Cocktails
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
National Pride:
Embassy Royal:
Golden Cadillac:
Corcovado (in an Origins pint glass):
A dead soldier, no longer available.
This was the ginger spirit I discovered made the PERFECT spiked eggnog. The results were like drinking a frosted gingerbread cookie. But Art in the Age ran into legal troubles and ceased making its line of spirits. (Shame, too, because Root- a root tea was freaking fantastic.)
Captain Morgan’s was OK, but now my go-to is King’s Ginger.
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Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I wondered what happened to Art in the Age. That is a bummer!
Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
They are probably not closed permanently. They are looking for a new contract distillery.
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Art in the Age, Old City’s hidden cocktail bar, has closed due to a distillery breakup
The Old City space was technically a satellite tasting room for New Liberty Distillery. Now, Art in the Age's owner is seeking a Pennsylvania distillery license.
www.inquirer.com
I miss Sage. We used an empty bottle as a flower vase for years and to replace the gin in a Negroni. Could never figure out what to do with Root, though, drink-wise.
I remember when Art in the Age opened in Old City and people were like "what is this?". Or at least I was.
Before Snap, Root was one of my faves for eggnog. But I liked it on the rocks, too.
OTOH, I’m still struggling with using Sage.
(I also have some Root stashed…maybe one last bottle of Snap, too.)
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If they DO get a new license, hopefully, they’ll resurrect & return Snap & Root to Texas shelves.They are probably not closed permanently. They are looking for a new contract distillery.
Art in the Age, Old City’s hidden cocktail bar, has closed due to a distillery breakup
The Old City space was technically a satellite tasting room for New Liberty Distillery. Now, Art in the Age's owner is seeking a Pennsylvania distillery license.
we also have a stash of one other discontinued spirit: Navan vanilla cognac.
We loved it, and found out it was being discontinued shortly after we had bought some bottles to give as Christmas gifts. After Christmas, we were able to find one store that still had some bottles and bought them all.
We also started looking for a replacement. We found Meukow, which IS really good…but is a pale shadow of Navan.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
My go-to with Root was this lovely nerdy cocktail:
The Hobbit:
2 oz Bulleit Bourbon
1/2 oz Root
1/4 oz Lillet
1/4 oz Creme de Violette
Stir with ice and then pour into a Brandy snifter. Garnish with sage a blossom.
The recipe calls for a light smoking with tobacco smoke, but I generally omitted that part. I could see using a regular smoker, though.
