from the distillery to the tavern somehow," the…

Pegu Club

The Pegu Club, located in Yangon, Myanmar, found itself at the center of British social life in 1920s. Its members, citizens of a bygone political era, knew the city as…

Gin Rickey

A gin-based variation on the Whiskey Fizz, which is credited to Joe Rickey, a late-19th century Missouri lobbyist.

Negroni

Most accounts credit this classic recipe to one Count Negroni, a swashbuckling proto-boho.