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The Trouble With Gibsons

The Trouble With Gibsons

A Great Cocktail, But Seldom Made Well

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Apr 29, 2022
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The Gibson at Dear Irving. Photo credit: Eric Medsker.

I like Gibsons. I like them so much I once tried to get into the cocktail onion business.

The brand I created was called Odin’s Onions and they were made in my kitchen, quite illegally, and the line lasted about a year. I saw a hole in the bar-goods market. The cocktail revival had rushed into being …

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