date:Sep 17, 2012
I usually keep files on the shelf behind my desk. But recently, I made room for a few cute little wooden casks filled with cocktails. It was part of my investigation into the barrel-aged-cocktail trend, in which bartenders fill casks with premixed drinks and let the flavors develop over several weeks. In a good barrel-aged cocktail, you can still taste the drink, but its more integrated, with oaky flavors of vanilla and caramel, says Jeffrey Morgenthaler. At Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon, Mor