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MxMo, special stimulus edition
Back in the fall, cocktail blogger Matthew Rowley suggested that a good Mixology Monday theme would be “hard drinks for hard times.” Paul Clarke says he had doubts about the idea. The next available...
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MxMo ginger: The Shift Drink
This month’s Mixology Monday is hosted by blog pal Rumdood, one of the small handful of cocktail bloggers I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in person. (And it’s going to remain a small handful a little...
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Words cannot describe…
… my disappointment that this is a work of fiction, not a cookbook. This is exactly what we’re doing at Carlyle right now though. Stay tuned.
View ArticleFernet-Branca night at Carlyle
Spend enough time with West Coast bartenders and sooner or later you’ll find yourself sipping a powerful, bitter spirit called Fernet-Branca. You probably won’t like it. Then you’ll try it again and...
View ArticleFernet night at Carlyle: All the drinks
Last night’s Fernet-Branca event filled the Carlyle bar with curious cocktailians and long-time Fernet drinkers. While only a few industry types went for straight shots, the drinks using Fernet as an...
View ArticleEven more Fernet recipes
A few days ago Boston bartenders held an event that I’d have loved to be present at: A celebration of Fernet-Branca cocktails. They served some delicious-sounding recipes, including the Work in...
View ArticleAmari and the Shift Drink in the Tribune
The online edition of today’s Chicago Tribune (the print article ran in December) has a story about the’ increased use of the Italian bitter liqueurs known as amari in craft cocktails. I’m quoted a few...
View ArticleCarlyle’s closing cocktail menu
I may have to make some changes as we run low on ingredients, but here’s the intended cocktail menu for our final two weeks, including three new additions. This will go into effect tomorrow: Aquavit...
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Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
I don’t plan on writing about every Bols cocktail around town but when a drink is named Jacob’s Ladder of course I’m going to post it. My friend Andrew at Branch Whiskey Bar came up with this one...
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Bitter End
After a couple of month’s hiatus, Mixology Monday returns today with a Tiki theme from Doug at the Pegu Blog: The Tiki scene, like classic cocktails in general, is reviving nicely these days. The...
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