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This riff on the amaretto sour bolsters the cocktail with scotch, adding a subtle smoky note.

Part pizza bagel, part Bloody Mary, with a Parmesan salt rim just for fun—this drink has it all.

This signature Kansas City cocktail is the Moscow mule’s spicier, boozier Midwestern cousin. 

The ingredient that takes this cocktail from a tired trend to an improved classic is nearly an ounce of quality overproof bourbon.

This refined amaretto sour recipe is not cloying or overly perfumed—it’s balanced by shaking in an orange and lemon peel.

The Smoke Show uses bourbon, rum, and cinnamon syrup to make a cocktail so delectable, it doubles as dessert. 

There’s no such thing as the perfect large-format cocktail…wait. Classic Spanish sangria has entered the chat.

With its signature salted rim, this vodka and grapefruit cocktail is one easy summer drink.

This classic cocktail is a simple mix of gin, sugar, lemon juice, and seltzer.

This combination of  watermelon juice, pisco, and black currant liqueur will take you to the glossy world of a “Barbie Girl.”

This riff on the margarita gets a creamy upgrade with the use of fresh avocado. 

Like a well-worn shirt, this rum, rye, and coffee cocktail has the right balance of moody and vibrant.

This variation on the mezcal margarita leans on a quick Earl Grey tea syrup and grapefruit liqueur to evoke the feelings of a cozy morning.

The Carondelet is built on the flavor template of a Ramos gin fizz—the notoriously laborious New Orleans classic—but artfully reimagined without the dairy and egg white.

Hailing from the historic New Orleans restaurant La Louisiane, this spiritous cocktail is a less-vaunted member of the Southern cocktail canon.