After a couple weeks, I finally posted a new page up on the site. This one is all about mixing with kumquats, everyone's favorite olive-sized winter citrus fruit. In cocktails, they are a revelation. The page includes 7 simple and delicious recipes you can make with them, headlined by my favorite: the Smash of the Titans, a riff on the Bourbon Smash using kumquats and fresh oregano in place of lemon wedges and mint. I'm a little worried that since we're at the tail end of k

This is one of our most popular cocktails at Clover Club, it's one of the only drinks that never leaves the menu. Despite sounding like a modern variation, the Improved Whiskey Cocktail dates back to the good ol' days of the gilded age which ran from roughly the 1870s-1900. It has the weighty gravitas of a classic Old Fashioned with a Sazerac-like floral herbaceousness, courtesy of the maraschino and absinthe. It’s a like a scenic detour on a familiar, well-trodden route,