APO Bar + Lounge (if you’re like us, you probably still call it Apothecary — it’s cool, we won’t tell the PA Board of Pharmacy) is about to introduce a dramatic overhaul of its current cocktail list, and Meal Ticket has your first look at the brand-new tipples. Consulting mixologist Tad Carducci and beverage manager Preston Eckman recently walked us through the menu, which’ll roll out at the cocktail destination (102 S. 13th St.) next Wednesday, August 2 6.

There’s a total of 14 (!) new drinks in the works, and Carducci and Eckman tell us many of the new cocktails are designed to celebrate the end of summer into early fall, when it’s still nice enough to chill out on APO’s roof deck. The additions, Carducci says, have been simplified in terms of their flavors, but the approach is “still Apothecarian” — just expect less of a reliance on bartender-in-space techniques like tinctures and hydrosol sprays. Think of many of the new drinks as stuff you might order as an aperitif al fresco somewhere in Europe while watching really tall pretty ladies in high boots walk their dogs. There’s the main menu and a separate upstairs lounge menu, with some overlap between the two.

Eckman adds that they’re also switching up the options for APO Sauce (customizable drink selections based on a guest’s preference of flavors) and the $6 recession menu. Pretty much all of the standards (the Booty Collins, the Midtown Village, the Clever Club, etc.) are still available, as are the off-the-menu selections.

Check out the new cocktail lists after the jump.

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