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Articles By Wayne Curtis

Imbibe Contributing Editor Wayne Curtis is a designated drinker, freelance writer, contributing editor to The Atlantic and online columnist at The American Scholar. His favorite drink is the Sazerac, which makes perfect sense considering he calls New Orleans home.

Mixopedia Black Nail

How the Irish version of the Rusty Nail factored into Irish whiskey's survival.

When a U.S. president found himself challenged over an act of diplomacy: to drink or not to drink.

fresco cocktail

Why this perfectly good name for a cocktail is now up for grabs.

FDR Martini Repeal Day

The story behind FDR's legendary cocktail hours and his first post-Repeal drink.

Neal Bodenheimer

How the New Orleans native helped shape the city's bar scene.

Mixopedia city cocktails

Why some city-centric cocktails never got enshrined in the canon of classics.

Coconut Willie

In 1937, Hawai‘i came to New York.

How the New Orleans bartender has left her mark on the Crescent City's bar scene.

With Turning Tables, Folkes is helping underrepresented communities kickstart careers in the bar world.

The story behind one of the showiest cocktails ever invented.

cocktail competitions

How competition cocktails became the show dogs of the cocktail world.

How the fifth-generation rum producer is keeping her family's legacy alive while shaping a new future.

The day the rum stopped flowing.

Who really invented the Grasshopper? Wayne Curtis does some digging.

The rise and fall of a once beloved ice-cracking tool from the 1940s.

When the pandemic delivered hardship to their distillery, Catoctin Creek founders Becky and Scott Harris created a way to help the hospitality industry.

How the cocktail educator is merging her passion for Black history with her passion for hospitality.

What makes an ordinary cocktail extra special?