VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

All the Best Whiskeys to Drink in 2025 Best Bourbon: Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon A relative newcomer to the Four Roses portfolio, Small Batch Select launched in April 2019 as a permanent fixture of the brands year-round lineup. Its 44 percent ABV ensures that it will shine as either a neat pour or the base of summertime highballs.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Big Apple, as the city is ironically nicknamed, is seeing a renaissance of classic cocktails like whiskey sours, martinis, and highballs. Other NYC spots have also added creative drinks spotlighting the apple to their menu, like Foxtail’s Honey Baked Apples, Lindens Apple Shiso Highball, and Altair’s Roasted Apples. Lemon Juice.5

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Australian Bartender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Located in the basement of the iconic Gaden House in Double Bay, Bobbie’s is a joint venture with the Perrys’ longtime mates, Linden Pride and Nathalie Hudson, known for their Dante bars in New York City and Los Angeles (voted #1 World’s Best Bar in 2019).

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Gins play well with fresh herbs, fruits and produce so they’re a natural choice as a base for more refreshing, citrus-forward cocktails such as highballs, smashes and sours, says All Saints’ Weller. The addition of plum wine adds depth and richness, while cherry bitters provide a delightful finishing touch,” Ansaldi says.

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VinePair

APRIL 17, 2024

Building a Backbar In 2019, Orlando Franklin McCray was brought on to run the bar program at Nightmoves, the part-dance club, part-cocktail bar that shares a wall and ownership with one of the best wine restaurants — frankly, best restaurants period — in Brooklyn, The Four Horsemen. Stir to combine and enjoy.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Modeled after a 1920s train car, Platform 18 serves cocktails like The Gibson Girl (gin or vodka, dry vermouth, sake, orange bitters, and lemon oil) and 54th Street Club (popcorn-infused reposado tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, togarashi, and pandan). Bitter & Twisted’s Solero. Highball’s Land of Mountains.

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VinePair

JUNE 4, 2025

It was a well-balanced highball layered, complex, refreshing, and delicious. Willetts The Bar at Willett opened in 2019, with Andrew Pope, formerly of top bars in Washington, D.C., The Crusta has been on the menu since the bar opened in 2019. The improbable mix of rye whiskey , alpine amaro, and melon liqueur somehow worked.

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