Rum comes in all sorts of flavors and colors, but the two most common varieties are dark rum and white rum, but what's the ...

and sweet cocktail. The origins of the white Russian are murky, but it's clear the drink came about later than the black Russian. Its first mention occurred in an American newspaper in 1965 ...

a “perfect” Manhattan is equal parts sweet and dry vermouth, along with whiskey, garnished with a twist. In this clear cocktail, the dark cherry makes for an extreme if not unorthodox contrast.

In this clear cocktail, the dark cherry makes for an extreme if not unorthodox contrast. Jeff Burkhart is the author of “Twenty Years Behind Bars: The Spirited Adventures of a Real Bartender ...