Adapted from Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails by Ted Haigh, courtesy of Vieux Carré Absinthe.

Created by Jonathan Pogash, The Cocktail Guru, New York City, served at the Empire Room, NYC. Courtesy of Bluecoat Gin.

The way a bartender shakes will tell you a ton about the bartender and the quality of your cocktail. I’d say a bartenders shaker face can become their signature. There are some good, some bad. Combier, “the original triple sec,” figured they’d make a game out of it. What a better reason to travel the US visiting the country’s top mixologists. Each day a duo of mixologists compete for the best shaker face, and you … Read more