Bring Back the Edgewater Beach
Paul McGee reworks the quasi-tiki rum sour from Chicago. Canned peaches included.
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Alexa Bendek
Edgewater Beach
Paul McGee reworks this Chicago-born, tiki-adjacent recipe with a split rum base.
- story: tatiana_b
- photo: Alexa Bendek
Paul McGee’s Fog Cutter
In his modern take, Paul McGee tilts the axis of the drink more towards rum.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lyndon French
Paul McGee | Co-Owner, Lost Lake
Paul McGee is one of few bartenders to maintain equal footing in both a classical and tiki approach to drink-making. As the beverage director for Land and Sea Dept., McGee helms…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: Nick Murway
Three-Drink Minimum: Bartending With Paul McGee
One of Chicago's top bartenders considers his drink-making style in three recipes.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photos: Nick Murway
Daiquiri Frappé
Paul McGee's take on the classic frappé calls on lime juice and lime zest, blended with ice.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Nick Murway
Rum River Mystic
Paul McGee's take on the Preakness cocktail adds a tiki twist with the additions of rum and tiki bitters.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Nick Murway
Lost Lake
Riffing on Toby Maloney's Riviera cocktail, Paul McGee swaps gin for Jamaican rum and pineapple for passionfruit for a distinctly tropical profile.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Nick Murway
Daily News: Italy’s Forgotten Aperitivo, The Breakout Breweries of 2017
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Senator Jeff Woodburn of New Hampshire has proposed halting the import of Russian vodka in response to their…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Three Dots and a Dash
At Chicago's tiki revival mecca Three Dots and a Dash, the bar's namesake cocktail gets a slight tweak from its original formula and an over-the-top garnish.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
