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The Top 10 Summer Cocktails of All Time

Drinkhacker

He devised the cocktail to accompany shellfish, with a gin-based spirit mixed with fruits and spices. Add ice to a highball glass. Gin and Tonic A drink so straightforward that its name almost entirely contains its full recipe, the classic gin and tonic is about as clean and refreshing as a summer cocktail can get.

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A Fall-Friendly, Apple Brandy Riff on the Penicillin

Cocktails with Suderman

This would have been around 2010 or 2011, on my second visit to the Columbia Room, when I knew almost nothing about the world of classic cocktails. Specific spirits, for one, especially base spirits like whiskey or rum or gin , and specific techniques, like shaken or stirred. What Can I Get You? What sort of words will they focus on?

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This Cult Gin Stars In NYC’s Best Martinis, but You’ve Probably Never Heard of It

VinePair

Some of the most celebrated Martinis in New York are made with a brand of gin that most people have never heard of. And it is slightly yellow in color, giving you the first impression that the gin may have gone bad, before you learn that one of the botanicals is saffron. This gin is a true workhorse. Its a heritage brand.

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Does Hillstone Serve New York’s Best Martini?

VinePair

Dubbed the Martini Our Way , it comprises two-and-a-half ounces of Old Raj gin, a half-ounce of fino sherry vermouth, and four dashes of orange bitters. Most notably of all, the Martini arrives with a highball sidecar of the ice used to mix the drink plus an additional slug of vermouth, all topped with Spanish mineral water.

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8 Tropical Cocktails You Can Make Without Rum

VinePair

The majority of rum production takes place in the Caribbean i.e., the tropics so reaching for bourbon or gin might seem counterintuitive to the soul of something thats supposed to conjure a beach vacation in a glass. Shortly thereafter, he added a fourth gin to the mix to create the cocktails sibling: the Double Barrel Winchester.

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9 Drinks Trends to Leave Behind in 2024

VinePair

Over-Complication of Classic Highballs Pavel Kritchko – stock.adobe.com The classic highball think Rum & Coke, Gin & Tonic , etc. One way to quickly ruin a classic highball? Change the drink entirely and still call it a classic highball. Its so 2010. is a staple for a reason.