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Boston Cocktails By the Numbers

Boston Cocktails By the Numbers

Beantown Bars Have a Thing for Numerals.

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Nov 08, 2022
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In my new book Modern Classic Cocktails, there’s a drink called 1910. It’s a mezcal-Cognac blend, supported by Punt e Mes, maraschino liqueur and Peychaud’s bitters. It was invented in 2011 by Boston bartender Ezra Star, who ran the bar Drink for many years. She told me it was named after the year the Mexican Revolution began. Made sense, given…

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