Cocktailians

Category: Drinking Establishments

  • Pre-Prohibition Cocktail Party

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    Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the mountaintop. Not only did I get to touch the Tree of Hope a couple of weeks ago, the other night I had Blue Blazers made by Dale DeGroff and David Wondrich. The occasion was a "Pre-Prohibition Cocktail Party" at Keens Steakhouse, as part of the Zagat Vintage…

  • Vesper Virgin (not to be confused with Virgin Vesper)

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    I recently had the very welcome opportunity to visit Virgin Atlantic's Clubhouse at JFK.  I'd expected upscale hotel-ish food and drinks, but they did far better than that.  The drinks menu featured a decent selection of wines, and I started my visit with a glass of Mumm NV Champagne.  But when it was dinnertime, I…

  • Vesper Virgin (not to be confused with Virgin Vesper)

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    vidiot
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    I recently had the very welcome opportunity to visit Virgin Atlantic's Clubhouse at JFK.  I'd expected upscale hotel-ish food and drinks, but they did far better than that.  The drinks menu featured a decent selection of wines, and I started my visit with a glass of Mumm NV Champagne.  But when it was dinnertime, I…

  • Pipeline Brands’ Cocktail Jam – Highlights

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    Last week, Pipeline Brands invited Vidiot & I to one of their Cocktail Jams, where the distributors, promoters, and other somehow-accidentally-invited aficionados took over the bar downstairs at Pranna on Madison Avenue for a barkeep's version of an open mic night.  Your two local correspondents were drafted into serving duty early in the evening, when…

  • Pipeline Brands’ Cocktail Jam – Highlights

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    vidiot
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    Last week, Pipeline Brands invited Vidiot & I to one of their Cocktail Jams, where the distributors, promoters, and other somehow-accidentally-invited aficionados took over the bar downstairs at Pranna on Madison Avenue for a barkeep's version of an open mic night.  Your two local correspondents were drafted into serving duty early in the evening, when…

  • Apothéke

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    vidiot
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    Apothéke looks interesting — if more than a little pretentious — and is supposedly opening today.  Will have to get down there sometime soon and check the place out.  This interview with Albert Trummer, though, makes me wonder a bit — absinthe is properly distilled, rather than just infusing botanicals and herbs into anisette.  (Reminiscent…

  • Apothéke

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    vidiot
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    Apothéke looks interesting — if more than a little pretentious — and is supposedly opening today.  Will have to get down there sometime soon and check the place out.  This interview with Albert Trummer, though, makes me wonder a bit — absinthe is properly distilled, rather than just infusing botanicals and herbs into anisette.  (Reminiscent…

  • Cross-Promotion

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    vidiot
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    By the by, I’ve got a review of the Empire Hotel Rooftop up on NewYorkology. (Short version for cocktailian readers: very scene-y, the cocktail I had was well-mixed, there are lot of premium brands, and the menu tilts heavily toward vodka drinks and the all-too-common abuse of the "-tini" suffix.)

  • Cross-Promotion

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    vidiot
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    By the by, I’ve got a review of the Empire Hotel Rooftop up on NewYorkology. (Short version for cocktailian readers: very scene-y, the cocktail I had was well-mixed, there are lot of premium brands, and the menu tilts heavily toward vodka drinks and the all-too-common abuse of the "-tini" suffix.)

  • Death & Co., Revisited

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    vidiot
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    As I mentioned below, a few of us visited Death & Co. recently for a couple rounds, and while the "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" fit nicely into the post on sloe gin, the other drinks we had deserve a little showcasing of their own.  Damon, who coincidentally took care of us on our first visit,…