Mix

The Spiceberry

Earlier this week I mentioned The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book by celebrated Louisville bartender Joy Perrine and food-and-drinks writer Susan Reigler. Today I’d like to share Joy’s recipe for the Spiceberry, which she describes as her “drink for the holidays, Thanksgiving through Christmas, using…

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Blind Pig’s Bacon Manhattan

The owners of The Blind Pig, a gastropub that opened in 2010 in Louisville’s Butchertown neighborhood, emphasize house-made European comfort food. They cure and smoke their meats and make their bitters and other cocktail ingredients as well. That includes the…

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Proof on Main’s Darkened Manhattan

A classic Manhattan consists of bourbon, sweet vermouth and bitters, shaken with ice, strained into a chilled cocktail glass and garnished with a cherry. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But as fans of classical music will tell…

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The Seelbach Cocktail

Our celebration of Bourbon Heritage Month continues today with a tribute to a classic bourbon cocktail created right here in Louisville, Ky.: the Seelbach Cocktail. This rather elegant cocktail that combines bourbon, bitters and champagne is named for the rather…

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