At Hamlet & Ghost, the team leans on kitchen ingredients to coax flavors out of cocktails. Bar Director Sonia Castellani’s hot pink Ube Milk Punch is a clear case of less is more.

Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., but breakfast cocktails + happy hour is a real thing at the brand new Little City Luncheonette in Albany, N.Y.

Bartender, trainer + wellness coach Trinel McDermott (June Farms/McGeary’s) shows us how to craft a bittersweet Lady Marmalade cocktail for The Dishing’s Zero-Proof series.

In Albany’s Warehouse District, Itameshi’s Bar Director Will Hoschek is inspired by rock samphire for a mermaid-inspired Vesper of the sea.

Bartender, trainer + wellness coach Trinel McDermott (June Farms/McGeary’s) uses Monday Gin + Sentia Red to craft a N/A No-Groni for The Dishing’s Bartender Series.

Zach Wolfgramm (Kindred, Saratoga) crafts his Second Hand Smoke for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

Will Hoschek (Itameshi, Albany) fires up a non-alc cocktail using kosho, a salt-fermented yuzu and green chile paste, for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

Anton Kinloch (Lone Wolf, Kingston) serves us what we want in a non-alc Dirty “Martini” for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

Kat Dunn (Padrona, Hudson) brings the heat in ‘Smoke Signals,’ her spicy, Lapsang Souchong tea dupe of a boozier original for The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series.

For The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series, Trudy Steier (Savoy Taproom) reworks their signature Pink Jeans.

For The Dishing’s ZERO PROOF cocktail series, Tom Blassman (Allen Street Pub) serves up the Apple Wagon, an on-the-wagon apple cider mule.

For The Dishing’s DRINK THIS non-alcoholic cocktail series, Andrew Patterson stirs up an aromatic Periwinkle Pom to make at home.

For The Dishing’s DRINK THIS non-alcoholic cocktail series, Keshonn Hatcher serves up a spicy spin on a No-groni.

For The Dishing’s TINY Talk: Wanderlust, Milas Bar Director Andrew Patterson tapped into his SouthEast Asian travels to craft the Thai curry-inspired Chawabunga.

For The Dishing’s TINY Talk, Milas’ Bar Director Andrew Patterson revisited the O.G. clarified Tropical Tzatziki that became the basis of Milas’ signature cocktail.

For The Dishing’s TINY Talk: Wanderlust, Milas’ Bar Director Andrew Patterson tapped SouthEast Asian travel to craft the Pandan sticky rice-inspired Panda Panda.