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Bergamot Blazer
While a most spectacular show of bartender brawn, the Blazer is a simple drink which just happens to entail rolling flaming whiskey back and forth between two metal mugs. A number of mid-19th century...
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Smoking Bishop
Charles Dickens’s drinking knowledge was as epic as his tales, many of which include passing descriptions of the Victorian era’s drinking rituals. The Smoking Bishop happens to fall into a family of...
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Glogg
If glogg (or glögg, if you’re feeling Scandinavian) does not immediately conjure Vikings or some later breed of burly, bearded Nordic men, nothing will. While the process of “mulling” wine with spices...
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Wassail
The word “wassail” has been used for more than a 1,000 years, appearing as early as the 8th century in the poem Beowulf. Throughout the single digit centuries it was used as either salutatory gesture...
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Hot Buttered Rum
Hot. Buttered. Rum. Is there anything sexier than a glass of melted butter mixed with warm golden spirits? No, we think not. Americans have been whipping up a spiced butter batter and dousing it with...
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The Hot Nerds of Holiday Cocktails
Have you ever just wanted to melt stick of butter, swirl it into a cup of hot rum and then chug it? Us too. For most, the Hot Toddy is the singular hand warmer within the winter cocktail canon consumed...
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The Buena Vista Café: America’s Irish Coffee Mecca
Day drinking begins early at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. A white-jacketed bartender steps up to the long wooden bar at the Buena Vista Café and lines up a dozen tulip-shaped glasses. Into each...
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See How a Proper Irish Coffee is Made, Buena Vista Style
Day drinking begins early at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. A white-jacketed bartender steps up to the long wooden bar at the Buena Vista Café and lines up a dozen tulip-shaped glasses. Into each...
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Excellent Negus
A variation on the bishop, the negus is a spiced wine lengthened with the addition of water. The Dead Rabbit’s version, the Excellent Negus—an adaption from the 1869 book, Cooling Cups and Dainty...
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Five Historic Hot Drinks Revamped for Today
For about as long as people have been mixing cocktails, they’ve been heating them as well. One of the earliest recorded Hot Toddy recipes—among the most universal of the hot alcoholic drinks—dates back...
View ArticleBrandy Zander
The Brandy Zander is our riff on the classic Brandy Alexander, also known as the Alexander No. 2, a classic mix of equal parts brandy, crème de cacao, and cream dusted with freshly grated nutmeg. While...
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Excellent Negus
A variation on the bishop, the negus is a spiced wine lengthened with the addition of water. The Dead Rabbit’s version, the Excellent Negus—an adaption from the 1869 book, Cooling Cups and Dainty...
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Five Historic Hot Drinks Revamped for Today
For about as long as people have been mixing cocktails, they’ve been heating them as well. One of the earliest recorded Hot Toddy recipes—among the most universal of the hot alcoholic drinks—dates back...
View ArticleChartreuse Toddy
While workshopping riffs on the classic hot toddy, we wanted to create something that played close enough to the original tune, but felt a bit more tony, more deluxe, more French. This combination of...
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The Mystical One
This simple, holiday-ready rendition of a Whiskey Sour combines the one-two punch of sage and cinnamon alongside lime juice in place of lemon. If you’re angling for a bit more richness, add a small egg...
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Amaro Caldo
Our good friend the Brooklyn restaurateur and sommelier Joe Campanale first had this warming combination of steaming hot water and amaro with a group of boar hunters in the Tuscan town of Panzano. It’s...
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Jalisco Hot Chocolate
A match ordained by the gods, this Mexican hot chocolate (your standard-issue hot chocolate upgraded with cinnamon and chile pepper) spiked with tequila is the very definition of a winter cocktail:...
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
This drink is proof that you can give your hot toddy an avant-garde turn without too much extra work. Here, a combination of bergamot-accented Earl Grey and smoky scotch commingles with the X-factor...
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Five Hot Drinks for the Modern Drinker
When the temperature drops to freezing, is there a better sidekick than steaming-hot cocktail? We think not. So instead of crushing a tray of ice for a round of drinks, consider heating up the kettle....
View ArticleSt. John Frizell’s Irish Coffee
One of the most beloved Irish Coffees in New York, St. John Frizell’s recipe was one of only two in our recent blind tasting to call on fresh espresso rather than coffee. It tied for first place with...
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