When the Wink & Nod bar team took a trip to the WhistlePig distillery in Vermont last fall, the weather may have been too warm for curling up in front of a roaring fire, but that cozy feeling still found its way onto the bar’s luxe Black Card cocktail menu. The Middlebury Inn, named for the place where the staff stayed, is a take on a Manhattan made with WhistlePig 15-year rye, Carpano Antica and house-smoked bitters that’s served in an airtight box filled with smoke. “The smoke box is meant to simulate the idea of drinking this cocktail next to a log-burning fireplace,” says Boston Nightlife Ventures beverage director Mike Boughton. “The guest opens the box, releasing the smoke, and pulls out the cocktail.” Boughton assures us that the drink isn’t all smoke and mirrors: “The cocktail is a perfect balance of spice, sweet, bitter,” and, perhaps surprisingly, “just a touch of smoke.”
$50 at Wink & Nod, 3 Appleton St., Boston (617-482-0117) winkandnod.com
Breaking the Glass
By Sarah Hagman & Meghan Kavanaugh | Photo Credit: Holly Rike | April 7, 2017
The Middlebury Inn at Wink & Nod
When the Wink & Nod bar team took a trip to the WhistlePig distillery in Vermont last fall, the weather may have been too warm for curling up in front of a roaring fire, but that cozy feeling still found its way onto the bar’s luxe Black Card cocktail menu. The Middlebury Inn, named for the place where the staff stayed, is a take on a Manhattan made with WhistlePig 15-year rye, Carpano Antica and house-smoked bitters that’s served in an airtight box filled with smoke. “The smoke box is meant to simulate the idea of drinking this cocktail next to a log-burning fireplace,” says Boston Nightlife Ventures beverage director Mike Boughton. “The guest opens the box, releasing the smoke, and pulls out the cocktail.” Boughton assures us that the drink isn’t all smoke and mirrors: “The cocktail is a perfect balance of spice, sweet, bitter,” and, perhaps surprisingly, “just a touch of smoke.”
$50 at Wink & Nod, 3 Appleton St., Boston (617-482-0117) winkandnod.com
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