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Jaywalk Rye and Hana Makgeolli (see below) in the Rye & Rice cocktail, and the Commitment Martini (my personal fave) with Guilder’s Red Oolong gin , Sakura gin, and blanc vermouth.
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Just look at the 2020 Spirited Awards winners! oz gin (We use Monkey 47 but another “juicy” gin would also work.) What is easier to talk about is how we can better support the AAPI members of our hospitality-based community. I think it’s easy to see how many more Asian Americans have received recognition in the last few years.
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Thats where our One, Two and Three step solutions come in: Solution one: Our ready-to-drink cocktails, available in bottles and nitro-infused cans. Solution two: This is a two-step process, which involves mixers, where you just add a spirit – meaning it is as easy to make as a gin and tonic or vodka soda.
We did a lot of work that I am incredibly proud of before closing for good in 2020, for the same reason all sorts of bars closed at that time. Garret makes his in a separatory funnel for easy extraction but assures me that it would be fine to replicate at home by straining the completed infusion through mesh or a paper filter.
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