July 2024
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA Review
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA embraces modern elements of the style without sacri...
Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky Review
Johnnie Walker Red Label is an inexpensive and easy-to-find blended scotch whisky that’s g...
Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky Review
Johnnie Walker Red Label is an inexpensive and easy-to-find blended scotch whisky that’s g...
Lynchburg Lemonade
The Lynchburg Lemonade is named for the Tennessee home of the Jack Daniel’s distillery, bu...
Prosecco Versus Champagne: What to Know and How to Choose
Champagne or prosecco: tomato, tomahto, right? Not quite. Although the names of these two...
Sloe Gin Fizz
Sloes are tiny berries that grow wild in hedgerows around England. Unpleasantly astringent...
Kir Royale
A good glass of wine is a comforting way to end (or start) your day. And if that wine happ...
South Side
Ask your nearest bartender or cocktail historian to describe the South Side, and you’ll li...
Pimm’s Cup
The Pimm’s Cup started as a health drink in 1840s London. Take a swig, and you’ll see why—...
Revolver
The Revolver is a caffeinated twist on the classic Manhattan that was created by San Franc...
Vodka Red Bull
Sometimes you want an expertly made and well-balanced cocktail. And sometimes you want som...
Gin & Juice
It doesn’t get much easier than the Gin & Juice in the canon of easy cocktails. This smoot...
Clover Club
The Clover Club cocktail can be traced back to the late 1800s and Philadelphia’s Bellevue-...
Bloody Caesar
In 1969, the owners of the Calgary Inn in Calgary, Alberta, asked Walter Chell, the Monten...
Stinger
The Stinger is a pre-Prohibition drink composed simply of cognac and white crème de menthe...
Everything You Need to Know About Soju, the Most Popular Spirit in the...
While rice is usually thought of as a staple grain in meals across the world—from rolls of...
The Dos and Don'ts of Making an Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is arguably the grandfather of all cocktails. Simple yet complex, subtle...
Hibiki Japanese Harmony Whisky Review
Hibiki Japanese Harmony is a light well-crafted Japanese whisky that’s both accessible and...
Lava Flow vodka recipe
The Lava Flow blurs the distinction between a milkshake and a cocktail. Although its exact...
Slippery Nipple
In the family of sweet shots that innately declare that it’s now a party, the patriarch is...
Michelada
Beer is great. That is unassailable. But beer cocktails combine two wonderful categories i...
Rosita
The Rosita is a modern classic cocktail most often described as a tequila Negroni, though...
Don Julio 70th Anniversary Añejo Tequila Review
Don Julio 70 is a category-defining clear aged tequila with notes of cooked agave, vanilla...
Grasshopper
The Grasshopper is a green blast from the past featuring green creme de menthe, white crem...
Don Julio 1942 Añejo Tequila Review
Don Julio 1942 is a complex, aromatic añejo tequila, aged longer than most añejos. Floral,...
Death in the Afternoon
Ernest Hemingway is known as much for his writing as for his drinking. Through his books a...
Martinez
The cocktail world owes a lot to the classic Martinez. Made with equal parts gin and sweet...
Liquid Cocaine
There’s some disagreement in the drinks world about what exactly a Liquid Cocaine shot con...
Trinidad Sour
Some drinks look strange on paper. If you’ve ever mixed even a single Manhattan or an Old...
Fuzzy Navel
Meet the Fuzzy Navel. Don’t be turned off by the bizarre name, which is admittedly not the...