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Nov 8, 2022Liked by Robert Simonson

While we’re at it, Ward 8

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I loved this and the references to so many great places - I’m a Brooklyn transplant and lived in Central Square a few blocks from Brick and Mortar for years! I went on a date to Green Street with my now fiancé so many years ago and that was where I discovered an odd-to-me sounding drink I took a chance on, a tequila cocktail (I’m not sure what it’s stirred with) served in a highball, topped with an IPA. It’s no longer on the menu but the bartender there always knows what I’m referencing when I ask for it!

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Robert Simonson

I love the 1919 and—in spite of the fact that most of my rum-fiend friends denigrate it—agree with the cocktail purists who say a that only Old Monk is acceptable for the drink!

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Robert Simonson

There is 10 cocktail! Well a 10 x 10 cocktail created by Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli when he was at Island Creek Oyster Bar for Bar Brawl the year Eastern Standard won it. Ten Cane was a sponsor spirit and the drink had an improbable 10 ingredients that actually 'all played' as they say. Riffing off that and prepping a menu for the The Hawthorne themed to the summer olympics, Katie Emmerson created the 4 x 4 - the x is pronounced 'by' and not 'times' for clarity.

10 x 10 - Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli for ES at Bar Brawl

Build in a mixing glass:

pinch of salt

dash Angostura bitters

5 black peppercorns

3 green cardamom pods

~muddle~

4- 1” cubes of watermelon

5 lemon verbena (can sub mint)

~muddle~

2 oz Rum

¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice

½ oz Honey Syrup

add ice ice, shake and strain into a chilled cocktail coupe

top with sparkling wine

garnish lemon verbena (can sub mint)

4 x 4​ - ​Katie Emmerson for The Hawthorne

¾ oz Smith and Cross rum

¾ oz split Ginger/Honey Syrup

¾ oz Senior Dry Curacao

¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice

Mount all ingredients in a mixing glass,

fill with ice and shake. Double strain

into a chilled coupe. No garnish.

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Nov 8, 2022Liked by Robert Simonson

I feel drunk just trying to keep all those drinks, er, numbers, straight in my head!! So worth the one day extra wait, thank you! 😎🥃

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Nov 8, 2022Liked by Robert Simonson

Seems like the 3-2-1 is a play on the drink’s proportions.

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Nov 8, 2022Liked by Robert Simonson

Robert, this reminded me how much I enjoyed Drink Boston's 1919 cocktail and it’s fascinating and surprising Boston story.

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