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| Cocktails at No. 246 |
Ice has its place in the winter, preferably sparkling in a glass
ready to host a mixologist’s potion at one of Atlanta’s warm and amiable
restaurants. While we won’t divulge recipes, we will share some of the
ingredients and tip you toward places to find the alluring elixirs.
At
Fifth Group Restaurants, mixologists
generate cocktails with vision. Picture where you’ll be as you sip The Shores
of Paris made with Breckenridge Vodka, Lillet Rouge and Combier and Kümmel liqueurs; Fireside with smoky hints of
Fidencio Mezcal Joven, The Irishman Irish Whiskey, Flor de Cana 7-year Rum,
Grand Marnier and bitters; Brickwalker with baked apple and
black walnut bitters muddled with Dolin Rouge Vermouth dressed with Bulleit
Rye, a sugar cube and a brandied cherry; and the forceful Renegade of
Redemption Rye, Cynar, amaretto and bitters.
For a cocktail as lovely to look at as to imbibe, try the elegant Haute
Holiday at Fleming’s Prime
Steakhouse & Wine Bar. Each champagne flute bubbles with Mionetto
Prosecco, St. Germain and Quady Elysium. Spice girls and guys may crave the Merry
Mint Spice where Gentleman Jack, Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur, POM
juice, simple syrup and fresh mint leaves meet over ice in a bucket glass.
Atlanta’s Westside is home to JCT.
Kitchen & Bar where guests are going gaga over winter mixers such as
the Poinsettia with poached cranberries, Ruby Liqueur and prosecco; Stocking
Full of Coal with Gosling’s Black Rum, Nux Alpina Walnut Liqueur, Black
Strap Molasses and Smuttynose Porter; Figgy Pudding rich with brown
sugar syrup, aromatic bitters and fig-infused Jim Beam; Reindeer Games playfully blending Averell Damson Gin, Knickerbocker Gin, Leopold’s
Cranberry Liqueur, lemon and cranberry bitters; Feliz Navidad’s heady
blend of Lunazul-infused cinnamon, Domain de Canton Ginger Liqueur, chocolate
and orange; a Little Rummer Boy that snares vanilla-infused 10 Cane Rum,
falernum, Tuaca Liqueur, lemon juice and Whiskey Barrel Bitters; a heartwarming
Mistle Toddy mug of spiced Redemption Rye,
Cherry Heering, honey and chai tea; and Mull it Over served hot, cold,
sparkling or still with mulled wine, wassail and spiced cider.
This winter, The
Optimist promises smooth sailing with a cocktail glass or mug for every
taste. Coconut
eggnog twists a tropical classic of eggs, cream, Brinley Gold Shipwreck
Spiced Rum, coconut milk and nutmeg while Shandy Claus wraps a woodsy
blend of Tanqueray, Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur of the Alps, IPA, lemon, sugar
and grapefruit bitters. Cold noses will thaw over Mexican hot chocolate
spiked with Hangar One Chipotle Vodka, Kahlua, cinnamon and sea salt or a hot
buttered rum with The Kraken Black Spiced Rum, cinnamon-clove butter and
brown sugar. Ticklers include Christmas on Cape Cod, which tops citrus
vodka and cranberry juice with a prosecco floater and spice-poached New England
cranberries or the Sparkle Motion of cava, true-pomegranate grenadine
and pomegranate seeds.
Come in from the cold to cheery No.
246 in downtown Decatur where gem-hewed glasses include Pimm’s Cup, Red
Ryder, Poinsettia, Royal Tannenbaum and a fragrant spiked
cider with a cinnamon bark swizzle stick.
Ten nostalgically named winter signature cocktails top the
cocktail menu at The Pinewood in
Decatur. Roots Radicals mixes Bulleit Bourbon, Angostura Bitters, sugar
beet, Maraschino and lime; El Wormhole shakes up Laird’s Bonded Apple
Brandy, Fidencio Mezcal, amaretto, caramelized apple gastrique and bitters; Golden
Fiddle strums Bacardi Solera, Cardamaro, Georgia sweet potato, white
balsamic, house ginger soda and Grains of Paradise spice. More options include
Day that I Die with Riverboat Rye, buckwheat honey and Georgia pecan tincture;
the PWTR Draft Old Fashioned of small batch bourbon, bitters and oleo
saccharum; PWTR Draft Sazerac with rye, bitters, gomme syrup and
absinthe rinse; Pinewood Porch Punch of spiced tea-infused vodka, fresh
citrus, orange flower water, bitters and sugar or a star-struck list including B.
Bardot, Violet Beauregarde and Jackie O.
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| Roots Radicals at The Pinewood |
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