Featured Craft Cocktail – Eastside Sour
Like many successful cocktails today, the Eastside Sour is a contemporary take on a classic. Inspired by the Pisco Sour, this cocktail has a rich silky mouth feel with the perfect balance of sweet and citrus. First, Bombay Sapphire East is used showcasing its lemon grass and peppercorn-driven botanicals. Then, St. Germain is introduced for […]
Featured Classic Cocktail – The Last Word
The Last Word cocktail was created in the early 1920s at the Detroit Athletic Club. This prohibition era cocktail was rediscovered in 2004 by Murray Stenson who was tending bar at the Zig Zag Cafe in Seattle. After its popularity exploded in the Pacific Northwest it slowly moved its way back home to Detroit. Currently, […]
So you say you don’t like Gin? Maybe it’s time to find a new bartender.
Anyone who has worked behind a bar of good repute has heard it: “I just really don’t like gin.” Game. On. Brown spirits like whisk(e)y and brandy have their detractors, but the intense flavors from extended aging in wood vessels are so distinctive that one could understand the dislike (or not). Although there is no […]
Bitter Brew
Beer… I get to write about beer. You get to read what I write about beer, lucky you. I hope you will find this blog interesting and informative. I know I’m excited to explore the goings-on of the world of hops and barley. Speaking of hops (did you see what I did there?) there’s been […]
Best of Detroit Bartender – HOUR Detroit Magazine
Our new Cocktail Ambassador, Travis Fourmont, is HOUR Detroit’s 2013 Best Bartender!
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Everyone Loves Lists – The First Top 5
It’s that time of the year when we make a couple of lists and check them twice. This won’t be like David Letterman’s Top 10, more like Five & Five. Five things that inspired us about this past year and five trends we hope either continue into 2015 or simply sail away into the night, […]