Upgrade Your Cocktail With Five Easy Wine Syrups
How to turn leftover wine into versatile syrups, and the drinks to try them in.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Science Your Way to a More Balanced Cocktail
Team Lyan shares their advice on how and when to use a variety of cocktail sweeteners, from honey and agave to stevia, licorice and glucose.
- story: Maja Jaworska
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Five Essential Cocktail Syrups to Make at Home
Beyond the standard simple, honey and agave variations, which housemade sweeteners deserve a spot on the backbar?
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Valeria Alonzo
Falernum Moves Beyond the Tiki Realm
The well-guarded tiki staple, falernum, has been steadily making a comeback. Roger Kamholz on how bartenders have taken the rum-based liqueur beyond its tropical roots.
- story: Roger Kamholz
- photo: Daniel Krieger
A Quick Guide to Syrups for Winter Cocktails
One of the easiest ways to riff on a classic drink recipe is to swap in a flavored sweetener for simple syrup. Here, a selection of our favorite wintertime syrups…
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Herbaceous Candied Citron Syrup
Inspired by both candied citron and traditional Christmas panettone, this syrup highlights seasonal winter citrus with a touch of aromatic herbs.
Tiki’s Essential Secret Ingredient: DIY Falernum
Once a guarded element of tiki recipes, falernum—a spiced lime and almond liqueur—has emerged as the modern tiki scene's essential ingredient. Carey Jones on its history and how to make…
- story: Carey Jones
- photo: Ed Anderson
Cocktails’ Best Supporting Ingredient: DIY Orgeat
Orgeat, an almond syrup dating back to the 1300s, has always played second fiddle to traditional cocktail sweeteners. But the old-school ingredient has a distinct personality, and is being renewed…
- story: Kenzi Wilbur
- photo: Daniel Krieger
