Manhattan & Bitter: playing with scent. A rum Old-Fashioned in a sealed bag filled with the aroma of Kaffir lime, black tea, and cinnamon. I was invited to snip it open with a little pair of scissors, letting the scent wash over us (you’ve got to love a cocktail joint that keeps scissors on hand as serving ware).
On the other side of the table, a glass filled with the scent of a (literally) smoking barrel awaiting a Manhattan of amari and apple brandy. Like snuggling up in the big old leather chair of the cigar-smoking grandpa I never had.
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