Several of the artisans in our annual Drinks issue seem to have another resolution: to party like it’s 1849.
Print Issue: January/February 2014: Issue No. 33
Frank Giresi recently opened Whiskey & Wine Off 69, a home mixologist’s dream of a shop on the Upper East Side.
Opened by Laura Maniec two years ago as a place to drink, eat and learn about wine, Corkbuzz, just south of Union Square, has grown to be a go-to destination for oenophiles and their grape-loving cohorts
You may get to know Kevin Heald by the jaunty fedoras he sports, but you’ll get to love him for the jam-packed, American-focused beer and cheese he sells in his aptly named Lower East Side shop, Malt & Mold.
Brenne Patel’s single-malt whisky greets the palate with a smooth sendup of ripe figs, warm citrus, chocolate and balanced barley.
If you live by the Kinky Friedman maxim “Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder,” Hospoda is your place.
Eamon Rockey, milk punch and the intense simplicity of Betony’s cocktail program.
Andy Brennan moved upstate in search of an orchard he’d loved and lost. Now he’s resurrecting America’s oldest drink.
Turning back the clock with “Heritage Distilling.”
One little café brewed a revolution in a cup.
Old-school watering hole.
At Kara Newman’s Think.Drink events, pros like Talia Baiocchi of Punch magazine read their original works out loud.













