modern classic Archives

Paul Harrington's "Cosmo for grown-ups" was an early Campari-laced sour with an unlikely rise to prominence.

Dick Bradsell's modern classic has traveled under many names, but has never waned in popularity.

A tequila-based spin on the Hemingway Daiquiri.

The Wibble. The Hard Sell. The Darkside. These "minor" classics belong to a category of their own.

The brash combination of Chartreuse, Jägermeister, tequila and a whole egg is the only flip to enter the contemporary cocktail canon.

“You don’t wanna meet this cocktail in a dark alley.”

Whether hot, frozen or long the modern classic has a way of curing what ails you.

Salvatore Calabrese's ingenious jam-infused sour reintroduced preserves to the bartender's arsenal.

For the spiced rum Sidecar riff, it all started in San Francisco.

The early Death & Co. creation kicked off a boom of contemporary mezcal drinks.

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