Modern Classics
Curated by Bitters Guide
Eight drinks whose creator is known by name: Sam Ross's Penicillin, Phil Ward's Oaxaca Old Fashioned and Audrey Saunders's Gin Gin Mule, plus five made at working bars — The Violet Hour in Chicago, Amor y Amargo and The Dead Rabbit in New York, the Portobello Star in London and Empire State South in Atlanta.
Collection Recipes (8 recipes)
Penicillin
Scotch cocktail with honey and ginger
Curator Notes
Scotch, honey and ginger under an Islay float
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
Mezcal and tequila old fashioned
Curator Notes
Reposado tequila and mezcal on agave syrup, with mole bitters
Gin Gin Mule
Gin and ginger beer with fresh mint
Curator Notes
Gin, lime and mint lengthened with ginger beer
Pocket Square
Six ingredients around a bitter orange amaro, shaken and served over ice
Curator Notes
Amaro CioCiaro carries it, with Campari and elderflower behind
Sharpie Mustache
An equal-parts stir of gin, rye, amaro and quinquina
Curator Notes
Equal parts gin, rye, Amaro Meletti and Bonal Gentiane-Quina
The Dead Rabbit
The bar's own drink: Irish malt, vermouth, Chartreuse and a heavy dose of Orinoco
Curator Notes
Irish single malt and sweet vermouth on four dashes of Orinoco
Portobello Star Manhattan
A perfect Manhattan on overproof rye, dosed in drops rather than dashes
Curator Notes
A perfect Manhattan on overproof rye, Abbott's dosed in drops
The Smoke Also Rises
A Hemingway daiquiri pulled toward smoke by Sfumato
Curator Notes
A Hemingway daiquiri with half an ounce of Sfumato Rabarbaro