the d list

Bring Back the Diamondback

Is the applejack and Chartreuse cocktail ready for its third act?

• story: Al Culliton
• photo: Andrew Bui

Bring Back the Pauline

At the Gibson in Washington, D.C., Jewel Murray and her team transform the 1920s rum sour into a modern, winterized Daiquiri.

• story: Al Culliton
• photo: Shannon Sturgis

Bring Back the Roffignac

Neal Bodenheimer dusts off a forgotten Cognac highball hailing from New Orleans.

• story: Al Culliton
• photo: Lizzie Munro

Queen Bee

A modern take on a Charles H. Baker favorite.

White Witch

Ezra Star's take on the hard-hitting Trader Vic classic.

Bentley Cocktail

A modern take on the Prohibition-era "50/50 brandy Manhattan."

Harvard

Sother Teague's take on the 19th-century cocktail.

The Best Year

A disco-era tiki classic combining vodka, Licor 43 and blue Curaçao with pineapple and lime juices updated by Jeff "Beachbum" Berry.

Banana Bliss

Caitlin Laman builds on an under-publicized entry from the 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book with this riff on the Banana Bliss.

Bizzy Izzy Highball

“It’s a wonderful cocktail, but it also strikes me as a fairly modern cocktail,” says Al Sotack of the rye- and sherry-based highball.