Former Bartender Jake Graves has watched the tides of queer adult beverages ebb and flow over the years. “In my early bartending days, the Cosmopolitan strutted into queer cocktail royalty,” he says. “This shifted as we moved away from sweet drinks.”

To better cater to changing palates, Graves founded small-batch mixer company The Twisted Botanist. It offers herbal- and botanically-inspired blends for home bartenders seeking easy-to-make well-balanced cocktails and mocktails…

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