{"id":124,"date":"2008-10-17T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/?p=124"},"modified":"2008-10-17T13:48:39","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T19:48:39","slug":"quick-shots-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"quick shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I went out to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ten-01.com\">Ten 01<\/a>, where Kim joined me, and we enjoyed a beautiful plate of charcuterie with a couple cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>As I talked with Kelley, we discussed a bottle of Bitter Truth Celery Bitters that he just obtained from LeNell&#8217;s. He offered me a dash of it on my palm, and recommended rubbing my hands together to inhale the aroma. It is a very compelling balance of celery seed supported by corriander, with a little lime peel underneath. I have got to get a bottle of this&mdash;it is beautiful<super>1<\/super>.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley also offered me a taste of the Bols Genever. This is a genever that is being re-introduced to the American market this fall<super>2<\/super>. The aroma is primarily malty, and has hints of juniper and cardamom. It has a rich mouthfeel, almost oily vicosity, and a mellow malty flavor. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixology.eu\/en\/blog\/bols-genever-reentering-cocktail-world\">This article from Mixology Magazin f\u00fcr Barkultur<\/a> talks about the history of this new old product. I can&#8217;t wait to get my hands on a bottle of this! <\/p>\n<p><small><br \/>\n1. Kelley has a drink on the upcoming cocktail menu that pairs the celery bitters with an unexpected ingredient. I would not have guessed that it would work. But he mixed one for me, and it inspires me to get more familiar with that ingredient.<br \/>\n2. Some of the other cocktail bloggers around were able to attend a launch event in San Francisco (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drinkaweek.com\/2008\/10\/bols-genever-gin-welcome-to-flavor.html\">Drink a Week<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metagrrrl.com\/bibulous\/2008\/10\/bibulous-specia.html\">Bibulous<\/a>. Allow me to register my jealousy, even though my month has been tightly booked.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I went out to Ten 01, where Kim joined me, and we enjoyed a beautiful plate of charcuterie with a couple cocktails. As I talked with Kelley, we discussed a bottle of Bitter Truth Celery Bitters that he just obtained from LeNell&#8217;s. He offered me a dash of it on my palm, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,29,8,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-bitters","category-gin-a-bon","category-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}