Bar 190's sesame-smoked old fashioned. Photograph: Dan Matthews/The Guardian.Bar 190's sesame-smoked old fashioned. Photograph: Dan Matthews/The Guardian.The good mixerCocktailsYour standard old fashioned of whiskey, syrup and bitters, but with a special sesame-infused dram and a dash of pure theatre to finish
This is a gloriously grown-up concoction in which the sesame oil imparts a gently smoky backnote to the whiskey that’s accentuated by the aromas from the wood smoke that’s introduced later. Read More...
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In June of 2016, the police chief in Charleston, South Carolina, held a press conference. Eight men between the ages of 19 and 25 had been arrested in one of the largest drug busts in the city’s history. The arrests came as a result of an investigation into the murder of Patrick Moffly, a 23-year-old former student and son of a luxury real estate developer who had been shot in the chest a few months prior. Read More...