The legend says that one day a Sailor was looking for the perfect beverage to attenuate his thirst after days sailing away. He finally found the perfect elixir but when he started to drink, he just couldn’t stop. The elixir became water for him. Since then he was called the “Drunken Sailor”. 2 oz Seaside...
Meet, Audre. A tipple born from a collaboration with my close friend, and powerhouse of a social media manager/photographer Mona. Attached to this spiced libation is a poem from her days touring North America as a spoken word poet and finding her black identity in her own way. A libation as unique as her, and...
I created this cocktail not only to taste great but with the thought of the environmental impact of the ingredients used. The name Within Reach references the use of the ingredients that can be sourced close to home. It also implies that choosing sustainable ingredients and low waste practices can make a difference to the...
As Espresso Martini fever was growing circa 2022, a guest at Drink in Boston wanted a dessert cocktail that was coffee flavored and I came up with this Flip on the fly. I utilized Borghetti Espresso Liqueur and Averna from our house Espresso Martini recipe and the Benedictine, egg, and nutmeg garnish from the century-old...
We at Bartender Atlas feel fortunate that based on our experience we’re asked to judge cocktails often. When it comes to judging cocktail competitions there are many factors that figure into the final decision. There are often very strict criteria by which the drinks are measured and sometimes, based on those criteria, the best drink...
I work in a mezcaleria that is a fusion of Oaxacan and Southern flavors so wanted to create something that represented where I work utilizing my love for bourbon. Finding flavors that work with both mezcal and bourbon that played well together was a success in creating Sweater Weather which was my submission to the...
I present to you a recipe taken from my series of cinema-inspired cocktail photos called Ius Memoria. The Black Death cocktail is directly inspired by the film The Seventh Seal from Ingmar Bergman. The loss of innocence, faith in God and the questions that the film raises. It includes Italian brandy, lingonberry liqueur, red wine...
This cocktail I created during my stay at the fine dining Animalón in Ensenada Valle de Guadalupe. It was inspired by my favourite distillates: Strega liquor and Gin Condesa from Mexico City for having their mystical and magical aspects with all their botanicals and the idea that they’re created by witches from different parts of...
A great cocktail segue from fall to winter. Very outdoorsy using the Spruce Tip Vodka with cranberry, cinnamon and rosemary. 1.5 oz Manns Spruce Tip Vodka 1 oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup* 0.75 oz Cranberry Juice 0.75 oz Lime Juice Ginger beer Put all ingredients except for Ginger beer in shaker tin. Add ice and shake...
Bartender Atlas: We at Bartender Atlas have noticed that as cocktail competitions have started up again in person, some of the competitors (don’t worry, not you…probably) have been taking these competitions and the results too personally. I know I have only ever won 2 cocktail competitions (one was basically a Twitter competition and the other...
