Three New Year’s Eve Cocktails to Toast the End of 2020 By KENDAL LAMBERT December 30, 2020 at 12:48 PM Sip a New York Sour, a nod to the NYE ball drop in Times Square. Sip a New York Sour, a nod to the NYE ball drop in Times Square. Credits: Penelope Bourbon December 30, 2020 at 12:48 PM NEW JERSEY — Brian Ireland has witnessed many a New Year’s Eve from behind the bar, serving drinks at pubs and taverns in Atlantic City and New Brunswick over the years before going on to become the founder and master distiller of Mr. Finger’s Alibi Gin in 2018. (See his cocktail recipe below.)