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Rocinante mezcal cocktail from Lady Jane in Denver

No Churn Yuen Yeung Ice Cream Cake - coffee milk tea cake

Castle Sour: Irish whiskey sour from Prohibition in Charleston, South Carolina

horchata paletas

Cucumber Basil Margarita

Matcha Pear Smoothie

Irish whiskey 461: Irish coffee riff

Brainstorm: A Classic Irish Whiskey Cocktail

bijou cocktail recipe

One Trick Mule Irish whiskey

Spicy Cod With Sake and Grilled Lime

Angie passion fruit gin sour cocktail from Dear Strangers

Mary Celeste mezcal cocktail

Café Mexicana: Iced Irish Coffee Riff

Breakfast Margarita

smoked salmon chowder

Bon Soirée: a savory and spicy margarita

The Riff Raff Club Yellowjacket: Mezcal Bee's Knees Riff

Kuduowl Bubblegum Daiquiri by Bad Birdy

Pineapple Old Fashioned from The Mothership Milwaukee

Banana Bread: tiny cocktail Bananarac riff

melon daiquiri

Sifr #8: A savory Old Fashioned riff

Long Legs from Good Guy's

Palm Springs Date Shake

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Seasonal Recipes

Five-Spice Daiquiri

An aromatic and complex take on the Daiquiri.

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Warming rooibos and bourbon fuel this wintry hot toddy.

coffee martini recipe

A complex but delicate take on the Espresso Martini.

Hold Your Horses - The Mulholland Wintry Old Fashioned

Baking spices and a buttery texture make this the ideal winter sipper.

Blood Orange Mule

A crushable take on the classic highball.

Hot Oaxacan Penicillin

A warming cocktail for chilly nights.

Winter Spice Latte

Cozy up to this seasonal coffee drink.

Pineapple celery cobbler

An herbaceous and zingy spirit-free drink.

Winter Cup winter pimm's cup

A warm-weather classic gets a wintry makeover.

Good Lion Magic Walnut Ride low-ABV Negroni

A low-proof cocktail with wintry vibes.

Adonis Spritz

A cold-weather sparkler.

Coq Au Vin

A French classic that offers the ultimate winter comfort.

Earl Grey Loaf

A simple cake that bursts with the flavor of bergamot.

A perfect après-ski treat.

rye and beer pancakes

The secret to these flavorful pancakes is a glug of beer.

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Roe & Co Blended Irish Whiskey

Launched in 2017, this Irish whiskey is a smooth blend of grain and malt whiskies aged in bourbon casks.

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Classic Cocktail Recipes

Blinker

A nearly forgotten classic that's poised to endure.

Clover Club

Julie Reiner's house version of the classic gin cocktail.

Mai Tai cocktail

Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's adaptation of the classic.

Manhattan cocktail

The quintessential three-ingredient recipe.

One of the world's most refreshing cocktails.

mint julep

The backstory of an iconic summer cocktail.

classic negroni recipe

The iconic equal-parts mix of gin, Campari and sweet vermouth.

Negroni Sbagliato

A bright and bubbly variation on the classic.

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A classic that's reliable like an old friend.

ramos gin fizz

Original instructions dictated that this New Orleans classic be shaken 12 minutes.

Ritz Cocktail Dale DeGroff

An elegant modern classic.

An enduring combo of whiskey, bitters and absinthe.

Sidecar cocktail

One minor tweak balances out this classic.

Singapore Sling

A classic gin sling.

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To design a Bloody Mary with a truly unique flavor

To design a Bloody Mary with a truly unique flavor, James Beard award-winning bar @MaisonPremiere adds a secret ingredient to its mix, as detailed in the bar’s book The Maison Premiere Almanac. Their Bloody Mary features a vegetable purée base with depth and texture and the spice and savory notes from Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, horseradish, and Tabasco sauce. But the addition of oyster stout—a stout brewed with oyster shells—is what gives the cocktail its mouth-watering salinity. Recipe link in our bio.

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With roots dating back to 19th-century New Orleans

With roots dating back to 19th-century New Orleans, the Blackthorn cocktail is one of the few classics to highlight Irish whiskey. Head to the link in our bio to see how they make it at @LazyBirdChicago.

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Irish whiskey is booming, giving distillers fresh

Irish whiskey is booming, giving distillers fresh opportunities to innovate, a trend @cocktailchron explores in our latest issue. Among the standouts? @RoeandCoWhiskey, a bold Dublin-distilled Irish whiskey aged in bourbon casks, designed to be mixed into elevated cocktails that reimagine St. Patrick’s Day.
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Check out our latest Drink of the Week and mix an Irish Gold Brew, a fresh take on Irish Coffee with Brown Butter-Washed Roe & Co. Article and recipe link in our bio!

Enjoy responsibly. Do not forward to anyone under 21. ROE & CO Blended Irish Whiskey. 45% Alc/Vol. Imported by Diageo, New York, NY.

With its French name and midwestern roots, the Bij

With its French name and midwestern roots, the Bijou cocktail can be hard to place. Early iterations of the drink, whose name translates to “jewel,” emerged in two U.S. cities circa 1895. Bartenders in St. Louis, Missouri, made Bijous with Grand Marnier and Cognac. Meanwhile, those in Cincinnati, Ohio, used the moniker for a combination of Grand Marnier, gin, and Italian vermouth. The latter was more closely related to the version published in Harry Johnson’s 1900 Bartender’s Manual, which featured equal parts of gin, sweet vermouth, and green Chartreuse, plus a few dashes of orange bitters.

Modern bartenders tend to tweak proportions to put gin front and center. Not only does a gin-forward mix create a drier finish, but it also keeps the bold, herbaceous flavors of Chartreuse from overwhelming the drink. “I prefer using an Old Tom–style gin, which adds a pleasant citrusy-sweet character that pairs beautifully with the orange bitters,” says Diego Deleon (@dizzy.llc) of @KaoriMiami. The results are bright and balanced—despite the cocktail’s relatively high ABV. “It’s a boozy drink, but still very delicate and approachable,” Deleon add. Recipe link in our bio.

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