Bloody Mary lovers, take note! This sweet-tart-spicy libation
dresses up Philadelphia Distilling’s locally made XXX Shine
with spicy rhubarb purée and housemade pepper bitters,
garnished with a stalk of fresh rhubarb. The Rittenhouse Hotel,
210 W. Rittenhouse Square; 215-546-9000; lacroixrestaurant.com
Main Street Trummer’s on Main • Clifton, Va.
Although the traditional version of this drink is made with aged
bourbon plus lime and cinnamon molasses, it’s also available with
Wasmund’s Single Malt Spirit, an unaged, 100 percent barley spirit
made by distiller Rick Wasmund at the Copper Fox Distillery in
Sperryville, Va. After putting in the barrel time, this spirit becomes
an acclaimed, copper-colored single malt whiskey. 7134 Main St.;
703-266-1623; trummersonmain.com
Spettro Fiola • Washington, D.C.
In a riff on the classic Sazerac, bar manager Jeff Faile mixes Buffalo
Trace White Dog Wheated Mash in a pastis-rinsed glass with Zucca,
an Italian amaro, then garnishes the drink with a lemon twist.
601 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W.; 202-628-2888; fioladc.com
White Boy Manhattan Area Four • Cambridge, Mass.
Area Four bills itself as a hybrid bakery/bar emphasizing all things
local, organic and sustainable, including local spirits. In that context, this sprightly drink makes perfect sense. It’s made with Bully
Boy white whiskey from Boston’s first craft distillery, plus Cocchi
Americano (an Italian aperitif wine) and Regan’s orange bitters.
500 Technology Square; 617-758-4444; areafour.com
STILL LIFE
A handful of distilleries north of the Mason-Dixon Line
make moonshine worth a guzzle
Bully Boy
Distillers
white
whiskey
(Boston):
Clean,
mellow, and
USDA-
certified
organic.
bullyboy
distillers.com
Kings County
moonshine
(Brooklyn, N. Y.):
From a distillery in
the historic Brook-
lyn Navy Yard, this
moonshine recently
won Best in Category
for corn whiskey at
the American Distill-
ing Institute’s Craft
Spirits Conference.
kingscounty
distillery.com
XXX Shine
whiskey
(Philadelphia):
From
Philadelphia
Distilling, which
also makes
Bluecoat dry
gin, comes
this edgy little
corn whiskey,
distilled to 88. 8
proof. shine
whiskey.com
Hudson
New York Corn
Whiskey
(Gardiner, N. Y.):
The unaged
foundation
for small-
batch distiller
Tuthilltown’s
acclaimed
Hudson Baby
Bourbon.
tuthilltown.com
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