Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters is, as far as we can tell, the only brand of kosher bitters. With it you can make this classic—and kosher—Champagne cocktail.

Created by bar manager Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli, this cocktail was mentioned in our First Taste of Craigie On Main in Cambridge, Massachusetts as having a “spectrum of refreshing flavors.”...

This recipe was inspired by the late Dick Bayly, who was the proprietor of the Hotel Morey. When asked what was in one of his special cocktails he would inevitably say, “Good stuff, kid.”...

Jamie Boudreau, one of the nation’s best bartenders (currently at Tini Bigs Lounge, in Seattle), came up with this monster of a Manhattan variant.

The hottest thing to hit alcoholic drinks is ice—steeped with a shot of herbs, spices, or fruit flavor.

The French have a surprising respect for virgin drinks.

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They have names like Death & Co., and Milk & Honey. Together they form a kind of Cocktail Nation, a semisecret society with its own rules.

Four contestants have made it to the finals of the annual competition sponsored by the United States Bartenders’ Guild. Who will be mix-master?