Lockdown getting you down. Check out these super simple whiskey sipping riffs using stuff already on your bar cart. Use the time to become a whiskey sipper!
L’Allegro Cocktail
Every cocktail recipe has two kinds of ingredients: liquids and history. Since the L’Allegro cocktail is my own mix I know the history, and I’ll start with that, but feel free to skip right to the rec
Making a Real Brooklyn Cocktail with Amer Picon
Walking into any decent cocktail bar and ordering a Brooklyn Cocktail with Amer Picon will almost assuredly elicit a sad story about the dilution and final death of Amer Picon and how the bartender ha
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High West Campfire Whiskey Cocktail
Calling this a cocktail is liking calling a pop song a symphony. Simply put, High West’s Campfire Whiskey is excellent as it is. Like all great spirits, though, sometimes it’s nice to create something
The Manhattan Cocktail
The Manhattan Cocktail is one of the most recognized cocktail names, with a recipe that has remained largely stable for a hundred years. It is a strong drink – too strong for those who primarily drink
Peat Wash – A Smoky Whiskey Cocktail
Sometimes, drinks taste better in my imagination than they do once I make them. This was true for this drink when I started. While making some cocktails the other night, I thought it would be interest
American Trilogy
The American Trilogy is decidedly not a classic cocktail. Created in 2007 at New York’s Little Branch bar, it’s a relatively new drink with a name that is a bit of a conundrum. While it’s primary ingr
Cocktail a la Louisiane – The Best Classic Drink You’ve Never Heard Of
This drink is more commonly known as the a la Louisiane or just la Louisiane these days. That is, of course, if you can find a bartender who has even heard of it. When a friend recently took me to Tav
Orange Sazerac
Yes, it’s true. I’m officially a Sazeracoholic. I love these things. Strong taste, dominated by the base liquor, plus just the right added flavor from the other ingredients to make it completely uniqu
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The New Orange
It is fairly widely known that the southern tip of Manhattan was originally settled by the Dutch and was called New Amsterdam. What is not as well known – and I certainly did not know it until I did t