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Modern Classics. Crafted with Fire.

A cocktail is a structure, not a shopping list. Recipes, bar guides and technique for people who care about better drinks.

Featured Cocktails

Paper Plane

Four parts, equal measure. The drink this whole project started with.

Bourbon Aperol Amaro Nonino Lemon
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Corpse Reviver No. 2

Equal parts gin, Cointreau, Lillet and lemon, with absinthe as a whisper.

Gin Cointreau Lillet Blanc Lemon Absinthe
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Necromancer

The Corpse Reviver No. 2 turned around: absinthe takes the full pour and gin drops to a dash.

Absinthe Elderflower Lillet Blanc Lemon
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New Podcast

Cocktails & Crime

A well-made drink, paired with a true story from the darker side of history.

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Our Story

Built on Structure.
Driven by Passion. Fueled by Fire.

Whisky & Ember was born from a problem on a shelf: a classic that could no longer be made as written, and the discovery that a drink survives the substitution once you understand how it is built.

We share recipes, guides and tool notes that help you understand a drink well enough to make it your own.

GLASS Built For Real Cocktail Lovers
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Five
Classics,
Rebuilt

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Five Classics,
Rebuilt

Five recipes. The reasoning behind every pour.

Five classics, built to the correct spec, with the reasoning behind every pour.

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