It’s weird that the Amelia cocktail isn’t widely known as a modern classic. Go to your nearest cocktail bar and order an Amelia, and unless you live in the West Village (or otherwise specific neighborhoods in Sydney, Singapore, or Los Angeles), your most educated and worldly mixologist won’t have the first clue what you’re talking about. The Ameilia is, to be clear, arguably the most successful cocktail in arguably the most successful bar of the modern era, and yet no one knows…

