Has the desert made you thirsty? We understand. If you happen to be in Phoenix, wet your whistle at one of the city’s innovative cocktail bars: The Clever Koi at 4236 N. Central Ave. Traditional Asian ingredients are highlighted in a menu of cool drinks that include the Sloe Burn with Plymouth Sloe Gin, basil, Thai Bird honey and lemon; and the House Martini, with nori- and kombu-infused dry gin, dry vermouth, brined water and chestnut.   The Breadfruit & Rum Bar at 108 E. Pierce St. You can enjoy a cigar or a cocktail pairing session at this local institution. Handcrafted drinks include the Tennessee Slinger with Prichard’s Fine rum, Lillet Blanc, wild cherry bark tincture and marasca cherry; and the 54 Forty Six, made with Appleton White Jamaica rum, hand-squeezed pineapple, house blackberry shrub, lemon, vanilla and horehound tincture.   Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour at 1 West Jefferson Located within the historic the Luhrs Building in Phoenix, which once served as Arizona’s headquarters for Prohibition, this popular bar offers selections created with chocolate and Aztec bitters. Try the Sucker Punch, made with Pisco, strawberry candy syrup, lime juice and plum bitters.   The Ostrich at 10 N. San Marcos Place below Crust Chandler Enjoy a barrel-aged cocktail such as the Boaty McBoatface, made with Bulleit Rye, Dolin sweet vermouth, cherry herring and absinthe; or an Irish Banana Hammock made with Power’s Irish, cream sherry, Montenegro Amaro, Sibona Amaro, Giffard Banane du Bresil and AZ Bitter Lab’s Figgy Pudding.