Drinking the Devil's Acre: A Love Letter from San Francisco and her Cocktails
Duggan McDonnell
Language: English
Pages: 256
ISBN: 1452135258
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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inserting one single point in the negotiation: they would no longer produce wine, only aguardiente de vino. At the time, this exception was scoffed at, thought of as absurd. Peru immediately transitioned into a grape-distillate drinking culture. no. 3: the pisco punch 67 The distilled spirit came to be called Pisco, as the best spirit of the Viceroyalty of Peru originated in the valley inland from that little port on Peru’s Pacific coast. That it came north to San Francisco and became wildly
to the terroir of Jalisco, Mexico, to the farmers and the old families who have been in the tequila business for generations. Tequila has received more than a facelift; it went in for a full surgical brand makeover, and every bottle, that is, every brand, champions its use of original stone tools, the many years it takes for an agave plant to mature, and its slow distillation. It’s a welcome, very intellectual theme, albeit a strange one: doesn’t anyone remember how tequila once became the
Aromatic Bitters (page 104) Expressed lemon peel for garnish Pour the liquid into a mixing glass, add ice, stir forty times, then strain into a rocks glass over a single stone of ice. Garnish with the lemon peel and thank God that man invented the cocktail. To step into Elixir, at the corner of Sixteenth and Guerrero Streets, is to experience what a great neighborhood saloon can be. At only six hundred square feet, Elixir boasts more than three hundred bottlings of whiskey, plus hundreds of
bracing at all. That’s not necessarily true. Yes, the French 75 is a quick sip and altogether refreshing, but if you’re not careful, its elegance will bite back. Harry’s New York Bar, Paris, is the birthplace of the French 75, and to alight atop a bar stool inside its environs and sip a French 75 is a pilgrimage for any barkeep worth his salt. Plus, it’s a damn fine way to spend an afternoon enjoying great drink. As I’ve mentioned, San Francisco holds much in common with Paris and has also been
cucumber vodka 1 oz/30 ml fresh lemon juice ½ oz/15 ml diluted agave nectar (see note, page 143) 2 dashes orange bitters 1 oz/30 ml ginger beer Muddle 2 of the blackberries and the basil leaves in a mixing glass; pour in the vodka, lemon juice, agave nectar, and bitters; add ice; and shake vigorously. Strain into a highball glass over ice while simultaneously pouring in the ginger beer. Garnish with the remaining blackberry. 188 drinking the devil’s acre Edith Griffin playing piano at the House