Drink Better

In this video, director David Garcia documents a day in the life of a Bridget Firtle, a native Brooklyner who operates a forklift, pours hundreds of pounds of molasses and runs an entire distillery by herself at The Noble Experiment, her craft distillery in Brooklyn. 

Ready the limes, it's tequila time! Cinco de Mayo may conjur up ideas of the perfect frosty margarita, but let's face it: there are better other things to do with this powerful and delicious spirit. We bring you 9 alternatives to the traditional margarita, because our official margarita roundup is right here, and because we know you know how to make one already. Celebrate this Cinco with a new signature cocktail.

Pisco is a clear grape brandy that most people recognize as the main ingredient in a pisco sour, a cocktail created nearly a century ago when an American bartender working in Peru allegedly ran out of whiskey for a whiskey sour and decided to use the local moonshine instead. But did you know that Pisco is also a small, sleepy port town about 150 miles south of Lima? Or the origins of the spirit? That, and more, after the jump.