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Caesar Martini

Green With Envy: Aloe and Cucumber Vodka Cocktail

Your Mother's Spritz: white wine spritzer

Tallboy Martini

Frozen Spicy Mango Cocktail

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Moitié-Moitié: A 50:50 Martini Riff

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fully loaded espresso granola

Gus' Sip and Dip Freezer Dirty Martini

Chocolate Cake with Chai Buttercream

Monkey's Tail Thirst Trap piccadilly raspa cocktail

Over the Rainbow: Halekulani Riff

Sour Strawberry Highball

Green juice by Roy Choi

Stone's Throw by Juniper and Ivy

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Suikawari gin sour with wasabi and melon

Strawberry absinthe frappe

Piña Margarita pineapple margarita from Doris Metropolitan

Strictly Business Gold Rush Riff from Polite Provisions

Coterie Roots & Rituals limoncello cocktail

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Whipped and Swirled: The View's Banana Pudding Cocktail

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The Martini Cocktail author Robert Simonson helps us explore the Martini’s evolution and its role in modern cocktail culture.

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Seasonal Recipes

Little Friend nonalcoholic drink

Zero-proof and zero-waste but 100-percent flavor.

Bumblebee matcha rum cocktail bee's knees riff

A refreshing tonic for warm days.

Pineapple Old Fashioned from The Mothership Milwaukee

The best way to enjoy whiskey while making use of leftover pineapple.

coffee martini recipe

A complex but delicate take on the Espresso Martini.

Speed Rack vegetal tequila daisy

A Speed Rack-winning recipe that tastes garden-fresh.

Queen Garden Swizzle

A bright and botanical spirit-free swizzle.

Matcha and Lemon Posset Tarts

Matcha tarts evoke the grassy, green goodness of spring.

Anchorage Silius Goes East batched gin cocktail

A silky, floral sipper.

Brown Sugar Milk Tea with homemade boba pearls

How to make the most famous Taiwanese drink.

Palm Desert Date Shake from Pacific Standard Portland

A boozy take on a Southern California favorite.

Chamomile-infused tequila cocktail: The Birds and the Bees

A vibrant and floral sipper.

Lamb for Joann Rebekah Peppler

Vermouth enhances the aromas of this take on a classic French dish.

Chamomile Spritz

A sparkly sipper for summer.

Matcha Pistachio Ice Cream

A nutty and earthy vegan ice cream.

New Belgium Grape Fizz

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New Belgium Grape Fizz Ale

Fun, crushable, and nostalgic, this limited seasonal ale makes for an ideal summer beer.

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Inside the May/June Issue

South African wine

A highly coveted sweet wine is exciting palates once again.

Breweries are are finding fresh fans outside of urban areas.

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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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In order to understand what the Martini is, it’s

In order to understand what the Martini is, it’s important to know what the Martini was. Today on Radio Imbibe, we continue our Martini deep dive as Imbibe contributing editor and “The Martini Cocktail” author @RobertOSimonson joins us to explore the cocktail’s history and role in modern cocktail culture. Tune in via the link in our bio or wherever you get podcasts.

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For his ideal Dirty Martini, Kevin Beary (@headsto

For his ideal Dirty Martini, Kevin Beary (@headstotails) of @Gus_SipAndDip batches with 10% dilution and uses a double-strength olive brine, which he says yields the perfect salinity, alcoholic strength, and body. After pouring the cocktail, he tops it with a little shaved ice to maintain drink’s the chill while also providing those ice chips that people love from a shaken Martini. Recipe link in our bio.🍸

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Craft beer’s 2010s surge saw breweries settle in

Craft beer’s 2010s surge saw breweries settle in many cities’ run-down precincts, bringing manufacturing and nightlife to vacant factories and forlorn storefronts, writes @JoshMBernstein in his latest for Imbibe. The boom, in part, rewound the clock to pre-Prohibition times when hulking urban breweries met the beer-drinking needs of the nation’s ascendant cities. But as the pandemic sent city-dwellers seeking square footage to rural and suburban towns, the math shifted on the cost-benefit of brewing and selling beer in metropolises with expensive leases, pricey utilities, hollowed-out offices, and diminished foot traffic. Seeking customers and more affordable real estate, breweries are moving to the suburbs and installing equipment in strip malls and former department stores, setting up near housing subdivisions that provide built-in clientele.

Head to the link in our bio to read more about why the economic grass is often a little greener in the suburbs.

📸 @headlands_lafayette by @nat.cody

Looking for the perfect brunch cocktail? Try this

Looking for the perfect brunch cocktail? Try this Pimlet combining two favorites—the Pimm’s Cup and the Gimlet—in one glass. Get the recipe from @AmberCarregal for @WillaLovesTampa via the link in our bio.

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