DRINKS GONE DIY
A good cocktail is meant to be an invitation to unwind, but some recipes are jaw-clenchingly complicated: precise measurements of this particular spirit or those exact bitters. If you don’t have the right bottle readily available, you can’t make the drink at all. It makes you want to throw up your hands and walk away.
Luckily, some drinks are made with a freer structure. They lend themselves to riffing and breezy improvisation.
Tristan Willey made his name at high-end New York City bars like Booker & Dax and The Long Island Bar, where he discovered that drinks like Martinis and Manhattans work well when the rules are relaxed.
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