• Scofflaw

    February 21, 2026Rob

    Recipe from “Strong, Sweet and Bitter” by Cara Devine who writes, “The name comes from a competition run by a Prohibitionist to coin a word to describe those flaunting the law and continuing to drink… I don’t think it achieved the effect they wanted it to! The drink, though, is not American but French, albeit from Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.”

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  • Cariño

    February 21, 2026Rob

    Recipe from “Strong, Sweet and Bitter” by Cara Devine who writes, “This is a Negroni twist I make for a more dessert-style take on the bittersweet blueprint. It had remained nameless until I featured it in a video, when the Cariño was suggested as merging my name and one of the ingredients–plus it means ‘affection’ in Spanish, which is definitely how I feel about Negroni variations in general!”

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  • Sidecar

    January 12, 2026Rob

    Recipe from “Strong, Sweet and Bitter” by Cara Devine who writes, “The Sidecar’s exact birthplace is debated, but it’s safe to say it gained notoriety after World War I at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris and was inducted into the cocktail hall of fame with its inclusion in the seminal bartending book by the same Harry: Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails. The name of the cocktail is also disputed–some say it was named after an army captain who used to arrive at the bar in a motorcycle sidecar; others say it comes from the bartending practice of pouring any…

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  • Bobby Burns

    January 5, 2026Rob

    Recipe from “Strong, Sweet and Bitter” by Cara Devine who writes, “A Rob Roy, named after a famous Scottish outlaw, is simply a Manhattan made with scotch, and the Bobby Burns takes it one step further by adding a herbal liqueur alongside the vermouth. It is often drunk on Burns night to celebrate the famous Scottish bard, but it has been suggested that the drink was actually named after a cigar salesman in New York–somewhat less romantic.”

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