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Imagine selling the Bloody Mary to a focus group today: “Say, you know what goes well with vodka? Tomato juice!”

In this week’s episode of A.V. Cocktail Club, Chicago bartender Laura Kelton teaches us how to make the Mexican…

Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some…

The 151 Swizzle is the classic spiced tiki drink that appeared at the Don The Beachcomber chain of bars a half…

Astoria is a classic variation on the martini, conceived by Jacques Straub, the legendary wine steward of Chicago’s B…

Many tiki cocktails have tropical, fruity, and creamy coconut qualities, but they could also be more spice-driven.…

Few classic tiki drinks use only gin. The Saturn, created in 1967 and rediscovered by tiki scholar Jeff “Beachbum”…

A classic from the Hotel Nacional De Cuba in Havana, this cocktail is an extra smooth and aromatic variation on the…

There isn’t a bartender in the country who’s a bigger advocate for tiki drinks than Paul McGee. This is his…

Sloppy Joe’s is the legendary Havana bar frequented by leading men and starlets during and after the Prohibition…

Ah, the venerable mai tai. This drink has been ripped off and bastardized so many times, it’s rare to experience the…

There’s a lot to like about “Smoke Break”—ideal for fans of a Manhattan cocktail, or fans of a mezcal Negroni, or…

The lineage of this cocktail begins with the classic and ubiquitous Negroni, which uses one part each gin, vermouth,…