Balance is the key to a delicious cocktail. When a drink is too boozy, it’s tough to swallow. When it’s too sweet, it can be equally hard to swallow, in a cloying way. Refined white sugar, even in the ...

The exotic Twenty Seventy Swizzle at Smuggler's Cove in San Francisco is made with fresh lime juice and two house made syrups (Photo: Dylan + Jeni). Makes 1 cocktail SC Demerara Syrup Makes 4 cups ...

Cocktail trends may come and go, but one staple remains a fixture on drink menus two centuries after its invention — the Old Fashioned. There are many competing stories about the origins of the “first ...

Spirit, sugar, bitters, and water, the Old Fashioned is cocktail in its most classic form. The basic formula here leaves lots of room for versatility: from bourbon to rye, simple syrup to Demerara, ...

Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Add the demerara sugar and stir vigorously with a whisk (or use an immersion blender) until the sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute (the water ...