Food & Drink
17 Regional Cocktail Recipes from Around the United States
![17 Regional Cocktail Recipes from Around the United States 17 Regional Cocktail Recipes from Around the United States](https://i2.wp.com/punchdrink.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Social-Aspen-Crud-Hotel-Jerome-J-Bar-Prohibition-Cocktail-Recipe.jpg?w=780&resize=780,470&ssl=1)
Only a few states, cities or regions across the country can lay claim to an original cocktail all their own. Washington, D.C. has the Rickey; New Orleans has its very own cottage industry of homegrown classics, from the Ramos Gin Fizz to the Sazerac; and, of course, New York has the Manhattan. But there’s also a canon more esoteric drinks that have grown up over the past several decades to become local obsessions, from Maryland’s Orange Crush to the dive-bar drink known in the Upper Midwest as the “Beertini.”
Here’s a tour of some of our favorites.