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ROOT Mix-Off tonight at Silk City
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ROOT Mix-Off tonight at Silk City
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| Photo | Dominic Savini |
While Team Meal Ticket tries its very best not to pass out from swine-based overexertion at tonight's snout-to-tail pork dinner at M�m�, some of the city's best barkeeps � Christian Gaal of Noble, Katie Loeb of Oyster House, Doug Fitz of Snackbar and Andres Sanchez of Positano Coast, to name just a few � will be mixing drinks from 7 to 9 at Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) as part of a ROOT cocktail competition. What's ROOT? It's the whimsical 80-proof liquor Art in the Age just put out. Trey Popp had the full story on the stuff back in June:
Straight up, it smells like birch and vanilla beans suffused with gentle wisps of pipe smoke. An ice cube releases some of the spices, dominated by the allspice. Its off-dry sweetness makes it appealing as a shot, but I found that mixing it brought out its best qualities. Bourbon highlighted its affinity for tobacco. With rum and lime juice � a recipe from Paul Dellavigne of Southwark, who adds a dash of simple almond syrup � the warming spices took center stage, reminding me of the nutmeg-laced rum punches of Barbados. Dropped into a Guinness, ROOT undergoes some kind of alchemy that outstrips my descriptive powers, but I was almost embarrassed by how much I liked it.
Admission's free if you RSVP to info@artintheage.com.
Hey I missed the competition last night but I would love to know what everyone made. Will Meal Ticket be posting the complete list of cocktails?
Hey Poncho Meal Ticket missed the contest (cause we were mangling mad pork courses at Mémé's multi-chef Pig Dinner) but I know that Katie Loeb of Oyster House took the trophy. We'll check in with the organizers today and see about that cocktail list.
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