Cocktails

FoodInk's "Smokey Bloody Mary" included candied bacon on the rim for a summer barbecue event.

For a nonprofit event in Malibu produced by Sterling Engagements, the Cocktail Concierge created a rock candy and champagne cocktail.

In July at Travel & Leisure’s annual World’s Best Awards in New York, sponsor Patrón displayed a sleek wall that housed five tanks of Patrón-based cocktails from which guests could pour their own drinks.

At Back Deck in Boston, general manager Brian Corcoran developed a brisk-weather version of classic summer cocktail the Arnold Palmer. This version, called the "Ginger Arnold Palmer," adds craft-distilled Berkshire bourbon and spicy ginger liqueur to iced tea and fresh-squeezed lemonade.