KING'S HARDWARE DRINK
King's Whiskey Smash
The ever popular “smash” is something you may
start to see popping up on summer cocktail
menus. Many are a play off the julep but each
also includes a variety of seasonal fruit muddled
generously at the bottom. King’s uses sweet,
juicy blackberry – a surprisingly textbook
companion to the dry spice of rye with crushed
ice and a sprinkling of mint sprigs straight from
the garden.
Avocado Margarita
Everything you love in a mason jar with salt and
a straw. The tequila is house infused with plenty
of spice and then mellowed out accordingly with
the puree of creamy avocado. Finished with a
hefty squeeze of lime and a liberal dusting of
neon cilantro, then a drizzle of agave… ¡Ay,
caramba! New to the summer cocktail menu,
this one is a must.
Zombie
(bottled cocktail)
Midtown Mule
A King’s spin on this hugely popular cocktail is
the use of gin instead of vodka. It’s muddled
with cucumber and lime, which is so fitting that
you might wonder if the traditional Mule might
need reinventing. Aptly, Kings uses Rachel’s
Ginger Beer – because if there’s going to be
ginger beer this local variety is the very best. The
last gilded note is a touch of cardamom bitters.
Fernet ‘N Stormy
Dark and stormy in this city? Never. This clever
twist on the beach clad rum drink is what you
might recognize as a “bartenders drink.” At the
top of its class as a digestif, Fernet-Branca is
sworn to cure hangovers and make you look
cooler. In this version, you won’t even have to
try. As you sip on the combination of FernetBranca, Regatta Ginger Beer and lime well into
the night, it will still be your day in the sun.
Otter Pops
(frozen nostalgia)
Quintessential summer. Sweet icy
Bottled cocktails have a certain
alcohol imbued delicacies that
appeal and King’s knows how
many have tried to recreate and
to do them right. The Zombie
few have perfected. After a few
uses four types of rum and
rounds of trial and error King’s got
four different juices however
revealing all its details would ruin it figured out for us. Now, you can
bathe in the sun and nostalgia with
the mystery. With brown sugar
your choice of red or blue. For red
and simple syrup the effect is
expect cherry vodka and for blue,
reminiscent of a classic Mai Tai. It
is made 100% in house and packs ginger, lemonade and whiskey…
intoxicating and patriotic.
a punch.
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