Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date. When ...

Bourbon, lemon, simple syrup, and an aerated egg white deliver a velvety Whiskey Sour that channels Jerry Thomas’s 1862 sour structure with modern finesse.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — No detail is overlooked when ...

Fall is the ideal time for whiskey. Yes, we realize we’ve said that about summer and winter as well, but we really mean it this time. This season is all about transitions, and not necessarily the ...

As the clock ticks down to midnight, the clink of glasses and the hum of celebration fill the air. What better way to toast the arrival of 2025 than with a lineup of whiskey cocktails that are as ...

Yes, the Rob Roy is just a Manhattan with Scotch whisky. But, wow, it’s a different beast. The drink is a 19th-century classic that deserves a lot more love than it gets. These days, most people order ...

Grand Traverse Distillery Smoked Honey Whiskey Sour Photo by Dave Weidner November’s scarce daylight and insinuating chill demands that we stoke the wood stove, don the flannel and get down to the ...

An increasing number of mixologists are turning to rye, a spirit with sturdier elements that show well through cocktail construction. The spirit was once popular in the U.S. after the Revolutionary ...