Rye Cocktails and Advanced Barrel Aging in Whisky Advocate

In the Summer 2014 issue of Whisky Advocate magazine I have two articles.

This is a rye-themed issue and it's pretty great, so you should probably just get a subscription or run out to a retail store that carries it. They don't typically put anything from the print magazine online so that's the only way to read these. 

Advanced-Level Barrel Aging – Of Cocktails

Bartenders are doing some amazing things with barrel aging. In the story I cite new/cool/innovated techniques from:

• Tradition in San Francisco
• Bergerac in San Francisco
• Jamie Jones of Manchester
• The Barking Dog in Copenhagen
• Bon Vivant in Edinburgh
• Manhattan Bar at The Regent, Singapore
• Jack Rose Dining Saloon in DC
• Liberty in Seattle
• Pint + Jigger in Honolulu
• Pomodoro in Boston
• Half Step in Austin
• Citizen Public House in Scottsdale
• Ryan Chetiyawardana of White Lyan

Phew, that was a lot of bars to include in a one-page article. 

The Rituals of Rye

Now that rye whiskey is back, what do you do with it? This story has a lot of new cocktails (like, a lot of cocktails), but I think the really interesting part is about which classic cocktails demand rye versus bourbon. 

It includes recipes and/or quotes from:

• Nathan Burdette of  Los Angeles

• Jonathan Smolensky of Canada

• Vincent Toscano of Rye in San Francisco

• Brad Peters of Hock Farm Craft & Provisions in Sacramento

• Enzo Errico of Milk & Honey, New York City

• Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club, New York City

• Brian MacGregor of Wingtip, San Francisco

• Chris Neustadt of Jimmy at the James Hotel in Chicago

• Brian Means of Fifth Floor Restaurant, San Francisco

• Anthony DeSerio of Splash restaurant in Guilford, Connecticut

• Ted Kilgore of St. Louis

• Andrew Freidman, Liberty, Seattle

• Molly Wellmann of Japp's in Cincinnati, Ohio

• Michael Callahan, Bartender-At-Large in Singapore

• Abigail Gullo of SoBou in New Orleans

• Tamir Benshalom, Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa, California

• Geof Anderson of Annunciation Restaurant in New Orleans

• Ray’s and Starck Bar in Los Angeles

• The Passenger in DCAudio Discotech in California

• Elixir in San Francisco

• Barrel in Washington DC

Pick up a copy!