Drinks

Redemption Bar on Lower Broadway welcomes all with NA drinks and singer-songwriter performances. Plus: Get a recipe for McBryde’s alcohol-free Earl Grey Old-Fashioned.

Pumpkin ice cream and pie spice inspire an autumnal spin on the boozy Bushwacker cocktail

Louisville’s Seelbach Hotel honors a literary legend with a dazzling libation

Like sweet tea and a whiskey sour collided in your freezer

A sense of offbeat fun informs Nashville’s Fancypants and its cast of playful drinks—including this perfect summer-to-fall sipper

When only the heavy artillery will do

Like a Southern summer in a glass

Here’s how the citrusy libation became law—and how to mix one for yourself

The Ariston in Nashville shakes up a handful of classics for its own tequila and Aperol–laden cooler

Fortified wine embraces citrus, lemongrass, and a refreshing tea-and-honey syrup for an easy summer drink

A bracing, botanic cocktail inspired by a coastal Louisiana refuge

The South’s favorite summer fruit tastes just as sweet in your glass

A mugged-up drink that’s pure refreshment

Stir up a toast to Marquis de Lafayette

Fresh off the sunny Atlanta patio of Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall

Grapefruit, Campari, and bourbon come together in the Third Man cocktail

Definitive proof that bourbon and ice belong together

A bourbon cocktail built around local ingredients and homemade honey syrup

Shake up a bourbon classic

A bourbon party punch from the Holy City

Shake up your cocktail routine with a Queen Bee from Atlanta’s One Eared Stag

A bourbon-and-coffee cocktail from the newly-opened Saint Leo Lounge in Oxford, Mississippi

Herbs, peaches, and bourbon come together in this riff on an old-fashioned

Hugh Acheson’s take on a classic game day cocktail

A gameday treat from Atlanta, Georgia

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

A velveteen sipper from New Orleans

This traditional bourbon cocktail offers refreshing simplicity

An old-fashioned favorite becomes a craft cocktail

Louisville’s Garden & Gun Club shares a modern classic with a dash of rosemary

A Bloody Bull is an even richer spin on a Bloody Mary. Make it batch-style, like one G&G writer’s family, and prepare to bowl over your party guests

Party like it’s 1829

A reliable recipe that has evolved over the decades

Hosts in New Orleans serve this festive batch cocktail during parade watch parties

A surefire party starter inspired by the faithful combination of bourbon and ginger

A bourbon party punch from the Holy City

One bowl, three centuries of New Orleans tradition

Rick’s Buttermilk Biscuits and Milk Punch

The big-batch solution to making crowd-pleasing cocktails

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

The return of a classic Charleston cocktail

Think of this history-steeped blend of sweetened tea and rum as a template— and then tweak it