Whisky cocktails

  • This Smoky Manhattan Riff Pushes The Envelope With Scotch, Amaro, And Honey

    Mixing Scotch, amaro, honey, and bitters, the Pushing The Envelope cocktail is the kind of smoky Manhattan riff made to pair with fatty meat dishes A smoky mix of whisky, amaro, honey, and bitters, the…

  • East Meets West In This Danish Twist On The Classic Sazerac

    This East-West twist on the classic Sazerac, from TATA in Copenhagen, brings together ingredients from either side of Denmark mixing fig leaf with whisky and Cognac to create an aromatic and perfumy yet stiff cocktail.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bella Donna – Vaca

    Bella Donna – Vaca

    Created by Renee Griego, Bar Manager of Vaca Restaurant in Costa Mesa, California, the Bella Donna finds gin and whisky coming together to do something more typically done by rum. A more labor-intensive cocktail, “the…

  • 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…

  • The Wanderer

    The Wanderer

    Lightning cracks the sky. California burns. Smoke from the north settles with the morning dew. It has been a time of contemplation for somewhile now, but the fog that settles on the horizon is opaque.…