Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date. When ...

Inspired by a whiskey sour cocktail, which uses a maraschino cherry as its garnish, whiskey, lemon juice and cherry bitters combine to amplify the flavor of cherries in a simple, intoxicating cobbler.

“You can choose your drinking partner, and mine ain’t from Tennessee,” sang the band Murder By Death in a love letter to that most distinctive of American-made liquors: bourbon. The dark, smokey corn ...

Monday just got even better: August 25th is National Whiskey Sour Day. And one country-turned-pop-superstar, whose life is “Sweeter Than Fiction,” is probably celebrating by day-drinking. READ: Taylor ...

We drank whiskey sours in college; they were OK, got the job done. A bottle of cheap whiskey and a bottle of store-brand sour mix were always easy enough to come by. Throw in a couple of $5 pizzas, ...