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“The menus are based on common stops on old nautical routes of the 1800s, in which sherry and rum get a lot of use, while a large back bar of bourbon and rye gives opportunities for curious patrons to expand their palates.” Goods makes it easier by instead being a neighborhood tavern that only carries local microbrews on draught.”
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. If you’ve never tasted makgeolli before, opt for a flight of ferments that range from creamy and fizzy to rich and sherry-like.
before turning to distilling in 2018 and opening the Potomac Distilling Company in DC’s riverside District Wharf neighborhood. He produces a Guyanese-style rum in a variety of expressions, all of which form the bulk of the backbar at his distillery’s in-house tiki lounge, Tiki TNT. The palate is piquant with dry spice and lemon oil.
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Enlisting special guests to help guide the tours, Wayne (Author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and frequent spirits contributor for The Atlantic, Imbibe Magazine, PUNCH, The Daily Beast , and Garden & Gun ) and co. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.
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Those skills were put to the test in 2018 when Haley won the National Championship of Speed Rack , the country’s preeminent speed bartending competition. She built her chops at Dutch Kills and Fresh Kills — bars that she described as providing “foundational training that was built to make me fast and accurate.”
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He has also triumphed in a number of competitions, including being awarded Chicago’s Patrn Perfectionist in 2018. Additionally, in 2018 she won the Italicus Bar Artist of the Year and in 2019 she bagged the US World Class Bartender of the Year awards.
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