Whiskey Cocktails

  • An Old Fashioned And A Gimlet Walk Into An Iconic Stockholm Department Store, Nordic & Co

    A mix between an Old Fashioned and a Gimlet, the Nordic & Co cocktail is named after Stockholm’s famed Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) department store Named after Stockholm’s iconic Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) department store, which is…

  • Brooklyn Gets Its Own Boulevardier

    Utilizing New York-made Campari-esque liqueur and vermouth, Brooklyn now has its own version of the classic Parisian whiskey cocktail While born in 1920s Paris, the Boulevardier didn’t catch on till the late 2000s when the…

  • Bourbon Meet Pineapple: The Only In NY Is The End Of Summer Whiskey Cocktail You’ve Been Waiting For

    The Only in NY is a modern take on the classic Algonquin cocktail, featuring bourbon, pineapple juice, and dry vermouth alongside those last gasps of summer indulgence While whiskey season is fast approaching, no one…

  • NYC’s Skylark Delivers An Autumnal Take On A New Orleans Classic

    Say what you like about Times Square, from 30 stories up its pure spectacle. That’s the perspective The Skylark delivers. The swank NYC lounge mixes old school elegance with modern luxury, masterfully appointed interiors look…

  • London’s Donovan Bar Somehow Encapsulated The Spirit Of Churchill In A Cocktail

    A larger-than-life character best known for smoking cigars, downing whisky, and saving the world from Nazis, Winston Churchill is as much lore as man at this point. It takes a brave soul to try to…

  • Copenhagen’s Ruby Goes Sustainable To Make A Better Whisky Sour

    Danes do life right. They’re the happiest people on the planet, boast some of the planet’s top fashion designers, and play home to the world’s best restaurants. They’re also the world’s most sustainable country. Things…

  • How To Make The Official Cocktail Of New Orleans, The Sazerac

    The official drink of New Orleans, the Sazerac is a cocktail made for sipping on your French-style balcony while listening to the sounds of the city–probably jazz, definitely involving brass instruments. Not for the weak…

  • Fields Of Gold

    Fields Of Gold

    My home lies on a ridge. To one side sits the neighborhood of Echo Park, on the other Elysian Park, an actual park that fills with smoky barbecues, families rejoicing in music and company, and…

  • Three Cocktails With… Talisker 10 Year Old

    Far too many people scoff at the idea of putting Scotch Whisky in a cocktail. But there is simply nothing wrong with it. Earlier this year, journalist Becky Paskin argued the case for the famed…

  • Manhattan Skye

    Manhattan Skye

    The summer heat fades. The grape vine whispers about New York’s death rattle. How could the city that never sleeps, ever truly perish? I think about New York as much as any Angeleno. In many…