Cocktail culture goes mobile with a new app by PUNCH contributor and The Old-Fashioned author Robert Simonson. In an ever-evolving drink world, Simonson’s Modern Classics of the Cocktail Renaissance, launching today, is an…
These days, cocktail menus are flush with classic cocktails like the Boulevardier, the Vieux Carré and the Remember the Maine. But until a few years ago, many of these classics were…
New spirits from Wisconsin’s Death Door Spirits are making waves across the country, according to the New York Times. Death Door Spirits, a craft distillery renowned for its gin, vodka and…
The Old-Fashioned is one of America's oldest cocktails, but it's never felt more new. Robert Simonson offers a peek into the drink's past and modern rebirth.
The central question of the Old-Fashioned may be in regards to a spirit base of rye or bourbon, but there are other points of contention. At Table Matters, Robert Simonson, author…
From building bonds between lawmen and lawbreakers to curing babies, the Mint Julep's reputation precedes it. Robert Simonson offers an ode to the mythology of America's most storied drink.
Ninety-eight percent of the U.S. lime supply comes from Mexico, and Mexico's limes are in short supply, reports NPR. Due to a surplus of rain and a bacterial disease that…
At your average bar, the Irish Coffee's components generally aren't contemplated, they are merely assembled. The coffee? Probably burnt and definitely stale, left neglected on a hot plate and poured…
Sometimes the eyes are bigger than the stomach. Or the liver (and legs), when it comes to drinking. Enter the shorty cocktail, a mini-dose of high-proof happiness that allows for…
Cocktail books are seeing a renaissance with a load of new titles, including Robert Simonson's The Old Fashioned and Jeffrey Morgenthaler's The Bar Book, coming on the scene this spring and summer. We're…
