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
Kentucky Bourbon’s Ancestry UNCOVERED
The Kings County Distillery Guide To Urban Moonshining is full of handy infographics including a breakdown of distillation across spirit types, a walking map to Bardstown, KY and a selective timeline…
Bars are Buying Whiskey by the Barrel
When a bottle of single-barrel whiskey is not enough, only the barrel itself will do. Robert Simonson reports for The New York Times on the growing number of bars and…
Barrymore Room
A former bartender at Brooklyn’s Clover Club, Brad Farran created this variation on the bar’s namesake cocktail reverse-engineered with bourbon, lime juice, sweet vermouth and strawberry.
The Trouble with Women and Whiskey
There was a time when "Ladies' Night meant burning witches at the stake," Serious Drinks reports— and all for drinking or distilling whiskey. We'd all be in trouble if that was the…
Made of Moonshine
Lora Smith grew up in a corner of Kentucky where bootlegging didn’t die with Prohibition. Up until the 2000s it defined their culture of drinking—and fostered a sense of belonging—that,…
- story: Lora Smith
- illustration: Jacquelyn Morris
Mint Julep
When done up properly, the Mint Julep can be a fussy drink—all crushed ice and fancy silver cup—which is exactly why it might be surprising that it packs such a…
