by Mike Usinger on March 31st, 2021 at 5:28 PM
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Blame Instagram for ruining everything. As difficult as this might be to believe today, there was a time when your cocktails didn’t have to look more styling than Charlize Theron and Bradley Cooper on Oscar night.
Let's single out the ’70s for ushering the dark years, throwing the ’80s and ’90s in there for good measure. For a good three decades drinks largely became something that looked like they came off assembly lines. You didn’t go to the disco, punk dive, goth bar, or, um, Thank-God-It’s-Friday chain restaurant for an impeccably crafted Kumquat Sidecar with smoked-infused simple syrup and duck-fat-washed cognac.