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Imbibe Magazine • NUMBER 103 MAY/JUNE 2023

What We're Drinking Now: Yoju Yogurt Soju Cocktail

At the Market: Bananas

A Few of Our Favorite Things

Anatomy of a Drink: Mint Julep

Three Ways: Micheladas

5 to Try: Volcanic Wine

Day Trip: Seth O'Malley, Wilderton Non-Alcoholic Spirits

Q&A with John deBary

Mixopedia: The Futurity Cocktail • The first reference to the Futurity Cocktail I can find dates to 1898, when it was described in the New York Herald as one of the “cocktails that are in favor.” Well, okay. What wasn’t in favor as the century closed and the cocktail’s golden age reached its apogee?

Taste Test: Old Tom Gins

Gear: Electric Citrus Juicers

Elements: Italicus

Characters: Lisa Wicker • Lisa Wicker and her nontraditional path to becoming a celebrated distiller.

Rising From the Ruins • A Sicilian wine cooperative aids the long haul of earthquake recovery.

Rum's Reset • Today’s rum producers aim to reform the spirit’s problematic history.

Drag Space • Breweries are becoming welcome homes for drag performances.

New Wave • French-inspired openings are putting the emphasis back on wine’s spiritual homeland.

Tonic Time • Tracing the history—and future—of the ubiquitous mixer

Drinks Atlas: Greece

Scene Scout: Anchorage, Alaska

Cravings: Banana Coconut Sundae (Itim Raad Sauce Gluay Hom)

Quench: Jukebox Hero • I was drawn to bar jukeboxes years before I could order a drink. My father was a creature of habit, and on most Fridays after he punched out from his job as an airline mechanic, you could find him at one of his favorite haunts, wearing his navy-blue work jacket with “Bert” written in cursive on the oval patch over his pocket.