Top 10 New Cocktail Mixers

From fruits and vegetables to spices and herbs, the team at Endless Simmer put together a list of our top 10 favorite new things to mix into crazy cocktails. Flip through the slide show for pictures of cutting edge cocktails from around the country, then read the full article.

 

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Comments

[VonTeshyn]

03:28 PM on 09/22/2010

...fig puree... = sigh =

[mellene]

02:54 PM on 09/06/2010

I love the mole bitters from The Bitter Truth. Best in my opinion of the things noted to add to cocktails.

[dididangerlove]

06:29 PM on 09/17/2010

Me too!

[Pleroma]

03:38 AM on 09/02/2010

Peyraud bitters... where to find?

[sazerac]

02:34 PM on 08/31/2010

Egg yolks in an alcoholic beverage are "new?" We might hear an "I think not" from the American colonials who were drinking hot flips (ale mixed with rum, thickened with eggs and sugar and heated by the plunge of a red-hot poker) in the 17th and 18th Centuries.

[JerseyHooligan]

03:35 PM on 08/31/2010

how could i forget....

[VerizonCells]

04:06 PM on 08/31/2010

lots of eggs in drinks all over South America.

[TamysDMilo]

02:25 PM on 08/31/2010

Whenever we think about putting something new into a drink, we should ask ourselves, "What would Clarence Thomas do?"

[AristophanesJones]

04:00 PM on 08/31/2010

Heh. Gross.

[greezil428]

02:17 PM on 08/31/2010

How 'bout liquor geez why ya gotta snaz it up with a bunch a stuff ,Gin and Tonic,Scotch,Whiskey, Rum and Coke Gin and Vodka Martini's these are drinks.

[PCMinistry]

02:12 PM on 08/31/2010

Sriracha is one of my favorite things in the world! Sometimes if I'm hungry I'll just cook up some rice and eat it with sriracha on it.

[newtom]

01:50 PM on 08/31/2010

I've been using Sriracha in my Bloody Mary recipe for years. It's a great addition for some different level of spice.

[Dex Mandark]

01:23 PM on 08/31/2010

EWWWW! The egg yok drink looks just like the stuff those two chicken farmers downed on
"Napoleon Dynamite"

One of the most nauseating scenes in movie history - (After "Doody" in Caddyshack)

[Paystyle]

02:07 PM on 08/31/2010

What you see atop the egg yolk (not yok) drink is a swirl of Peychaud's bitters. Also, egg yolks are not a new cocktail ingredient, but a rather old one found in many classic cocktail pre-dating Prohibition, aka the golden era of American mixology.

Dr. Zanzibar - In NY where I live, the best cocktail spots max out at $15 per drink. Only the more ritzy hotels and rooftops, who also happen to make some of the city's worst cocktails, charge in excess of $20 b/c they know they can get away with it. But the purpose of the article was to show you that many of these drink, such as the Jupiter Flip, can be made at home with the most basic set of bar tools, which every man (or woman) should have anyway.

Cheers!

[Sandmanj]

12:50 PM on 08/31/2010

The Peruvian Pisco Sour has whipped egg yolk. Delicious.

[sazerac]

02:35 PM on 08/31/2010

Actually, a properly made Pisco Sour contains only egg white, but it's still delicious. :)

[Sandmanj]

10:29 PM on 08/31/2010

OMG! Did I say "yolk"? - you're right - I meant "white".

[Dr Zanzibar]

12:14 PM on 08/31/2010

They should add dried and crushed dollar bills considering how much these drinks probably cost. The addition of okra probably makes the drink $22...

[Cody Wetzel]

01:59 PM on 08/31/2010

Garnish with a five dollar bill, serve in chilled gold plated tumbler.

[benitowine]

02:25 PM on 08/31/2010

I'm the guy responsible for this Okratini, though I didn't invent the recipe. No idea what one costs in a bar, but I made this one at home for around 75 cents in ingredients. Had I gotten homemade pickled okra from one of my friends I could have gone down to about 60 cents. ;)

[greezil428]

02:34 PM on 08/31/2010

I like my Old Crow from the the ditch, if you can find enough ov'em they ain't to bad served hotfrom the afternoon sun.

[ibflyin27]

11:51 AM on 08/31/2010

mmmmm I love figs! never thought to use them in a cocktail...

[Matt Sewell]

11:40 AM on 08/31/2010

The only one that sounds remotely appetizing is the maple syrup.

[undrgrndgirl]

03:56 PM on 08/31/2010

my brother makes a great bacon-tini with maple syrup and bbq sauce...yum!

[Pleroma]

03:27 AM on 09/02/2010

aaaa.... OK.

[Busbydav]

11:22 AM on 08/31/2010

Smoked Coke.......isn't that called freebasing?

[brownfrown]

12:52 PM on 08/31/2010

It's more related to smoked salmon vs. smoked cocaine ;)

[undrgrndgirl]

03:56 PM on 08/31/2010

lol!

[OGFrostbite]

10:44 AM on 08/31/2010

wait....no GHB?