CocktailsBitter & Twisted’s New Cocktail Club Offers Membership Perks
Editorial StaffNovember 3, 2025
The bar that put Phoenix on the mixology map is once again pushing the envelope.
“Trophy Room is a concept that is always reinventing itself through storytelling,” Myers says of his luxe Downtown cocktail den outfitted with high-end taxidermy.
This feminine, refreshing concoction from San Diego import Ambrogio15 offers an exotic trip to Brazil by way of Mexico.
CocktailsEater’s Triangle: Downtown Cocktail Crawl
Craig OuthierJanuary 5, 2024
As a prelude – or post-lude – to some of the focused international dining you’ll be doing with this month’s Dine Around the World feature, organize a CityScape-area cocktail crawl.
CocktailsPhotos: Summer Cocktail Camp at TexAZ Grill
PHOENIX magazineSeptember 14, 2023
Our 10th and final camp in the 2023 Summer Cocktail Camp series.
CocktailsPhoto Gallery: Summer Cocktail Camp at Quartz
Matthew JohnsonSeptember 5, 2023
The clever folks at Quartz put the "camp" in Summer Cocktail Camp by developing craft cocktails easily enjoyed by the campfire.
Champagne-inspired cocktails on the 5th floor restaurant atop the Phoenician Resort.
Guests were introduced to Carcara's spin on classic cocktails.
Barcoa Agaveria hosted week 4 of the PHOENIX magazine's Summer Cocktail Camp.
CocktailsDesert DigestFood & Drink4 Local Green Tea Cocktails to Try This Spring
Madison RutherfordMarch 8, 2021
Peanut butter and jelly. Macaroni and cheese. Matcha and vodka?! OK, it may not be an iconic duo… yet. But these local bars and restaurants are mixing green tea into their cocktails in such fun and creative ways that it might just be the next big thing. And because it’s loaded with antioxidants, sipping a green tea cocktail will technically improve brain function and prevent diseases. To your health! Shogun Powder from Highball We got...
Recipe courtesy Phoenix City Grille executive chef Micah Wyzlic.
We could all use an excuse to drink these days. Conveniently, today is National Tequila Day! Celebrate this boozy occasion with these to-go tipples – and one dine-in treat. We’ll drink to that! Teaspressa Teaspressa provides premixed and premeasured non-alcoholic ingredients in its Green Gold Tequila Cocktail Kit – just add tequila! The kit includes Teaspressa’s signature Green Gold Tea, lime juice, agave syrup and Pellegrino Blood Orange sparking water. Each kit is $9 and...
CocktailsDesert DigestNational Craft Distillery Day: Best Distilleries in Arizona
Matthew JohnsonMay 22, 2020
May 22 is designated as “National Craft Distillery Day” and in Arizona, it’s easy to find a local spirit maker to lift a glass to and support. Here are 14 distillers we’ve written about over the years. Read responsibly. Cheers! Adventurous Stills 2125 E. 5th St. Tempe 480-292-8770, adventstills.com Winner of ‘Best Distillery’ in the 2019 Best of the Valley from PHOENIX magazine. *Vote for Best of the Valley 2020 here* Arizona Distilling Co. 601...
Ladera Taverna y Cocina may be temporarily closed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a tipple or two from its award-winning mixologist, Colton Brock. He won Arizona Cocktail Weekend’s Last Slinger Standing competition in February, but lately he’s been slinging simple mezcal drinks at home. We caught up with Brock and asked him to share a couple of recipes for us to try. What have you been mixing up at home? I predominantly drink mezcal and other agave spirits,...
The first time I heard someone talk about tiki drinks in a positive light was at a “lunch and learn” with famed mixologist Jason Asher at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa six or seven years ago. I was new to professional journalism and new to drinking – green in every sense of the word. Instead of partying, I’d spent my high school and college years studying, working and being a designated driver for my “wild” friends (in retrospect: not wild at all). At 25 or so, I was playing major catch-up, trying to educate myself...