Cocktails that pair with

Pasta Salad

Across 28 related dishes — most-paired first.

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Old Fashioned

6 dishes

Bourbon & American whiskey

Bourbon or rye, sugar, bitters, orange.

Why it works

Mid-bodied, soft-sweet, citrus-bright pours flex with everything from roast bird to fried wings.

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Daiquiri

Shaken sours

White rum, fresh lime, sugar. The simplest, brightest sour ever invented.

Why it works with Thai Chicken Pasta Salad

Bright citrus and ginger balance Thai's chili-lime-sugar-fish-sauce four-way attack.

Manhattan

Classic & stirred

Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters, brandied cherry. The quintessential brown-spirit cocktail.

Why it works with Asparagus And Artichoke Pasta Salad

Deep, dark, malt-or-oak-driven pours echo slow-cooked beef and dark-sauced richness.

Margarita

Shaken sours

Tequila, fresh lime, triple sec. Salt rim optional but recommended.

Why it works with Thai Chicken Pasta Salad

Bright citrus and ginger balance Thai's chili-lime-sugar-fish-sauce four-way attack.