Maple syrup is a natural for pancakes and baking, and it has shown its prowess in savory dishes. But the springtime ingredient is equally at home in cocktails, too. Bentley Gilman, head distiller ...

It’s a simple dessert I still enjoy today. But I do have a new, more adult, maple love now: Spicy-hot maple syrup. I first tasted it about five years ago in a rye old-fashioned cocktail served ...