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Elevating Tradition at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar in NOLA

Chilled Magazine

The bar’s preferred spirits include brandy, rye, rum, gin, and amaro, often enhanced by absinthe, saline, Peychaud’s bitters, or orange blossom water, lending more depth and complexity to their menu. Dornemann believes it is important to meticulously plan and document every detail, even the smallest ones, when you own a bar.

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

Alcoholic beverages date back to 13,000 BCE, when the first evidence of brewing beer was documented. The distillation of medicinal liqueurs, emergence of punch and bitters, and commercialization of vermouth followed from 1500 CE to 1796 CE. By 1806, the word “cocktail” appeared in print.

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Q&A: Rebekah Peppler on Drinking the French Way

Imbibe Magazine

Expat journalist Rebekah Peppler has spent the better part of a decade living in Paris and traveling through France as she documents the country’s culinary culture. And something like Le Grande Plage [Lillet, amaro, bitters, sparkling wine] is the spritz that I want to be drinking when it’s warm and beautiful out.

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Abbott’s Bitter Recipe

Art of Drink

Back in 2009, I stumbled upon a bitters recipe with two Abbott signatories on the document. Since Abbott’s was one of the most popular bitters before prohibition, it required further investigation. My original goal was to recreate the bitters […] The post Abbott’s Bitter Recipe first appeared on Art of Drink.

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Foo’s Blacklist Menu offers new edition with art of Japan

Spiritz

This cocktail features Sesame Oil Fat-Washed Patrón Reposado, Gari Cordial, Umeshu, and House Umami Bitters. Just as a Hanko seals documents with authenticity and identity, this cocktail seals your palate with exquisite flavours. Discover the essence of Japan with Hanko, inspired by the traditional Japanese stamp.

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The Sazerac: The mysterious (and confusing) history of this iconic classic

Australian Bartender

I expected that its story would be quite well documented, with perhaps a squabble over which exact bar in New Orleans had first mixed one, but instead, I opened a can of worms. He said that Antoine Peychaud, a New Orleans pharmacist, liked to serve and drink his eponymous bitters mixed with cognac in little cups (called coquetiers).

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Are Bartender’s Handshake Shots Still Cool if They’re on the Menu?

VinePair

Many gravitated toward bitter, quinine extremes as a byproduct of tasting spirits so often. It generally includes some measure of Fernet, perhaps tinged with sherry or sweet vermouth to round out the bitterness. Many of us know what’s in an M&M because we watched a demo on TikTok.

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