The cocktail: Making life better since circa 1806.
It wasn’t the first drink to be mixed with gin, but it was the one that took over the world.
A once-coveted starlet of the pre-Prohibition era, few cocktails have achieved such ridicule as the Pink Lady. But why? Seamus Harris remembers a century of pink-drink prejudice.
From its centuries-old history to tips for avoiding dairy-based disasters, here’s the skinny on this fatty delight.
A war-winning hangover cure from Cairo by a not-so-average Joe.
Escape to paradise.
While tourists fight – and lose – against the Margarita, Mexicans themselves lean back with a Paloma.
The history of a hangover staple.
Few classics have suffered more from THEIR export than the mighty Corpse Reviver. Seamus Harris charts the journey of a stiff re-animator.
Get to know the history of the classic Bamboo Cocktail.