Jeremy Oertel’s Manhattan
Jeremy Oertel's take on the Manhattan was the top vote-getter at our tasting of 17 Manhattan recipes.
- story: Chloe Frechette
Besties: New York’s Favorite Drink-Slinging Couple
Welcome to the 2015 "Besties Guest Bartending Series," a monthly event and column in collaboration with Momofuku featuring two bartenders who've inspired each other's work. Up next week: real-life bartending…
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Ilenia Madelaire
Summer of George
Bartender Jeremy Oertel's pear- and tequila-infused riff on a Mai Tai.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Oxford Comma
A variation on a shaken cocktail from Mayahuel, this stirred drink is a mix of gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino and celery for a near-riff on the Martinez.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Jeremy Oertel’s Margarita
Jeremy Oertel's take on the margarita calls for El Tesoro Blanco, Cointreau and lime juice, garnished with a salt rim and a lime wedge.
- story: Frances Yackel
Natasha David & Jeremy Oertel | You and Me Cocktails
Husband and wife bartending team Natasha David and Jeremy Oertel met at Corner Shop Cafe 10 years ago. She was 19 and studying theater at NYU. He was "an old…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Watership Down
Named for the adventure story about an anthropomorphized pack of English rabbits, the Watership Down is New York bartender Jeremy Oertel’s ode to the classic novel of the same title.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Brancolada
A creamy melding of orange and pineapple juices, golden rum, coconut milk and cool Branca Menta, the Brancolada is a play on the traditional frozen Piña Colada.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Betty Carter
Jeremy Oertel came up with this sherry and amaro-infused whiskey sour in ode to Betty Carter, the legendary jazz singer who once lived in Brooklyn's Fort Green neighborhood.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Bitter Mai Tai
Brooklyn bartender Jeremy Oertel created this variation on a Mai Tai with bitter Campari and funk-heavy Smith and Cross Jamaican rum.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
