Cocktail Recipes

Colonial Ties

Colonial Ties

Created by my old boss Eric Alperin owner of the Varnish in downtown Los Angeles, this drink is not only a play on the American Trilogy cocktail but also a continuation of the...

Colonial Ties

Created by my old boss Eric Alperin owner of the Varnish in downtown Los Angeles, this drink is not only a play on the American Trilogy cocktail but also a continuation of the...

Black Manhattan

Black Manhattan

This drink is so famous you’d think it was around a lot longer than it actually has. The Black Manhattan was created by San Francisco Bartender Todd Smith in 2005 who made the drink...

Black Manhattan

This drink is so famous you’d think it was around a lot longer than it actually has. The Black Manhattan was created by San Francisco Bartender Todd Smith in 2005 who made the drink...

Red Hook

Red Hook

The Red Hook was created by Italian Bartender Vincenzo Errico at Milk & Honey in New York City around 2003. This is Errico’s own entry into the realm of Manhattan riffs named for Brooklyn neighborhoods. This one subbing in Punt e Mes a vermouth amaro hybrid...

Red Hook

The Red Hook was created by Italian Bartender Vincenzo Errico at Milk & Honey in New York City around 2003. This is Errico’s own entry into the realm of Manhattan riffs named for Brooklyn neighborhoods. This one subbing in Punt e Mes a vermouth amaro hybrid...

Old Pal

Old Pal

The Old Pal is Harry McElhone’s Negroni Variation first published in his ABC’s Of Mixing Cocktails in 1922. Famously, McElhone was the proprietor of Harry’s American Bar in Paris and created a secret society of Barflies that may...

Old Pal

The Old Pal is Harry McElhone’s Negroni Variation first published in his ABC’s Of Mixing Cocktails in 1922. Famously, McElhone was the proprietor of Harry’s American Bar in Paris and created a secret society of Barflies that may...

New York Sazerac

New York Sazerac

Apparently, the Split Base New York Sazerac is the base Sazerac in Australia. News to me but a fun fact!

New York Sazerac

Apparently, the Split Base New York Sazerac is the base Sazerac in Australia. News to me but a fun fact!

Improved Brandy Cocktail

Improved Brandy Cocktail

The Improved Brandy cocktail was quite possibly the genesis of the Sazerac. It was a Cognac or Brandy variation of the whiskey cocktail and was popular in the 1870’s.

Improved Brandy Cocktail

The Improved Brandy cocktail was quite possibly the genesis of the Sazerac. It was a Cognac or Brandy variation of the whiskey cocktail and was popular in the 1870’s.