Cocktail

Go with a Brut style (the driest) when picking out your Prosecco for max refreshment.

Spritzes use mixers and ice, so skip pricey Champagne.

Store infused boozy fruit in a cool, dark place to slow oxidation, kinda like aging your own wine!

Crème de cassis is most well-known as being an ingredient in Kir and Kir Royale cocktails, but if you're feeling brave, try it on its own as an after-dinner drink.

Shrubs also make for fabulous nonalcoholic drinks—just add soda for a tart, gulpable fruit drink.

Our warm-weather drinking philosophy in a nutshell: When in doubt, add bubbles.

Skip the pricey Champagne and go for Italian Prosecco, with lots of solid options under $15.

Secret ingredient: pickle juice. Its salty edge rounds out the Sherry.

There's no shame in frozen cocktails. Unless they're bad frozen cocktails. Don't make bad frozen cocktails.

From better ice cubes to DIY flavored syrup, here are 10 simple, awesome ways to make cold brew iced coffee even better.

If you see bacanora at a liquor store or on a bar menu, don't think, just drink.

Homemade infused vodka: So much easier than you think!

Aside from banana, we can’t think of a fruit that wouldn’t be good in this drink.

To use loose leaf tea, substitute ½ teaspoon per bag.

Make it ahead and leave out the seltzer if you want, but don’t add the citrus 'til it’s drinking time.

There's no shame in sangria. Unless it's bad sangria.

It's time to add some cilantro to your margarita.

Attention: Also delicious with mint in place of the cilantro (some people really hate cilantro).

Learn how to make switchel—a.k.a. nature's Gatorade.

Here are 43 ideas for cocktails with just a few ingredients so you can scale them as big and boozy as you want.

Our favorite Bloody Mary is an instant classic. Great-quality tomato juice, bright lemon juice, savory Worcestershire, and a tangy hot sauce deliver on all fronts.

For drinks that are as fun to make as they are to drink, it’s time to start crushing your own ice. Let cocktail expert Talia Baiocchi sell you on the Lewis bag.

When it starts to warm up outside, these iced coffee recipes are all we want to drink.