The Pithy Bar

No ice

Served up: chilled and strained, with nothing in the glass but the drink. All of its cold came from the mixing ice and leaves as the drink sits, so it is poured small and drunk while it lasts.

Also every hot drink.

Served this way

  • Angel Face

    Equal parts gin, apricot and apple brandy - deceptively soft

  • Aviation

    Gin turned pale violet by crème de violette

  • Bee's Knees

    Honey gin sour - A prohibition era classic

  • Bellini

    Prosecco and peach. Named after a painting by Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini.

  • Between the Sheets

    A Sidecar with rum in it

  • Bijou

    Herbal, sweet and very strong - diamond, emerald and ruby

  • Blood and Sand

    Named after the film from 1922. Equal parts scotch, cherry, vermouth and orange

  • Blue Blazer

    A flaming arc of whisky poured between two mugs

  • Brandy Alexander

    Cognac, cacao and cream, dusted with nutmeg

  • Brown Derby

    A whiskey sour with grapefruit for the lemon, sweetened with honey

  • Campari Sour

    Campari's bitterness rounded off with citrus and foam

  • Clover Club

    Pre-Prohibition gin sour, pink with raspberry and foam

  • Corpse Reviver No. 2

    A Sidecar on gin, lengthened with Lillet and rinsed with absinthe

  • Daiquiri

    Rum, lime and sugar in their simplest possible balance

  • Delicious Sour

    An applejack sour gone peachy, foamed with egg and lengthened with soda

  • Dirty Martini

    A Martini made savory with a splash of olive brine

  • Dry Martini

    Gin and vermouth, stirred cold and served with an olive

  • Espresso Martini

    Vodka and coffee - made to wake you up

  • French 75

    A gin sour lengthened with champagne. Like a fancy Tom Collins.

  • Gibson

    A Dry Martini garnished with a pickled onion

  • Gimlet

    Gin stirred with lime cordial, as the Navy drank it

  • Gin Flip

    A whole egg shaken into gin until it turns to silk

  • Gin Sour

    Gin, lemon and sugar - the sour at its plainest

  • Grasshopper

    Mint and chocolate cream, green and unashamed

  • Hanky Panky

    A sweet martini with one bitter drop of Fernet

  • Honeysuckle

    A daiquiri with honey in place of sugar, and lemon for the lime

  • Hot Shot

    Sweden's answer to Irish coffee, in three layers you drink in one go

  • Irish Coffee

    Hot sweetened coffee and whiskey under a float of cold cream

  • Last Word

    Four equal parts that should not work, and do

  • Margarita

    Tequila, lime and orange liqueur, with salt on the rim

  • Martinez

    The Martini's sweeter ancestor, with a drop of maraschino

  • New York Flip

    A Porto Flip with bourbon in the lead, and a whole egg for body

  • Paper Plane

    Four equal parts of bourbon, lemon and two bitter liqueurs

  • Pisco Sour

    Earthy, tart and sweet Peruvian (or Chilean?) sours

  • Porto Flip

    Rich, dark and barely sweet - Jerry Thomas called it a Coffee Cocktail

  • Ramos Gin Fizz

    A well shaken cloud of gin and cream

  • Sazerac

    Rye in an absinthe-rinsed glass.

  • Sidecar

    Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon, sugar on the rim

  • South Side

    A gin sour with mint - the mojito's uptown cousin

  • White Lady

    A Sidecar made with gin, shaken silky with egg white