“This book is being published… in the hope that it will contribute at least a little to the standardization of drinks and to the promotion of that happy state of affairs where, when you order your ...

Can you honor someone against their will? Let’s start with the honor: In 1931, a bartender in Cuba invented a cocktail that they called the Douglas Fairbanks. It’s rye whiskey (or possibly gin, more ...

The Old Pal is like a Negroni, but meaner. Spicier. More austere. It is an acquired taste—one worth acquiring, we insist, but an acquired taste nonetheless—and you can think of it as the last stop on ...