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Jose Garces doesn't want you to remember your Saturday night

POSTED: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 11:08 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Dealage

Jose Garces, in an apparent power move to ensure his is the last venue you remember visiting on your day off, is launching a new Saturday afternoon happy hour at his perpetually packed Village Whiskey (114 S. 20th St.). Dubbed "Five O'Clock Somewhere Happy Hour," the dealage will run from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning this Saturday, Sept. 18. VW's pressed-and-starched bar staff will pour $7 whiskey tastes, $6 cocktails, $5 wines and $4 draft beers; to eat, there'll be a mini slider version of the infamous VW burger, plus barbecue pork sliders and house-brined pickle canapes. After the jump, peep the working schedule, through October, of which whiskies and cocktails will be on offer for this mind-eraser of a post-brunch diversion. UPDATE [18sept10]: Here's the rundown for today's happy hour (PDF). 9/18: Rowans Creek Small Batch, a 100 proof Kentucky bourbon that is made and bottled by hand in small lots, one batch at a time; The Old Fashioned, Bottle in Bond bourbon, house-made bitters, sugar and lemon. 9/25: Ransoms Whippersnapper Whiskey, a pot distilled Oregon whiskey with similarities to bourbon, Scotch, Irish whiskey and Dutch corenwyn; The Martinez, Old Tom gin, maraschino, sweet vermouth and Angostura. 10/2: Bushmills 10 Year, a triple-distilled Irish whiskey that is aged for at least 10 years in bourbon-seasoned barrels, with aromas of honey, vanilla and milk chocolate; The Commodore, bourbon, lime, sugar, orange bitters and mescal rinse. 10/9: Dalmore 12 Year, a dynamic and varied whiskey aged in American white oak and Oloroso sherry wood for brilliant complexity; The Aviation, gin, crème de violette, maraschino and lemon. 10/16: Suntory Hibiki 12 Year, a Japanese blended whiskey that is part-matured in plum liqueur casks; Ginger Rogers, gin, ginger, lemon, Fees rhubarb bitters and sparkling rose. 10/23: (ri)1 Rye, a honey-colored rye with peppery nose, light and dry mouthfeel and glowing, reassuring finish that lingers before quietly slipping away; Village Manhattan, rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and house-made bitters. 10/30: Jose Garces' Four Roses Single Barrel, a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey with fruity aromas, delicate hints of honey and maple syrup and spicy notes; The Brooklyn, rye whiskey, dry vermouth, Torani Amer and maraschino.

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