honey

Airmail

The first instance of the Air Mail cocktail was documented in Esquire magazine’s 1949 edition of Handbook for Hosts resembling a Caribbean version of the French 75.

Bee’s Knees

A twist on the Gin Sour, this mix of gin, honey, and lemon is thought to have bubbled up during Prohibition, when questionable bootlegged spirits begged to be masked.

Mead

(n.) This alcoholic beverage made from honey rivals beer for the distinction of oldest alcoholic beverage, with archeological evidence showing production in India, China and Europe all well over two-thousand…

• story: Talia Baiocchi

Half Court Cobbler

New York City bartender Dan Greenbaum's bittersweet twist on the Sherry Cobbler.