Morning Glory

The keys to drinking before noon

Brunch cocktails have been playing a slow fugue while the rest of the cocktail movement has evolved at a rapid clip. Rather than settle for variations on the Mimosa or Bloody Mary...

Shrub a Dub Dub

Add these tart syrups to your favorite cocktail

You may trap flies with honey, but you land even more barflies with vinegar. Shrub, a vinegar-based ingredient that has been popular in cocktails since the 19th century, has made...

Brain Trust

Using the bell curve toward better drinking

They say that two heads are better than one. Simon Ford and Dushan Zaric, the founders of the new spirits company The 86 Co., ran with that famed adage. To make their Cana Brava...

Gin Gin Rule

An old-new gin is back on the market

Few good things came out of cocktail culture in the '90s. One of the decade’s few saving graces was a delicately spiced gin from Tanqueray called Malacca, but it was...

Turning Japanese

Whiskey with water is worth a shot

Japanese whiskey may have been inspired by Scotland, but it’s no knock-off. Instead, whiskey in Japan is bolstered by a distinctive cultural practice that is starting to...

Clear Headed

Tony Abou-Ganim sticks his neck out for vodka

Little elicits a snappier judgment from a bartender at a craft cocktail joint than a request for vodka. As the most commercially successful spirit in the States, it’s hard...