Fun post from a young guy (who happens to share my birthday) to drink every cocktail on the IBA list, including a few I've never had myself.
I Drank Every Cocktail | Adam Aaronson
The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bartending industry has to a canonical list of cocktails, akin to the American Kennel Club’s registry of dog breeds or a jazz musician’s Real Book of standards.
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