Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

Add ice to a highball glass. Mai Tai The story of the Mai Tai is the story of tiki, one of the most iconic drinks – if not the most iconic drink – to come out of ‘40s rum culture. We make it here with just four ingredients, though you’re free to jazz up the rum selection and use a combination of products if you want to get fancy.

Simple Syrup

Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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?

Brandy

VinePair

MAY 19, 2024

The latter debuted in 2010 as a limited-edition release, its label featuring an image of what looks strikingly similar to an imperial Stormtrooper helmet. Connecticut’s New England Brewing Co. offers a few crowd-favorites, including its Fuzzy Baby Ducks IPA and its Star Wars-inspired Imperial Stout Trooper. Lucasfilm Ltd.

Stout

VinePair

MAY 15, 2025

Rum is the unofficial backbone of the entire tropical drinks canon. As strange as it may seem for an entire cocktail category to be dominated by a single spirit, it makes sense that rum would be the base of most tropical drinks. As he once said, What one rum cant do, three rums can.

Rum

VinePair

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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.

Highball

VinePair

APRIL 3, 2025

It is overproof, but its extremely soft, says Sarah Morrissey, bar director at Le Veau dOr, where the house Martini cheekily titled our way on the menu calls for 2 and a half ounces of Old Raj to a half-ounce of dry vermouth, and comes with a highball sidecar of vermouth and Vichy water. It makes a very beautiful Martini.

Gin