Since January 2015, award-winning bartender and spirits consultant, Max Messier, (pictured here) along with his wife and co-founder, Lauren Myerscough, have been creating natural, hand-crafted syrups for classic cocktails and sodas under the business name Cocktail & Sons. Promising “complex herbs for simple drinks,” their syrups feature natural ingredients and locally sourced sugar and are designed to be used in classic cocktails, including an Old Fashioned, mojitos, margaritas, daiquiris and Tom Collins. The syrups are currently sold in 80 stores across nine states and in 20 bars and restaurants nationwide. This month, Cocktail & Sons is launching their fourth syrup, Fassionola, commonly used in Hurricanes. Cocktailandsons.com