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Bar Tartine’s Beet and Rye Kvass

At San Francisco's Bar Tartine, kvass (a fermented and subtly alcoholic Eastern European beverage) is made from beets and rye scraps from the beloved Tartine Bakery.

Up-To-Date Cocktail

Manhattanesque in both composition and deliciousness, this classic sherry cocktail welcomes bourbon if you prefer your whiskey a little sweeter, or oloroso if you fancy a bit more viscosity.

Shelley Lindgren | Co-Owner and Wine Director, A16 & SPQR

There are few people, if any, more synonymous with San Francisco's wine scene than Shelley Lindgren. The co-owner and wine director of two of the city's most iconic Italian restaurants—A16…

Spirit of ’76

Garret Richard of Brooklyn's Prime Meats created this colonial style punch that blends the favorite spirits of young America—Applejack, Caribbean rum and rye whiskey.

All In

A curiously bittersweet cocktail reminiscent of the finest, darkest chocolate.

Winter Waltz

A whiskey-based spice bomb that can be easily batched for a crowd.

Mott and Mulberry

Named for an intersection on the border of Little Italy and Chinatown in New York City, the Mott and Mulberry is bartender Leo Robitschek's autumnal Whiskey Sour riff.

Pen Pal

A play on the Old Pal, the Pen Pal is the original's mellowed-out, but beefed-up cousin mixed with rye whiskey, Aperol and dry vermouth.

Riff Diaries: The Whiskey Sour

Whether served up at a cocktail joint or on the rocks at a dive, the Whiskey Sour is America's most democratic cocktail.

• story: Leslie Pariseau
• photo: Daniel Krieger

New York Sour

The Whiskey Sour's New York relative, which gets a float of red wine.