American Cocktails
American cocktails are the grammar of the modern bar: whiskey, rye, gin, citrus, bitters, vermouth, ice, and the confidence to leave a good drink alone.
Featured american cocktails
- Old fashioned - Drink desk - Louisville - Whiskey, bitters, sugar, ice, and orange oil, built without muddled fruit salad.
- Manhattan - Drink desk - New York - Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters, and a cold stir that makes vermouth storage matter.
- Martini - Drink desk - New York - Gin, dry vermouth, and temperature discipline in a glass that forgives nothing.
- Sazerac - Drink desk - New Orleans - Rye, bitters, sugar, absinthe rinse, and lemon oil with no ice in the glass.
- Whiskey sour - Drink desk - Boston - Whiskey, lemon, sugar, and optional egg white, shaken until the drink has lift.
- Mint julep - Drink desk - Kentucky - Bourbon, mint, sugar, crushed ice, and a metal cup frosted cold.
- Bloody Mary - Drink desk - Chicago - Vodka, tomato, heat, acid, and garnish with enough restraint to stay drinkable.
- Cosmopolitan - Drink desk - New York - Vodka, cranberry, lime, orange liqueur, and a colder shake than nostalgia remembers.