Drunken Pharaoh

To add some funk to Manischewitz, the notoriously sweet kosher wine that’s used as often for a punchline as, say, a punch ingredient, Jill Schulster, the co-owner of JoeDoe, mixed it with Old Pogue bourbon along with a splash of lemon juice and some mellowing fizz from club soda. “To remind you that it’s Passover,” Ms. Schulster said, she added a chunky and slightly chewy rim of crushed matzo, tempered with confectioner’s sugar, to the glass the drink is served in. While the Manischewitz’s cloying sweetness comes through (one suspects it would take a full gallon of bourbon to subdue that candied Concord grapiness), the drink is determinedly balanced, and rather festive to boot. —Jonathan Miles