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APO Bar + Lounge's breezy new spring/summer cocktail list
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APO Bar + Lounge's breezy new spring/summer cocktail list
Earlier this week, APO Bar + Lounge (102 S. 13th St.) introduced a brand-new cocktail menu for the warmer months. While known/loved house classics — the Immunity Idol, Sage Wisdom, Booty Collins, etc. — remain available, beverage manager Preston Eckman has rolled out a collection of six new sunny-weather sips, plus simplified whiskey, tequila and rum flight options. He was kind enough to take Meal Ticket on a tour of the new menu.
When it's summertime, "I want to have more than just one cocktail," says Eckman. So he's created tight list of new drinks, all of which are relatively low in alcohol content when compared to the burlier, bite-ier stuff he mixed up during fall and winter. Seasonal fruits, housemade juice blends/syrups, tea infusions and spirits with refreshing flavor profiles (think St. Germain, Combier and Lillet Blanc) all have a place on the new "House Specials" list, all good choices while sitting out on APO's roof deck:
Beneath the Bastion. Yamazaki single malt Japanese whiskey; blackberry syrup; honey and honeycomb sourced from Smyrna, Del.; lemon; grapefruit; a blend of Regan's Orange Bitters and Fee Brothers Orange bitters; egg white foam
Flame of Lust. Bluecoat Gin; ginger; Fino sherry (it's very dry); lemon; Combier orange liqueur; cracked black pepper; flamed lemon peel
Matcha Fizz. Gin; shochu (distilled Japanese liquor); lemon; local honey; matcha (very concentrated Japanese green tea); finished with egg white foam and sage
Avant Garden. Siembra Azul Blanco; Green Chartreuse; St. Germain elderflower liqueur; "Avant Juice" (a housemade blend using Granny Smith aples, cucumbers, limes, sugar and a bit of vodka); tonic (Eckman says the Avant Garden is perhaps "the booziest" of his new drinks)
Chamolback. Buffalo Trace bourbon; Lillet Blanc; house-infused chamomile curacao; lemon juice; Angostura bitters; Prosecco
Mandy Lynn. Blend of two Laird's apple brandies; pear; lemon; bitters; Prosecco
Of the new drinks, our favorites were the Beneath the Bastion, whose many sophisticated flavors unfolded in your mouth with each sip (you first get the smooth blackberry, then the honey, then a hit of that bitter citrus before the orange bitters finish out) and the Chamolback, which stands out thanks to Eckman's fascinating chamomile concoction and its interplay with well-rounded Kentucky bourbon.
APO has also simplified its liquor flights. Before, the bar offered numerous flights of more specialty-interest liquors, such as sweet vermouth, but found that most people ended up gravitating toward whiskey and tequila. They've decided to focus their energies on selecting solid liquors for three distinct flights (one-ounce pours for each spirit):
Whiskey ($15): George Dickel No. 12 (Tennessee Whiskey); Buffalo Trace (Bourbon); Wild Turkey (Kentucky Straight Rye)
Tequila ($16): Corralejo (Blanco); Cazadores (Reposado); Siembra Azul (Anejo)
Rum ($14): El Dorado 5-year (Demerera rum); Premiere Canne (Rhum Agricole); Scarlet Ibis (Trinidad Rum)
Social comments and analytics for this post... This post was mentioned on Twitter by mealticket: Take a tour of the brand-new cocktail list at @APObarLounge: http://bit.ly/a6yeCr...
matcha fizz = outstanding.
Me and my girls are loving the "Flame of Lust"- who would think we'd be gin lovers!
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