The world of cocktails is constantly in flux. Classics make triumphant returns to rotations — sometimes centuries after their demise — while modern hits disappear into the ether. Right now, ...

While it's fun to play mixologist at home and come up with unique drinks, you can also easily make a delicious, complex, and elegant option with no fancy syrups, tinctures, tonics, or unusual craft ...

The Gin Basil Smash is a foundation stone. Gin, citrus, simple syrup, and basil—its inherent deliciousness is so evident to bartenders and non-bartenders alike as to approach something like a natural ...

If you have more rhubarb than you know what to do with, especially if it's starting to look a little frayed at the edges, use it to infuse a bottle of gin for summer cocktails. It makes a refreshing ...

Ideal for summer, the refreshing Gin Basil Smash is simultaneously sweet, sour and herbaceous. It's also also delightfully easy to craft and even easier to sip. The Gin Basil Smash is a modern ...

Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and wine and spirits educator, in addition to Food & Wine she is also the senior editor of Liquor.com.

Celebrate July 4th in style with this Basil Watermelon Smash cocktail. The star shaped apples are sure to impress any guest! Check out the recipe on this episode of Cocktail of the Week. Slice apple ...