The Airmail cocktail is a refreshing and easy-to-make drink that's perfect for a warm day or a celebratory occasion. It's a classic cocktail that has been around since the 1940s, and it's still popular today.
The Bay Roc Special is a classic cocktail created by Jasper LeFranc at the Bay Roc Hotel in Jamaica in 1972. It's a powerful libation with a balance of spice, honey, and rum.
The Brown Derby cocktail, a classic bourbon, grapefruit, and honey drink, was named for the famous Los Angeles diner. It manages at once to be sweet, sour, and entirely delicious.
Created at famed New York City bar Milk & Honey in the early 2000s, this drink's combination of bourbon, lemon and honey became worldwide modern classic.
The Greenpoint was created by Michael McIlroy of Milk and Honey. Inspired by Vincenzo Errico's Red Hook Cocktail, he whipped up his own variation also named for the neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY he was living in. These two cocktails created an entire series of manhattan variations named from neighborhoods in Brooklyn and have inspired many bartenders from elsewhere to create their own manhattan variations named for neighborhoods in their own city.
Honey syrup is a simple syrup made with honey instead of sugar. It adds a unique flavor and sweetness to cocktails, elevating their complexity and balance.
Created by Vincenzo Errico for Milk & Honey in 2003 this is the drink which launched a whole category of Manhattan variations. This drink was created when Errico discovered the Brooklyn, a Manhattan variation which uses Amer Picon, a french digestif no longer available in the US. Errico was an Italian which Sasha Petraske brought back from London and convinced to come to New York and work at the bar for a few years. Errico wanted to showcase the long neglected (at the time) Punt e Mes which is an italian Vermouth which has a distinct flavor profile in that it has a bitter finish. It is somewhere in between a vermouth and an amaro, but is wine based. Errico expertly paired the bitter of the vermouth with the sweet dryness of the maraschino liqueur and the dryness of the rye whiskey, which also a tad sweet from the corn in it’s mash bill. The result, a perfectly balanced Manhattan variation. Joseph Schwartz was the guy who suggested the name Red Hook because it was drink that was somewhere in between a Manhattan and a Brooklyn. Brilliant!
Wassail is a warm, spiced beverage with a rich history dating back to ancient England. It's traditionally made with mulled cider, ale, or wine, sweetened with honey or sugar, and flavored with warming spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. It is often spiked with brandy and/or sherry.