{"id":1274,"date":"2020-10-01T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T20:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2020-10-01T13:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T20:55:43","slug":"the-robert-oppenheimer-of-mixology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"The Robert Oppenheimer of mixology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Although Sostevinobile<\/strong><\/span> has been exclusively focused on wine, Your West Coast Oenophile<\/strong> began dabbling with other libations long before my embarking on my current pursuit. In fact, even before I attempted to launch Thousand Points of Light Wines<\/strong> and the would-be predecessor to Ca\u2019 del Solo<\/strong>, Ch\u00e2teau Lompoc<\/strong>, I had crafted the renowned Fook Yu<\/strong> (\u798f\u4e8e) at the dim sum restaurant where I bartended during my starving artist phase. A variation on the classic Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall<\/span><\/a>, this potent concoction never failed to exact peals of laughter from my waitstaff any time someone would order one<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve dabbled with other cocktails over the years, at home or with restaurants, including the Tai Da<\/strong> (\u592a\u5927) I have chronicled here previously. But my Holy Grail remains The<\/strong> Manhattan Project<\/strong>, or, as I fondly describe it, an atomic-strength Manhattan. The recipe is somewhat simple: Sweet Vermouth, bitters, and a Rye (or bourbon) in the 140\u00b0 range. Commercially, I\u2019ve had a fondness for Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, which has come in as high as 132.<\/span>4\u00b0<\/span> or its fellow Buffalo Trace Antique Collection<\/a><\/span> bourbon, George T. Stagg, which topped out at 144.1\u00b0 in 2016.\u00a0 Since my plan, however, is to release this blend as a pre-mixed cocktail in a fitting countertop dispenser, I am prone, however, to contract a local craft distillery for an unlabeled, proprietary cask-strength whiskey.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Throughout the time I have been nurturing this concept, I have been hung up on finding (or creating) the perfect bitters to go into this cocktail. My choice for Vermouth, however, as never wavered: Quady<\/span><\/a>\u2019s VYA Sweet Vermouth<\/strong>. Andy Quady may have shifted his personal focus to his Oregon facility, Quady North<\/strong>, where he produces still wine, but his Madera (not to be confused with Madeira<\/span><\/a>)<\/em> facility still produces the finest selection of\u00a0 artisanal ap\u00e9ritifs in California. <\/span><\/p>\n

During this damned COVID-19 lockdown, I began experimenting with different blends for my eventual release, including alternative vermouths from California. To be honest, Gallo\u2019s Lo-Fi<\/a><\/span> Sweet Vermouth<\/strong> left me looking somewhat askance, and while their and Steven Grasse\u2019s restrained approach has merit, it would definitely require a strongly-flavored bitters to give this cocktail any semblance of distinction beyond its hotness. To my surprise, however, the complexity of Andy\u2019s blend obviated the need for bitters at all\u2014in fact, when I added bitter in some trials, they marred the flavor of the drink.<\/span><\/p>\n

So now my path forward is clear. Select a craft distiller and find a 3-D model maker to design a polished version of my Fat Man<\/span><\/a> dispenser. If onluy the pandemic would hurry up and end and let bars reopen\u2026
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Although Sostevinobile has been exclusively focused on wine, Your West Coast Oenophile began dabbling with other libations long before my embarking on my current pursuit. In fact, even before I attempted to launch Thousand Points of Light Wines and the would-be predecessor to Ca\u2019 del Solo, Ch\u00e2teau Lompoc, I had crafted the renowned Fook Yu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,150],"tags":[705,415],"class_list":["post-1274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-vermouth","tag-lo-fi","tag-quady"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}