Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeanette Hurt covers the culture of spirits, wine and beer. Women represent 0.5 percent of written history. With great exception, ...

A decade ago, when Dale DeGroff and his co-founders behind the Museum of the American Cocktail presented their idea to create a showcase for this most American libation, not everyone was ready to ...

David Wondrich, a drinks historian, drinks columnist for Esquire from 2000 to 2016, and for the Daily Beast from 2016 to 2022, has written a graphic novel with artist Dean Kotz about the history of ...

The history of cocktails is a fascinating journey through American history, global trade, cultural movements, and the evolution of taste. From humble beginnings to the sophisticated craft cocktail ...

Cocktail wizard Dave Wondrich used a Boston shaker as a time machine when he taught a room full of people how to make old-school drinks. Real old school--some of the libations that the author of ...

Curator Ted Haig shows part of the antique liquor collection at The Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans. In New Orleans, cocktails are serious business. What better town for a temple to the ...

The happy drinkers of 2018 can get a great Old-Fashioned wherever they go. They can order from a list of 40 artisanal mezcals. Moscow Mules comes in their proper copper mug. And their drinking ...

If you've ever enjoyed a Grasshopper cocktail, you might think of it as a "Shamrock Shake for grownups" or York Peppermint Patties in liquid form. Part after-dinner drink, part dessert, the bright ...

James Bond without his martini? “The Big Lebowski” dude without his White Russian? Unthinkable. You won’t see any “Best Supporting Drink” in this year’s Academy Awards ceremonies, but cocktails play a ...

Advocate staff photo by Ian McNulty -Visitors learning about cocktail history will be able to sample examples mixed at the bar at Purloo, inside the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. The bar was once ...