No. 41: January/February 2013

FEATURES

The Imbibe 75

Our top picks for the people, places and flavors that will help shape the way we all drink in the year ahead.

WEB EXTRA: Outtakes from some of our Imbibe 75 personalities.
WEB EXTRA: 10 more drinking spots to watch in 2013.
WEB EXTRA: Our Imbibe 75-inspired list of cocktails to try in 2013.

BONUS RECIPE: Aprile
BONUS RECIPE: Attorney Privilege
BONUS RECIPE: Blue Jay
BONUS RECIPE: Brave Companion

BONUS RECIPE: Business Class
BONUS RECIPE: Capitulation No. 3
BONUS RECIPE: Curaçao Punch
BONUS RECIPE: Czech the Shelf
BONUS RECIPE: El Chavo
BONUS RECIPE: Falling Leaves
BONUS RECIPE: Figgy Tonic
BONUS RECIPE: The Graduate
BONUS RECIPE: La Fee Suisse
BONUS RECIPE: La Yapa
BONUS RECIPE: Lust for Life
BONUS RECIPE: Montana Sky
BONUS RECIPE: On the Boulevard
BONUS RECIPE: Prey of Thieves
BONUS RECIPE: Separation Anxiety
BONUS RECIPE: Sweetwood
BONUS RECIPE: Veronica Rose
BONUS RECIPE: Vida Old Fashioned
BONUS RECIPE: Pendergast
BONUS RECIPE: West Indies Sour

DEPARTMENTS

Uncorked A new Cuban-style rum, the Mimosa three ways, five Salvadoran coffees to try in the New Year and Mo Rocca on drinking like your grandparents.
WEB EXTRA: A Q&A with Drunken Botanist author Amy Stewart.
WEB EXTRA: Where to score a memorable Mimosa.

Old Fashioned David Wondrich goes all-American with a Boston classic. READ »

Taste-Test Chocolate stouts that take the cake this winter.

Gear Which paring knives slice through the competition?

Elements Bartenders raid the pastry kitchen for the smooth and rich vanilla bean. READ »

Mix It Up Brighten your winter cocktails with a batch of DIY grapefruit bitters.

Cravings A whisper of sambuca graces a simple Italian-inspired pastry.

Quench How an Islay oyster helped one writer make peace with whisky.

RECIPES

Cocktails Pancho’s Mane, Ward 8, Winter Daiquiri, Vanilla Sky, Gaslight Sazerac, Shipwreck, El Dorado Sour, The Bitter Giuseppe, Alymeth, One Flight Up, Sexy Old Fashioned, Where’s the Whiskey, Brave Companion, Sea of Cortez, Pret a Poire, Paper Trail, Voyager Cocktail

Cravings Sambuca Beignets

How-to Homemade Grapefruit Bitters