Cocktails that pair with
Across 2 related dishes — most-paired first.
Highball & long drinks
Dark rum, ginger beer, lime. Caribbean fire — cuts through fatty foods.
Roasty, citrus-cream, or boozy-sweet pours layer onto frozen desserts as temperature contrast.
Works with Hazelnut Ice Cream · Braised Pears With Hazelnut Ice Cream
Martini family
Vodka, fresh espresso, coffee liqueur. Dessert and digestif in one.
Roasty, citrus-cream, or boozy-sweet pours layer onto frozen desserts as temperature contrast.
Works with Hazelnut Ice Cream · Braised Pears With Hazelnut Ice Cream
Classic & stirred
Bourbon, Campari, sweet vermouth. The whiskey Negroni — richer, less bitter.
Roasted, caramel, dried-fruit, and oak-warm pours bring out nut sweetness and balance salt.
Martini family
Vodka, cranberry, lime, triple sec. The pink one — tarter than it looks.
Tropical, citrus-bright, and lightly tart pours echo the fruit at the center of the plate.
Shaken sours
White rum, fresh lime, sugar. The simplest, brightest sour ever invented.
Tropical, citrus-bright, and lightly tart pours echo the fruit at the center of the plate.
Tropical & tiki
Aged rum, orgeat, orange curaçao, lime. Tiki royalty.
Tropical, citrus-bright, and lightly tart pours echo the fruit at the center of the plate.
Classic & stirred
Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters, brandied cherry. The quintessential brown-spirit cocktail.
Roasted, caramel, dried-fruit, and oak-warm pours bring out nut sweetness and balance salt.
Bourbon & American whiskey
Bourbon or rye, sugar, bitters, orange.
Roasted, caramel, dried-fruit, and oak-warm pours bring out nut sweetness and balance salt.
Tropical & tiki
Rum, pineapple, coconut cream. Vacation in liquid form.
Tropical, citrus-bright, and lightly tart pours echo the fruit at the center of the plate.
Classic & stirred
Rye, absinthe rinse, sugar, Peychauds bitters. New Orleans dark and aromatic.
Roasted, caramel, dried-fruit, and oak-warm pours bring out nut sweetness and balance salt.
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