Jason O'Bryan

5 days ago | robbreport.com | Jason O'Bryan

The Martinez is the missing link. The halfway point. It is both stylistically and chronologically a middle child, a cocktail that falls comfortably into the category of “forgotten classic,” which is kind of a hilarious understatement considering how famous its siblings have become. The timeline goes like this: American bartenders get their hands on vermouth in the 1870s or so. The Manhattan is invented soon after, which is whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters.

1 week ago | robbreport.com | Jason O'Bryan

The Champs Élysées. If you have even a passing familiarity with the famous boulevard in Paris, I suspect I know what’s happening in your brain when you hear its name. The cultural idea of France is already imbued with refinement (why every other beauty product, no matter how cheap or shitty, has half its label in French), but that goes double for Paris, and even more so for what has been called “the most beautiful avenue in the world,” the Champs Élysées.

1 week ago | robbreport.com | Jason O'Bryan |Jeremy Repanich

For the past five years, we’ve been diving deep into the world of cocktails, with bartender Jason O’Bryan—now the lead mixologist at Michelin three-star Addison—building an incredible library of the best drinks around. Over that time we’ve explored the history, people, and places that have created endless variations on the core cocktail templates. Of course, this includes plenty of tequila-based drinks.

2 weeks ago | robbreport.com | Jason O'Bryan

The strangest thing about the Brancolada is probably how weird it isn’t. A Brancolada is a Piña Colada with half the rum replaced by Brancamenta, a version of the amaro Fernet Branca accented with extra peppermint oil. If you’re familiar with Fernet Branca at all, you could, at first glance, be forgiven for thinking this is some kind of prank. Sorry—Fernet Branca?

1 month ago | robbreport.com.sg | Jason O'Bryan

“There are no second acts in American life.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald“Yes there are.” –The Fitzgerald CocktailYes, there are. Of course there are. F. Scott Fitzgerald was never more wrong than in this oft-quoted line from The Last Tycoon, and there’s ample evidence that he actually didn’t believe it, but regardless, my favourite argument against the sentiment is to point to the existence of the author’s namesake cocktail, the Fitzgerald, which is, in and of itself, a second act.