Happy birthday Leonard Cohen: singer-songwriter, poet-philosopher, and the inspiration for this twist on the King Cole cocktail.

Perfect for Father’s Day, this classic drink has grown drier over time—kind of like dear old Dad.

Created by bar manager Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli, this cocktail was mentioned in our First Taste of Craigie On Main in Cambridge, Massachusetts as having a “spectrum of refreshing flavors.”...

This cocktail—single-malt Scotch coupled with sweet, seductive elderflower liqueur—is all alcohol and a bit bad-ass, but a garnish of sliced kumquats gives it a delicate exoticism....

The Blood and Sand is one of the few classics that includes Scotch.