Sneak Peek Into Retrograde's Creative Upcoming Cocktail Menu

One of the most exciting openings of 2016 is Retrograde, a speakeasy-style bar hidden behind the door of a cooler inside Frozen Matter. The passionate bar team, led by Ben Carrington, strives to create drinks that inspire and please their patrons. Carrington gave Eater a preview of his new menu along with descriptions and photos captured by Eater photographer Ryan Dearth.

Here's what you'll find:

* A hot chocolate for adults with fresh whip cream and mint liquor, to embrace the season, like thin mints for grown-ups.

* A sparking rosé-forward cocktail that brings together flavors of water and spring, light and refreshing and accented with flamed thyme to add spice, a fun example of the use of wine in cocktails.

*A rum-centric flip that plays on the traditional Puerto Rican egg nog, coquito. There is a whole egg and an original blend of spices.

*A bespoke scotch cocktail, simple and seductive, that shares warm peat flavors mixed with hints of peach.

* A Manhattan variation that gives overproof rye subtleness with the addition of vermouth.