This fall, Peels…will introduce a switchel. Modeled on a popular early American cooler, it combines molasses, ginger, apple cider vinegar, apple cider and dark rum. Ashley Greene, the bartender responsible for that drink, has also been toying with Manhattans, lacing them with a tincture of white wine vinegar and fennel seeds. “If you add a tiny bit,” Ms. Greene said, “it brightens up the acidity in a way that’s really attractive.
Vinegar Cocktails Are Making the Rounds - NYTimes.com (via Prime Meats)
I’ve been convinced the new line of drinking vinegars from Portland’s Pok Pok will eventually find an audience in the cocktail world since I got a bottle from my friend Neven awhile back.
