Occasionally, you stumble upon a surprising flavor combination that just works. Aquavit and peach couldn’t be on further ends of the flavor spectrum, but with the assistance of a few ingredients, it’s easy to bridge the gap.
When I developed this cocktail in 2020, I had just discovered Charanda—a sugarcane-based spirit distilled in Mexico. The bottle that I was specifically enjoying was Uruapan’s Charanda Blanco. This particular bottling is created through two distillation methods.
The Holy Fizz is one of those creative cocktail ideas that are often devised when you’re a few cocktails deep. This recipe re-imagines the Church cocktail as a fizz, resulting in the perfect sipper that’ll have you seeing the bottom of the glass too quickly.…
The Bywater is a cocktail created by Chris Hanna of Arnaud’s French 75 Bar in New Orleans. This combination of rum, Green Chartreuse, Averna, and falernum may not seem like complementary flavors, but, in conjunction, they work extremely well.
Boozy and stirred—perhaps my favorite cocktail style. Boozy, stirred, and simple—definitely my favorite cocktail style.
Hella Bitters & Soda isn’t the first product I’ve reviewed from the ever-expanding Hella Cocktail Co. When I met their founders back in 2016, bitters were their only product. Since then, their brand has expanded to include a full lineup of bitters, mixers, and canned bitters and…
Smoky, herbal, and bitter. It’s hard to beat this combo of mezcal, Yellow Chartreuse, and Aperol created by Joaquín Simó during his time at Death & Co.!