As our in depth archive may counsel, we attempt plenty of cocktails. We usually return to the classics (and the fashionable classics), decide up new favorites from world wide and throw within the occasional bartending mission right here and there. However it takes one thing particular—a novel ingredient, an unbeatable taste mixture, a recipe that’s actually greater than the sum of its components—to face out. Solely a choose few can turn out to be obsessions.

The Yellow, a lesser-known French traditional, is the right instance. “On paper, there may be nothing extraordinary about this drink—4 off-the-shelf substances shaken collectively in equal components—however like each memorable cocktail does, it manages to be extra than simply that,” writes former govt editor Chloe Frechette. She describes the combination of gin, yellow Chartreuse, Suze and lemon as “just like the Final Phrase—however higher.”

One other obsession-worthy cocktail makes the case for bitter, brooding consuming within the hotter months. Of the Amaro Daiquiri, Punch contributor Courtney Iseman writes, “It’s daring, it’s refreshing and it’s versatile. I’ll gladly take one (or make one) for lengthy afternoons, post-dinner consuming or late nights all summer season lengthy.”

Lastly, whereas we’re all the time searching for straightforward, minimal-effort drinks, some recipes show that slightly further prep can go a good distance. For the Banana Hammock, a banana-infused tequila and MSG answer add a tropical, savory observe that, as managing editor Jess Mayhugh places it, “transforms the drink from simply one other Margarita riff to 1 whose advanced, savory layers proceed to construct with each sip.”