Category: Cocktails!
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And the Michelin Award Goes to…
Above you see a dazzling swizzle from Kato‘s Austin Hennelly with amazake (not sure if it’s housemade or not, no idea where you would buy it) coconut milk, masala chai, fresh lime juice, Spuma Nero (a bitter chinotto soda) and almond orgeat. It also looks like we have the gratings of some lime and something…
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Alpha Carotene: Then and Now
After taking the reins of the Rustic Bar Program from the indomitable Nate Dawg, one of my first cocktails to hit the list was something called Alpha Carotene. There were more than a couple of others too. I hit the ground running. The bartenders were all super annoyed with me. Six new cocktails in the…
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Improving the Corn ‘n’ Oil
Hey man, I’m not dissing the original, but there’s no goddam corn in it. Over at Rustic, we’ve got the corn, oh, we’ve got the corn. It’s still in development, but in the future this one will probably incorporate (in-corn-porate?) a fresh version of the real mcCoy in some way. At any rate, it’s the…
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New Cocktail: Lost Cause
If this were one of those typical food blogs I’d probably start talking about how much I love fresh apricots in the summer and yawn. Instead, I’ll say this: “If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.” Can’t remember the full quote or who said…
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New/Old Cocktail: The Cure
There’s a select group of cocktails that sell like the proverbial hotcakes of yore no matter what. This is one of those cocktails. The Cure. Not named after the damnable emo band. Sorry. I think the original name was supposed to be some sort of pun on getting married. I can’t remember the whole thing.…
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It’s Getting a Little Weird Over Here
In the beginning, when I took over as bar manager, I had no idea what the hell I was doing. My first couple of seasonal cocktails on the list were…Hmmm…Let me think a moment here…Something called Alpha Carotene. Ha. Fresh carrot juice, cardamom, bourbon, some grated nutmeg over the top. Not a big seller. Also,…
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New Cocktail: Green Hornet
Full confession, I’ve never seen one episode of the show or even watched the remake in movie form starring Seth Rogan but the drink came to me and I thought it would be a damn good name for a cocktail. No? It does have some martial arts reference and history. We like martial arts references…
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New Cocktail: Umami Issues
This one came about from a mixture of different ideas that coalesced from a bunch of leftover shit. Ha. That’s usually how it goes around here. Number one, I wanted a drink with powerful, long lasting umami flavor. Number two, I wanted to use up a bunch of larder items. The closet was beginning to…
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New Cocktail: Quato Lives
Yeah, I changed Kuato to Quato. So what? Let’s focus on the why. First off, fresh loquats, then kumquat scraps. After making sort of fermented kumquat-vanilla syrup there’s a bunch of waste leftover. This went into several different areas. There’s some shrub, then some infusion confusion vodka/pisco concoction but also a little Old Fashioned Traditional…
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New Cocktail: Sunshower
South of the border tiki? Why the hell not? This one comes directly from the young brain of Mr. Martinez. A special he ran on my days off. It contains all his favorite ingredients. Sunshower 1.5 oz. Rooster Rojo Pineapple Añejo 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice .5 oz. Orange Curaçao .5 oz. Cachaça .5 oz.…
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New Cocktail: Swan Song
The plum honey was ready yesterday so I decided to put this on. Not entirely happy with it quite yet but here’s something odd…Angel and I burned our taste buds out last week trying the high proof noyaux. All week the tip of my tongue has been sensitive and when I try anything with alcohol…
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New Cocktail: Peachy Keen (2.0)
This one’s had some different iterations over the years. It’s always agave based. In the past I haven’t always been happy with it. This time around I really wanted it to not suck and I also wanted to use this stuff called Rooster Rojo, a tequila brand with this amazing pineapple infused añejo. They’ve got…
The Aging Bartender 