Cocktails

Cocktails are shaken or stirred, rolled, or muddled; they are dry or sweet, creamy or frozen. They are perfect or dirty; they are up or over. But one thing they are not is weak. There is an hour reverentially dedicated to them. Parties are named after them. Thousands of designers have created vessels exclusively to showcase them or shake them. They are truly American, a gift to the beverage culture of the world.