As a spirits writer and judge who tastes thousands of expressions per year, I generally don’t care for bottled or canned ready-to-drink cocktails. They're often too sweet, fruity, or watered down, and ...

There are people who follow cocktail recipes to the letter (for distinction, we shall refer to them as squares) and then there are the dreamers who make drinks based on feelings alone. An extra ...

As a professional spirits writer and judge who tastes hundreds of cocktails every year, I was the perfect person to put it to the test. I’m not a drinks snob by any means. But I definitely doubted how ...