It’s quite light, it’s enjoyable and it’s kind of a happy drink,” Soddu says, adding that as a honey-based cocktail this works perfectly after dinner with cheese. Ingredients: 50ml (1.7oz ...

The Fitzgerald, created by Dale DeGroff at the Rainbow Room in the 1990s, is a modern classic combining gin, simple syrup, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and a few dashes of Angostura bitters.

Use a cocktail muddler to crack open the cardamom pods. Pour cognac into a quart jar and add muddled cardamom. Rest mixture at room temperature for 1 hour, then use a fine mesh strainer and funnel to ...

Also, clean up as you go. “When you start drinking, you become less tidy,” he jokes. Ingredients: 50ml (1.7oz) Compass Box Nectarosity (a blended Scotch whiskey) ...

Aside from Manhattan riffs, several under-the-radar cocktails take inspiration from New York City. Learn how to craft your next Big Apple happy hour with these 8 iconic cocktails.

Pour off (or drink!) about 1 1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) of the beer. Place a small funnel into the mouth of the bottle and pour in the Aperol, followed by the lemon juice. Go slow and lift the funnel ...