Whiskey Cocktails

Burns Night, a celebration of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns, is observed each year on January 25, and is serious business for the Scots. In...

Well they'll stone fruit you when you're trying to be so good. They'll stone fruit you just like they said they would. They'll stone fruit you when...

More like Just Lychee? Because there are no peaches here, save for the suggested garnish. But man.... isn't that just like life? You know, like, wh...

If we all began our morning with one of these, the world would be a much slower, much more caloric, and maybe - just maybe - a much groovier place....

Ain't life a peach? Well, maybe not always, but at least it can be a pooch, and anyway that's what cocktails are for. Basically a smoky peachy Mai ...

Branca is a dog after our own heart. Behind those deep and soulful eyes there is a deep wisdom: A love of simple cocktails, and the knowledge that ...

The boozy counterpoint to the Grapefruit IPA. The bright, slightly bitter, and super tart loveliness of grapefruit is a fantastic foil to the rich ...

This drink from San Francisco's Trick Dog is a real doozy. When Rob Roy finally accrues enough PTO and goes on an island vacation, this is what it ...

This very New Orleans style drink is actually a proud San Francisco creation, first made in 2004 by Jon Santer, subsequently made drink-famous at B...

Another strong and stirred New Orleans cocktail that has managed to fly well under the radar as a "B-List" cocktail in recent years, the Arnaud's S...

You could see it as a dressed up Manhattan or a dressed down Vieux Carre, and either way it tends to become a fast favorite for fans of elegant, st...

What's the coziest thing you can imagine? A sleeping puppy by a crackling fire? A hot homemade pie coming out of the oven? Gathering your family ar...

One of our favorite twists on the Old Fashioned is the use of a house bitter - blending two dashing bitters together into one new, semi-homemade re...

This marriage of a whiskey sour and a bramble is a perfect companion for an afternoon tipple after a jaunt of whimsy in the forest. The notes of fi...

The Black Manhattan, just as suave and dapper as it's classic brother, is just a bit more dark and brooding - more likely to wax on about Nietzsche...

“I think it tastes like Christmas!” Sother Teague, the owner of New York’s famed bar, Amor-y-Amargo, and the inventor of the Sharpie Mustacheonce t...

Everything you need to be a great ball boy. Basically, a spin on the Rob Roy, with St. George's Baller Whiskey at the center, whose lovely plum liq...

Many may balk at the fact that this spin on the Bobby Burns has not a single Scottish bone in it's body, but we think that Burns himself, in the tr...

A lush, fruity, and earthy take on the Boulevardier, this take keeps the American Whiskey base, but it couldn't be a more different American whiske...

Though the whiskey highball is as old as seltzer itself, and could hardly be simpler in terms of ingredients, the Japanese managed to embrace it, e...

The Boulevardier was originally mixed up by Erskine Gwynne, the publisher of a magazine that shared the same name. Erskine created his publication ...

A Northern Californian take on the Boulevardier, which ironically comes from Claire Sprouse of New York City's Hunky Dory. Lighter on it's feet tha...

It doesn't get more classic or reliable than this. The original definition of cocktail was simply "any combination of spirit, sugar, and bitters". ...

Named for the classic, over the top Bette Davis melodrama, the name could also refer to the dark victory that is surviving an entire holiday meal w...

Elevate your Manhattan with a small batch whiskey. The rye grain in this full-bodied whiskey adds just the right amount of spice and lends complexi...

Named for the riverside Brooklyn neighborhood, the Red Hook takes the Manhattan and combines it with the much lesser known (naturally) Brooklyn, cr...

A seemingly crazy cocktail experiment gone wildly right, the Trinidad sour uses a full ounce of Angostura Bitters as its base, complemented by an e...

The Negroni's whiskey based little brother, the Boulevardier was created in 1920's Paris by Erskine Gwynne, editor of the Boulevardier magazine. It...

It doesn't get more classic or reliable than this. The original definition of cocktail was simply "any combination of spirit, sugar, and bitters". ...

First served at the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar in the French Quarter (or Vieux Carré) of New Orleans, this drink has long been a favorite of c...

The classic New Orleans cocktail, which is saying something for a city with such a storied drinking history. Basically a Big Easy version of an old...