Raise your glass, because our first-ever mixology survey results are live!

This Bloody Mary will set you right after a late night out. Perfect accompaniment for a hangout brunch with friends and family the next day. Bang bang in your mouth.

The liqueur program at The Spare Room is a time-consuming process based on local harvest, making it 'the best of last season's foraging.'

Whether or not a single drink has been the most influential is almost impossible to say. There is a lot to consider when determining which drinks influenced the cocktail lists of today.

This bartender might be a bit more Tom Cruise in the film "Cocktail" than he is master mixologist -- who knows -- but that doesn't take anything away ...

As bartenders are downright fetishized for their ability to combine specific spirits, I feel we're losing some of the spirit of the bar. People are there to have a good time and meet people, not to pray at the altar of the cocktail.

Some of us get excited when we see celebrities on the street, pumping their gas, paying their meter or rushing out frustrated from a massage appointment. Andrew Parish cooly serves them drinks.

Missed your morning shot of green tea? Not to worry: You can play catch up during cocktail hour.

If we value beer as a finished product, does that make it unusable in any other capacity? If we see fine champagne being used as an ingredient in a bubbly, delicious, thoughtfully-crafted cocktail, does that mean it is any less sophisticated or regarded?

If you ask most people what their favorite bar is, they'll probably cite some place local and dependable, with good lighting, tasty beer and moderate ...

I have begun an effort to change the law, to make it legal for Iowa bars and restaurants to employ their skills to make cocktails better and more enjoyable, and return to a time when the cocktail was considered a high art.

Since the creation of the cocktail more than 200 years ago, bartenders have been thrilling us with not only delicious drinks but also entertaining sto...