Campaign Cocktails Contest, Episode 2

Published September 16, 2016 6:15pm ET



THE WEEKLY STANDARD and Bar Pilar have created a contest to find the best drinks for this presidential election season. The bartenders of Bar Pilar and the cocktail editors of THE WEEKLY STANDARD will try original drinks submitted by you and we will pick the best drink in honor of Hillary and the best in honor of Trump. The two winners will each receive a Campaign Cocktails poster, and their creations will be featured at Bar Pilar. More on the contest later.


All but lost to history are the Taft Cocktails, one of which was described in its day as a Creole Cocktail served in a glass with a sugar-frosted rim. Another was made of gin and Dubonnet, garnished with an olive. (An olive?)

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