Drinks

An Italian Twist on the Mint Julep

Party like it’s 1829

A very Southern cocktail

Which cocktail should every Southerner know how to make?

Experience the original drink of the colonies

A Texas limonade cocktail

A Toast to Tujague’s in New Orleans, Louisiana

Combining two North Carolina favorites

This might surprise you, but you’ve likely never had a real Hurricane cocktail

We asked Alba Huerta of Julep in Houston, Texas, to share her tips for mixing perfect mint julep every time

A classic though underappreciated cocktail made with ginger beer, lime juice, and crème de cassis

Rick’s Buttermilk Biscuits and Milk Punch

More than a century after brandy fell out of favor, Southern distillers are turning their attention back to grapes

A New Orleans mainstay, milk punch is the South’s answer to eggnog

Toast the Breeders’ Cup Classic with a fall-inspired drink from the Apiary in Lexington, Kentucky

Bartenders are giving the South’s favorite nonalcoholic beverage a boozy spin

What happens when a dozen-odd whiskey aficionados, led by one maniacally obsessed Southern chef and the reigning bourbon king, gather to test twenty-four years’ worth of a legendary brand? Among other things, a hell of a good time

Rare and delicious bourbons you should try

Chef Sean Brock, Julian Van Winkle III, and others gather in Nashville to sample some of the South’s finest bourbon