Posted in NYC Events, Spirits on Nov 10th, 2011
Yesterday, on a fine November day in Brooklyn— as the temperature soared to nearly 70 degrees and our sun-deprived flesh once again met it’s warm rays— twelve competitors stepped behind the bar of the Clover Club to do battle. Brandishing their Sherry-filled libation armaments, they let loose for a panel of esteemed judges and a crowd […]
Ah Mezcal, poor Mezcal, so misunderstood. For decades, you sit there, collecting dust, a bottle, a worm, no one will drink. Then the rare occasion, someone is dared, the bottle is opened, passed around, every drop is gone, even the worm, it doesn’t end well. Ah, but then I saw it, the bottle behind, hidden […]
Posted in Spirits on Feb 10th, 2009
The kitchen has truly migrated to the bar. Cabinets have been ransacked, ingredients have been lifted and spun off in wild directions, and bartenders have become mixologists (the closest term to describe the tinkering, oft mad geeky pursuit of flavor and fascination with combinations…the building of formulas a la the chemistry beaker). In the midst […]
