Jan 6, 2011 | Bijou Cocktail, Bitter & Herbal Liqueurs, COCKPIT, French Vermouth, Gin, Good Day LIllet, Green Chartreuse, GROUND CREW, Lillet Blanc, MANIFEST, Plymouth Gin, Vermouth & Aperitifs
the Gin Bijou The Bijou is Miss Flighty’s summer Negroni. To her creative palate the two drinks are opposite but the same–one fervent with dark heady spices and piquant bitter, the other herbaceous, zesty, and clean like wildflowers or a Spring rain. The...
Dec 6, 2010 | COCKPIT, Italian Vermouth, MANIFEST, Rye, Rye Manhattan, Vermouth & Aperitifs, Whisk(e)y
The Rye Manhattan is the whiskey cocktail and has withstood the cocktail fads past and present. The notorious Manhattan is more likely now to be mixed with bourbon, but no bartender will ever give the vermouth a smug glance and go back to chilling cold alcohol,...
Aug 18, 2010 | Belmar Cocktail, Bitter & Herbal Liqueurs, Bourbon, Campari, COCKPIT, MANIFEST, Ramazzotti, Whisk(e)y
Created during Miss Flighty’s Amaro Craze of 2005, a time when when I was know to declare, “if I don’t have Campari (behind the bar) I will just go home.” At the time the Negroni the cocktail of the hour, but my love for whiskey compelled me...
