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LATE SUMMER LIBATIONS

Source: The cocktail This Is Not a Rosé at Washington, D.C.’s Columbia Room is meant to evoke the pink wines of southern France

August is a strange drinking month. Summer is winding down and fall looms. You’re over rosé and can’t do another Tom Collins, but it’s not quite cider season and whiskey doesn’t seem right in the stifling heat. In other words, it’s the month to experiment. asked some of the best bartenders in America for their go-to August cocktails, and they didn’t disappoint. So drink up—summer’s not over

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