This past Saturday, L.A. celebrated it's cocktail culture with Cocktails in the City, a London-based festival. This was the festival's first event held in Los Angeles. The result? Thirty LA bars at Majestic Downtown creating fun, expressive, and delicious drinks. The Observer's Andy Wang shares with us the night's most buzzworthy drinks. Buzzworthy drinks we tried included the Pelée Punch with ...
Rhum J.M and Chairman’s Reserve Pop-Up at River Roast Tuesday
If you are in the Chicago area you are in luck! Today (September 19th) at 5PM River Roast will be hosting a Reid Bar Pop-Up sponsored by Rhum J.M and Chairman's Reserve Rum. Ken Pritz and his team have crafted together a delicious cocktail list featuring: J.M Punch with Rhum J.M Gold & VSOP, J.M Shrubb, cranberry, lime Agricolada with ...
The Mai Tai: A Tiki Classic
Indianapolis Monthly presents to us Chris Coy's variation on the Mai Tai - a tiki classic. Black Market beverage director and The Inferno Room's co-owner, Chris Coy says, “The fun of a Mai Tai is finding the blend of rums that works for you. This recipe calls for an ounce of dark Jamaican rum (Plantation O.F.T.D. ...
West Plaza’s classy, innovative new Monarch Cocktail Bar
Kansas City has a new player in town, the Monarch Cocktail Bar & Lounge. Set to open Monday, Aug. 21, in the West Plaza, this new bar "will sport everything from mezcal, vodka, Riesling and Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale to green chilies, passion fruit, lime juice and local honey, both in syrup and as toasted ...
In Search of the Ultimate Daiquiri
The Daiquiri - A quintessential summertime cocktail. Born in Cuba, the seemingly simple combination of rum, lime, and sugar is anything but. The perfect alignment of these ingredients takes great skill and, as stated by PUNCH Magazine, is what makes the Daiquiri a drink worth of competition. In search of the perfect expression of this classic cocktail, three visiting bartender ...