Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about travel and food. So I love forks in the road. I typically start to think about spring cocktails in the depths of ...

Kevin Peterson spent two years working as an auto industry engineer before he decided owning a bar might be more fun. He combined a hobby in perfumery with his interest in cocktails to open Castalia ...