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Red Eye Cocktail on top of glass surface with toothpick

Red Eye

Original cocktail from Jim Meehan designed for the Amex Centurion Lounge

Cocktail with lemon twist and flower garnish

Yard Sale

High Octane split base cocktail of rye, bourbon, and Calvados

Black Walnut Manhattan

American classic with an Austrian twist.

Peaty Punch

Clarified Peat Punch

Peaty twist on a clarified milk cocktail.

Two women next to a man in a black shirt in front of a sign

Cocktail Conference Interview Spirits

All About Vermouths

With Roberta Mariana on Martini & Rosso’s newest vermouths

Cocktail next to a bottle of Lagavulin and a Hawthorne strainer

Islay Rob Roy

The classic - with a peaty Lagavulin 16 base

Cocktail with a dark bottle behind it to the right and a red topped bottle behind it to the left

Bijou

Shimmering, Strong Cocktail Featuring Green Chartreuse

Pandan Express Cocktail Recipe
2022-01-02
I've experimented with infusing a few spirits, but I find it plays incredibly well with high-proof American Applejack and with some bourbon whiskies. For this one, I used cask strength Bullet Bourbon, Vermouth Terino and Carpano Antica, along with Tom Foolery Applejack. If you can't find Tom Foolery, check out Copper & Kings Butchertown brandy as well. […]
Eastern Cork, Riff on the Corktown Cocktail
2021-08-09
A few years back we visited Boston's Eastern Standard […]
Birch Tree by Nomad Bar
2021-07-31
Coffee liqueuer, Amaro Nonino, sweet vermouth, aged aquavit, and cognac […]
Review #128: Edradour: The Fairy Flag 15 Year Review
2021-07-18
Sylvia received a handful of samples when she visited […]
Review #127: Sovereign Laphroaig Single Cask Whisky Review
2021-06-22
The Sovereign is a sub-brand of the venerable Hunter […]
Breakfast Negroni Cocktail – A Fistfull of Cocoa Puffs
2021-06-13
the highlight of the last Negroni Week was Wildhawk's Breakfast Negroni cocktail. The star ingredient is the Cocoa Puff infused Sweet Vermouth. […]
Review #126: Balcones Healthy Spirits Bottle
2021-06-06
It's exciting to try local products when you travel. […]
Review #125: Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond
2021-05-30
Heaven Hill used to release a 6 year old Bottled in Bond bourbon only in Kentucky. In 2019 the company started releasing a new Bottled in Bond whisky, now aged for 7 years. […]