Cocktail bar
Unclaimed profileProper
Fort Worth, TX · $$$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Proper has spent twelve years building a cocktail program that now holds multiple local Best Of awards, including Weekly Critics Choice 2025 for Craft Cocktails. The menu lists 14 named drinks, from the wine-and-rum Blue Nun Sundays to the popcorn-infused Redenbacher's Old Fashion and the house-secret Spicy Pickle-Tini. Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic options round out the list, with weekly promotions like Wine Wednesdays and Green Fairy Thursdays. A 3% credit card fee is waived for cash.
- What should I order?
- Start with Blue Nun Sundays, a built layer of red wine, rums, chocolate, allspice, maple, lemon, orange, and spice. Martha's Gin-Marg brings gin, rosé, cucumber, jalapeño, lime, and sugar. For a whiskey drink, Redenbacher's Old Fashion uses popcorn-infused TOKKI Japanese Whiskey.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Drinkers who want a long, original cocktail list with house infusions and local award recognition. The wine and beer lists give non-cocktail drinkers a few clear options, and the non-alcoholic section covers sparkling and NA beer.
- When should I go?
- Wine Wednesdays offer $3 off glasses and half off bottles. Green Fairy Thursdays take half off single drips.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- A twelve-year-old cocktail bar with multiple Best Of awards from 2020 through 2025, 14 named original cocktails, house-infused spirits, and a pickle-tini built on a secret recipe with Best Maid sour pickles.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
The list runs to 14 named cocktails, from the wine-and-rum Blue Nun Sundays to the popcorn-infused Redenbacher's Old Fashion and the house-secret Spicy Pickle-Tini. House infusions and original recipes anchor a program with multiple local Best Of awards from 2020 through 2025.
Menu strengths
- — 14 named cocktails with house-infused spirits and original recipes.
- — Weekly Critics Choice 2025 and Magazine Best Of 2025 for Craft Cocktails.
- — Menu describes the drinks as 'no gimmicks, just good cocktails.'
Standout selections
- — Blue Nun Sundays: red wine, rums, chocolate, allspice, maple, lemon, orange, and spice.
- — Redenbacher's Old Fashion: movie theatre popcorn-infused TOKKI Japanese Whiskey, demerara, and bitters.
- — Proper's Spicy Pickle-Tini: a secret recipe with Best Maid sour pickles and vodka.
Pricing: Automatic 3% credit card fee, waived for cash.
Wine
The wine list covers sparkling, red, white, and rosé, with Barberra and a white blend from Italy poured by 6oz glass or 750ml bottle. Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne comes in a 200ml format, and Wine Wednesdays take $3 off glasses and half off bottles.
Menu strengths
- — Sparkling, red, white, and rosé options on one list.
- — Wine Wednesdays: $3 off glasses and half off bottles.
Standout selections
- — Barberra: Italy, red, available by 6oz glass or 750ml bottle.
- — White Blend — Italy, available by 6oz glass or 750ml bottle.
Pricing: Wine Wednesdays: $3 off glasses and half off bottles.
Beer
Four drafts include Guinness Irish Dry Stout, Pernoi Italian Pale, HopFusion IPA, and HopFusion Tejano Lager. Packaged options run to Miller High Life Ponies, Michelob Ultra, and Rahr Texas Light, with Aval French Cider in a 300ml gold format.
Menu strengths
- — Four drafts, three packaged beers, and a cider.
- — Local HopFusion IPA and Tejano Lager on draft.
Standout selections
- — Guinness Irish Dry Stout on draft.; HopFusion Tejano Lager on draft.
- — Guinness Irish Dry Stout — On draft.; HopFusion IPA — On draft.
Nonalcoholic
The non-alcoholic list covers Lyre's Non-Alc Sparkling plus Guinness Zero and Athletic NA beers. The selection gives sparkling and beer alternatives without extending into a broader zero-proof cocktail menu.
Menu strengths
- — Lyre's Non-Alc Sparkling alongside two NA beers.; Guinness Zero and Athletic cover the NA beer slot.
Standout selections
- — Lyre's Non-Alc Sparkling — Non-alcoholic sparkling.; Guinness Zero — Non-alcoholic beer.
- — Athletic — Non-alcoholic beer.; Menu lists non-alcoholic options: Lyre's Non-Alc Sparkling, Guinness Zero, and Athletic.
Spirits
The spirits list is built from cocktail ingredients: Blackland Texpresso whiskey, TOKKI Japanese Whiskey, Planteray Stiggin's Pineapple rum, Agricole rum, Worthypark overproof rum, Ford's gin, Roxor gin, vodka, blanco tequila, bourbon, and Irish whisky. Green Fairy Thursdays take half off single drips.
Menu strengths
- — Spirits used in cocktails span whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, tequila, bourbon, and Irish whisky.
Standout selections
- — Menu lists spirits used in cocktails including Blackland Texpresso whiskey, TOKKI Japanese Whiskey, Planteray Stiggin's Pineapple rum, Agricole rum, Worthypark overproof rum, Ford's gin, Roxor gin, vodka, blanco tequila, bourbon, and Irish whisky.
- — TOKKI Japanese Whiskey used in Redenbacher's Old Fashion.
Pricing: Green Fairy Thursdays: half off single drips.
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