A tour of what's on the menu at New York City's hottest cocktail bars. The list includes Manhattan and Brooklyn.

1. Cocktail Trends for Fall/Winter
New York City

2. BlackTail
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New York City, NY
Flavors & Ingredients
• Sarsaparilla
• Pear Soda
• Arbol Chili
• Elderberry
• Smoked Black Peppercorn
• Mole Bitters
BlackTail
2nd floor, Pier A Harbor House
22 Battery Place, New York, NY 10004
Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry, co-
founders of The Dead Rabbit, flew from
Belfast, Northern Ireland, to New York
with a plan: to create the world’s best
cocktail bar.
BlackTail harks back to the expat life in
Havana with its highballs, punches and
sours, as well as rich American fare
with an emphasis on seafood. The main
bar, paneled in dark wood with vintage
photos and ads, is set off by illuminated
stained glass overhead, while a fronded
‘lobby’area is lighter in tone, with
leather couches, bookshelves and a
retro globe.

3. Pouring Ribbons
3
New York City, NY
Pouring Ribbons
225 Avenue B
New York, NY 10009
Flavors & Ingredients
• Cardamom
• Chocolate Milk-Washed Koch
Espadin Mezcal
• Mascarpone
• Activated Charcoal
• Maple
Toby Maloney—a bartending O.G. at the
legendary Milk & Honey and Pegu Club—
boasts enough star power to roll out a spot
on his own. But the gifted drinks slinger,
along with business partner Jason Cott,
recruited top cocktail talents Joaquín Simó
(Death & Company) and Troy Sidle (the
Violet Hour) to form something of a booze-
powered Fantastic Four. The team has set
up pioneering bars across the country in
places like Nashville (the Patterson House)
and Chicago (the Violet Hour), as well as
working on consulting gigs in Gotham.
Pouring Ribbons marks the all-star squad’s
solo debut in New York, with one of the
year’s most exciting new drinks menus and a
capacious teal-daubed barroom.

4. Mace
4
New York City, NY
Mace
649 E 9th St
New York, NY 10009
Flavors & Ingredients
• Cinnamon Brewed Chicha Morada
• Red Cabbage Syrup
• Basmati Rice Water
• Cedarwood Bitters
• Kuromitsu
• Yerba Mate-infused Pisco
From a veteran cocktail crew comes this
Alphabet City watering hole emphasizing
spicy and herbal infusions in its drinks (think
cumin syrup and tobacco essence). The
slender barroom includes banquette seats in
addition to stools and also offers flatbreads
and charcuterie boards.
The barmen center the booze menu on
international flavors from their collective
time abroad, with each cocktail titled for a
spice used in it. Those imported seasonings
are showcased in mason jars around the
spice-market–inspired space, and also turn
up in the bar snacks from Maharlika chef
Miguel Trinidad. The goods here are bold,
sure, but with just enough temperance to
leave you wanting more.

5. Attaboy
5
New York City, NY
Attaboy
134 Eldridge St
New York, NY 10002
Flavors & Ingredients
• No menu…mixologists improvise
based on what you're in the mood for
and what fresh ingredients they have
that day.
The former Milk and Honey digs have
been reinvented by two former
employees, Sam Ross and Michael
McIlroy.
At this LES cocktail bar, where the fancy
drinks are concocted in a slightly
reworked space with booths and a long
bartop; accessed by knocking at the
unmarked door, it doesn't require
reservations, though the cocktails are
just as mind-bending (and expensive) as
before.

6. Maison Premiere
6
Brooklyn, NY
Maison Premiere
298 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Flavors & Ingredients
• Pecan
• Honey
• Sage
• Habanero Shrub
• Turmeric
• Snapdragon
Maison Premiere, an Oyster House and
Cocktail Den reflective of the staple
establishments of New York, Paris and
New Orleans.
Their Absinthe list boasts the largest
collection of premium Absinthes in New
York City and in honor of the ceremony
and traditions of Absinthe, Maison
Premiere’s ode to the green fairy can be
found center stage dispensing chilled
water in the form of the world’s most
accurate working replica of the Absinthe
fountain which once flowed in the Olde
Absinthe House of New Orleans.

7. Fresh Kills
7
Brooklyn, NY
Fresh Kills
161 Grand St
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Flavors & Ingredients
• Nutmeg
• Cayenne Pepper
• Housemade Orgeat
• Housemade Ginger Syrup
• Pickled Walnut
Fresh Kills serves meticulously and
fastidiously-crafted cocktails with fresh
ingredients, housemade syrups, hand-cut
ice, and quality booze.
Classic cocktails with impeccable
provenance, fresh, premium ingredients
and perfect proportional wizardry that
somehow make you open your eyes and
question if you’ve ever truly tasted an
old-fashioned or negroni before. The
menu here boasts Boccato’s usual
puritanical emphasis on drinks from the
history books and mania for detail,
which means specialty ice and
annotations on the historical inspiration
behind each menu item…

8. Grand Army
8
Brooklyn, NY
Grand Army
336 State St
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Flavors & Ingredients
• Hot Pepper Tincture
• Carrot Tincture
• Black Cardamom Maple Syrup
• Toasted Cinnamon
• Beet Juice
• Cocoa Nib Ghost Chili Campari
The laid-back space has vintage light
fixtures and a wood-burning fireplace.
You’ll spot tincture-style droppers on the
raw bar filled with sauces to accompany
seafood.
Drinks were developed by head
bartender/co-owner Damon Boelte.
Head bartender and co-owner Damon
Boelte is from Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. An
award-winning bartender and decade-
long Brooklyn resident, Damon has
worked at LeNell's Ltd., a renowned
spirits shop, and Prime Meats in Carroll
Gardens.

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