Usually in cocktail writing we think in terms of microtrends: the latest techniques (barrel aging cocktails, fat-washing), the latest categories (mezcal, pisco), popular flavors or ingredients (falernum, smoke), and the latest bar themes (high-volume cocktail bars, tiki). We don't talk too much about the macro-trends. In my latest post for... Read more →
Ted Kilgore of Taste by Niche in St. Louis sent me the latest cocktail menu to match with the expanded bar/restaurant. He's doing barrel-aged cocktails, then making new cocktails with barrel-aged cocktails (and Old Pal with an aged Negroni). Plus: big ice, homemade vermouth, and a bartender-designed bar. I like... Read more →
I added the US Air menu to the Airline Drink Menus page. Drink menus on planes seem unbalanced so much of the time. In this case, they have a selection of four wines- two chardonnays, a merlot, and a cab sauvignon (all from Chile)- and three beers, all wussy. They... Read more →
In the March issue of 7x7 Magazine, I have a story about Cocktail Snobs. Now that customers know so much more about cocktails some us are becoming fussy about them, never ordering from the menu but insisting on on-the-spot creations, trying to stump or school the bartender with obscure drink... Read more →
It turns out I went to a lot of pubs and cocktail bars in Dublin. Here were my favorites, should you ever find yourself there. Pubs The Long Hall- gorgeous Bruxelles - fun Kehoe's - classic Cocktails Exchequer - more of a restaurant though Bar with No Name - hipster... Read more →
From 9-1 this Saturday February 26th, Heaven's Dog in San Francisco will be serving a special menu of drinks from the 1980s. Naturally they'll be given upgrades in the Heaven's Dog style with bitters, organic citrus, and better liquor than you had the first time around. Below is the menu,... Read more →
Below are cocktail menus from some of the bars I visited in Dublin, Ireland. The Inn on the Green at the Fitzwilliam Hotel Harry's on the Green Saba (follow this link as I couldn't paste the drinks here.) Cafe En Seine The Exchequer Click below for the full menus. Fitzwilliam... Read more →
Continued from yesterday's post, here are more bars I visited on my recent trip to Dublin with Jameson Irish Whiskey. The Doheny & Nesbitt is a traditional pub dating back to 1867. When I was coming in from the airport, my driver told me that there was a recent change... Read more →