How to Make Jac’s on Bond’s Esquire Campfire Martini
Esquire has partnered with New York City bar Jac’s on Bond to create the Esquire Campfire Martini, a bourbon-based cocktail inspired by classic outdoor experiences. The drink, crafted by head bartender Lauren Rojas, combines Jefferson’s Bourbon, crème de banane, coffee liqueur, and egg white, topped with a toasted marshmallow. It is available at the bar through June and can be made at home using the provided recipe.
- ▪The Esquire Campfire Martini is a collaboration between Esquire and Jac’s on Bond, a bar located in a historic 1831 townhouse in NYC.
- ▪Lauren Rojas, head bartender at Jac’s, created the cocktail to evoke the feeling of a classy, outdoorsy experience by a fire.
- ▪The recipe includes Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon, cold brew concentrate, crème de banane, Borghetti coffee liqueur, and egg white, with a torched marshmallow garnish.
- ▪The cocktail is available at Jac’s on Bond until the end of June and is designed to pair with social activities like playing pool.
- ▪Esquire previously released a popular cocktail at another bar, prompting this new collaboration.
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Kristen HubbyFood & DrinkDrinksHow to Make Jac’s on Bond’s Esquire Campfire MartiniFollow DrinksView feedHow to Make Jac’s on Bond’s Esquire Campfire MartiniA signature Esquire cocktail recipe is now on an esteemed menu. Can’t make it to the bar? Here’s how to make it at home.By Sirena HePublished: May 1, 2026Jump to recipeSavePrintAs Esquire contributor John Steinbeck once wrote in Travels with Charlie, “I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.” That pretty much captures Esquire’s philosophy on life.
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