February 2011
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Thoughts Behind a Cocktail Menu Change
Contributed by
Justin Noel
Contemporary Cocktails, Inc.
1534
A hint of sun, temps reaching close to 60 degrees, and a girl on the subway trading in her UGGs for some sandals can only mean one thing; menu changes. Yes my culinary imbibing brethren spring is slowly peeking its head from behind the snow filled clouds of winter, and we all start taking off that extra layer of clothing. With this new...
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Tipping Is Not A City In China
By Brent Lamberti
Contemporary Cocktails, Inc.
At last year’s Tales of the Cocktail in NOLA a conversation came up between me and a few fellow bartenders. The subject was tipping.
Gratuity, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, fringe benefit, greased palm, or as Bill Murray so succinctly put it to the Dalai Lama, “a little something for the effort”.
Tipping bartenders in...
WatchWhy wait for Cinco de Mayo. Celebrate National Margarita Day today at 1534 on 20 Prince Street, NYC.
The Demo is of a cocktail served at 1534 called Napolean’s Loss which is a riff off a Margarita.
Celebrate the Margarita with some homage, twists & tweaks on a classic tomorrow at 1534.
Margarita drink specials tomorrow Tuesday the 22nd of February!
http://www.jacquesnyc.com/1534/
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Celebrate Presedents Day with a Manhattan Cocktail... →
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The Manhattan 2 1/4oz Bourbon or Rye 3/4oz Italian Sweet Vermouth 2 dash Angostura Stirred and poured into a chilled coupe. A Political Past “Whenever you talk cocktail history, it’s always the Democratic party that’s involved, Lord knows why,” Wondrich said. The initial definition of the cocktail in the Balance and Columbian Registry noted that the...
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While I’ve never experienced a hangover in my lifetime (knock on wood), I know plenty who have. Hopefully these concoctions will help with the hangover blues the next time you try to recapture your youth
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Battle the morning…
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Booze News Valentine's Venue Choices
Contemporary Cocktails, Inc FORTY FOUR AT THE ROYALTON 44 West 44 Street New York, NY 10036 Featuring a sexy fireplace and sultry decor, not to mention drinks from the illustrious Cocktail Collective to get your blood flowing, Forty Four at the Royalton is the perfect place to enjoy a cocktail with your Valentine. Un Beso Royale 1 oz Partida Reposado 1/2 oz Aperol Bar spoon Agave nectar...
February CC, Inc Booze News What's Happening
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PLEASE VOTE-VOTE-VOTE Here is the link to vote from: http://www.manhattancocktailclassic.com/vote.html
VOTE these seminars: 53. The Mindful Bartender
With gaz regan, Aisha Sharpe & Dushan Zaric 58. The Fusion of Theories: Cocktail Bar Goes High Volume with Integrity
With The Cocktail Collective: Willy Shine, Richard...
February CC, Inc Booze News Watering Hole
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About 1534
On April 20, 1534, Jacques Cartier set sail from St. Malo in Brittany with two ships and 61 men. Instead of finding the...
February CC, Inc Booze News Slinger
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Features
MARSHAL ALTIER-BARTENDER NYC
Marshall Altier is a writer, bartender, and enthusiast at-large of all things epicurean. His contributions have been featured in print in such publications as New York Magazine, The New York Post’s Page Six Magazine, and The San Francisco Chronicle, and Gary Regan’s Bartender’s Gin Compendium. He is part...
Booze News Drink Up
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Contemporary Cocktails Inc Valentines Day Cocktail Demos
“MRS SHINE BOX”
“UN BESO ROYALE” Featured at Forty Four in The Royalton Hotel
Created by the Cocktail Collective
Prepared by WILLY SHINE & AISHA SHARPE of Contemporary Cocktails, Inc. NYC
“Loves me, loves me not” Tim Cooper Original 2oz hendricks gin 3/4oz...
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Behind The Stick by Tim Cooper
Behind the Stick on Valentines Day
By Tim Cooper
Contemporary Cocktails Inc.
The rose petal, chocolate filled, diamond necklace, cheesy consumerism filled holiday is once again upon us. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day, where visions of romantic cooing and deep gazes into a significant other’s eyes are abundant and all consuming! While some of us dread this holiday, I will undoubtedly...
I DRINK ALONE by Brent Lamberti
I DRINK ALONE
By Brent Lamberti Contemporary Cocktails, Inc.
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Not long after the last champagne bottle is popped on New Year’s do New Yorkers begin to dread what is in front of them.
Three months filled with ice, snow and cold weather. The frozen tundra sets in.
However, I’m here to tell you that all is not lost during winter’s dark days and even darker long nights. For one, most...
