The hot toddy is a great winter warmer that has been around for centuries. The classic recipe is simple combination of hot water, lemon, whiskey and spices. It has been touted as medicinal, suggested as a home remedy for the …
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The Suburban
Today’s clever cocktail combines the unlikely duo of Rum and Rye. We were recently introduced to the idea of mixing these two base spirits to create a complex foundation for cocktails. Drawing on the sweet caramel richness of Jamaican rum …

Rye Whiskey Switchel
Any New Englander worth their maple syrup bucket knows about Switchel. This sweet and sour drink had a humble start quenching the thirst of 19th century field workers and today is offered among the hipster crowds from Connecticut to Maine. …

The Southern Slope
Today’s clever cocktail comes to us from The Clover Club in New York City. It is a tasty spin on the Manhattan with the addition of Apricot liqueur. It is a strong drink tempered with a bit of fruitiness from …

Red Hook Cocktail
New York has many cocktails named after its towns and boroughs. The Red Hook is a wonderful variation on the Manhattan and Brooklyn cocktails created by Milk & Honey bartender Enzo Errico. It is a simple, wonderfully balanced concoction employing …

Vieux Carré
The French Quarter in New Orleans has brought us a significant number of classic cocktails. In French, “Vieux Carré” means “Old Square” referring to the French Quarter where this cocktail was first crafted in the 1930’s at the famous Carousel …

The Greenpoint
I am a Rye guy. I love the way that it offers a spicier character to cocktails than its more popular cousin Bourbon. So, today as we work our way through cocktails named after the Boroughs of New York, we …

Monticello Cocktail
Today’s clever cocktail comes to us from The 12 Bottle Bar book by David and Leslie Solmonson. It is a drink that the authors created based on America’s first home-grown whiskey, Rye. In 1797 George Washington constructed a distillery on …