The 100 best dishes in Chicago 2014: Drinks

Charles Joly recently departed the Aviary, but he wowed us earlier this year with his inventive take on the Jungle Bird, a tiki classic. With layers of pineapple-lime syrup, Campari mixed with spherified rum balls, Caña Brava rum and Gosling’s rum, the drink was as striking as it was delicious. $28.

A trio of rums combine with rice and almond water, cream and orange flower water for a boozy version of the taqueria staple. $13.

Barkeep Alex Bachman begged us not to think of this savory tomato cocktail as a Bloody Mary, and how could we? With tomato water, lime, miso, ramp bitters, caraway liqueur and tequila-like Bacanora, Bloody Marys wish they could be this elegant. No longer available.

A liqueur that tastes like a Kringle could only come from our wonderful neighbor to the north. Luckily, Wisconsin shares this rum-based liqueur with us, and it’s ideal slipped into coffee. $19.99.

It’s hard to pick a favorite beer from newcomer Off Color Brewing, but this gose, which combines a sour beer with a wheat beer, is just the kind of perfectly structured brew we’ve come to expect from this brewery. $9.99/six-pack.

The Logan Square juicer’s best bottle is this simple combination of tomato and salt, which tastes like biting into the ripe summer fruit. $9.

Coffee Island sounds like a lovely place to be shipwrecked, especially if you also have funky Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Rum, Mt. Gay Black Barrel Rum, Stumptown cold brew coffee, salt-roasted plantains, PX sherry, mole bitters and cinnamon so you can make this drink. $12.