Favorite Drinks Photos of 2012; Dedicated to Derek and James

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SUNDAY BUBBLY AT SOCIETY FAIR

CAFE MILANO'S NAKED MARTINI

CREOLE BLOODY MARY AT GALATOIRE'S, NEW ORLEANS

OLD RUM AND ESPRESSO AT PEARL DIVE OYSTER PALACE

A FINE VINTAGE FRENCH BURGUNDY AT CORAL BEACH CLUB, BERMUDA

THE HOUSE (VODKA) DRINK AT CAFE AMELIE, NEW ORLEANS

HOT BUTTERED RUM ON A CHILL AUTUMN DAY

ROSÉ WINE AT BANDOLERO

SCHRAMSBERG SPARKLING ROSÉ AT PEARL DIVE OYSTER PALACE

FRESHLY DISTILLED RYE WHISKEY AT MOUNT VERNON ESTATE

A CLASSIC MANHATTAN AT CORAL BEACH CLUB, BERMUDA (please note the look of longing from the woman in the background)

A MINT JULEP AT BOURBON STEAK DC
 

MINTJULEP AT THE HERMES BAR, NEW ORLEANS
 

THE ASTONISHING COSMOPOLITAN AT THE LATE CITRONELLE
 

WORLD CLASS CLASSIC MARGARITA AT LA CONDESA IN AUSTIN, TX

CHRISTMAS NIGHT EGG NOG AT BOURBON STEAK DC

This post is dedicated to Derek Brown, the talented Washington, DC, cocktail "anthropologist" who inadvertently got me interested in brown drinks, and to James Morrow, on the other side of the earth in Australia, with whom I share a fun and fond exchange of all things that are good and bad for us.