Minty, refreshing, and undeniably potent, the Stinger cocktail is part reviver, part ultimate nightcap. The cocktail originates around the fin de siecle, but was not memorialized until Tom Bullock’s Ideal Bartender (1917). The Stinger was a favorite of the high society set...
Over the last decade the cocktail renaissance has spread across the country and helped turn bartending from a mere side-job for college students and aspiring actors into an honorable profession. It has also resurrected previously unknown names like Jerry...
If you grew up in America, then chances are you're familiar with the story of Elizabeth Griscom Ross, better known as Betsy Ross. If you didn't, or if you had ADD during elementary school, the story basically goes like this:...
Infusions are pretty common at PDT, since they're a great way to add a particular flavor to a cocktail without having to add more volume to a drink, which is what would happen if you added the flavor by way...
For the uninitiated, the term "flip" refers to a category of alcoholic drinks that involve a whole raw egg as an ingredient. So the Egg Nog is essentially a flip. Flips used to refer to hot beverages that had beer...
"Did you say you'd like an Apple Martini? I'm sorry but we don't carry any Apple Puckers, and the year is not 2002." -Me Perhaps you've been in jail for most of this century and you've recently been set free,...
The #2 drink in the PDT Cocktail Book is the #3 Cup. If you like the Pimm’s Cup, then you cannot pass up this one, which appeared on the PDT menu in the spring of 2009. Created by former PDT bartender Gerry Corcoran, the drink's...
Photos by Mike Brandeberry and Kayoko Akabori. 'Tis true: there lives a kickass distillery named St. George Spirits, just east of San Francisco, right across the Bay Bridge, in a little town that bleeds into Oakland, called Alameda,...
