The Best of Punch
8 most popular Punch articles, as voted by our community.
Drinks, always full.
Punch on Food
Now Entering the Golden Age of N/A Beer
Nonalcoholic beer has entered its golden age. In five years, it has grown into a booming industry with big names and independent upstarts.
Everyone Loves to Hate the IPA
On a Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn, I sat at the bar at a favorite brewery, relishing the opportunity to unpack the eclectic tap list—an English-style mild ale, a grisette, an Italian-style…
Punch on Wine
The Wine Flaw of Our Times
It was 2015 and I was tasting wine at a store that no longer exists, staring in puzzlement at a glass of something cloudy and orangish from Chile. It was my first time tasting natural wine’s bacterial…
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JaNee: Where Is She Now?
The most viral bartender in history isn’t “Professor” Jerry Thomas or Dale DeGroff. Nor is it David Wondrich or Audrey Saunders, or even young Bri
Who Orders a Vesper, Anyway?
James Bond’s fabricated Martini of choice is either “a damn fine drink” or “the Kenneth Cole of cocktails.” You decide.
Cocktail Culture Has a Nostalgia Problem
Fetishizing one brief period of history narrows the lens on an entire movement. What happens when we look beyond the gospel of Jerry Thomas?
Float On, Cocktail Float
Once the sole domain of the New York Sour, the float technique has landed on everything from clarified milk punch to frozen Piña Coladas.
Campari's Secret History and More From the Oxford Companion
Campari's unexpected origin and four more of the most surprising discoveries from The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails.
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