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All the President’s Mint
No. 9: As created by Sean Bigley, Melange Beverage Co.
Melange Beverage Group’s pairing dinner featured original bourbon cocktails and imaginative takes on classics created by Bellagio bartender and Melange mixologist Sean Bigley. The No. 9 was created to pair with chef Jose Luis Pawelek’s salad of mixed greens with peaches, mint, candied bourbon pecans tossed with mint-peach vinaigrette. “It has enough depth and character for the seasoned bourbon drinker,” Bigley says, “but is soft enough to be an introductory cocktail for the non-bourbon drinker. I like to think of it as mint julep-meets-lemon drop.”
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Three Shades of the Cosmo
- The Mayan, As served at Vesper Bar, $13
- The Last Kamikazi, As served at Bond, $11
- The Libertine, As served at Chandelier Bar, $13
Ways and Dreams
Dessert cocktails, as served at Casa Fuente in the Forums Shops at Caesars, $12
Cigar lovers rejoice! Southern Wine & Spirits of America’s corporate director of mixology and spirits educator, Francesco Lafranconi, created these delectable tailor-made his-and-hers dessert cocktails for the Fuente family that pair exceptionally well with cigars.
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Rediscovered Cherry Cosmo
As served at STK in the Cosmopolitan, $15
STK New York put the “rediscovered” into the Rediscovered Cherry Cosmo while it’s mixologists were playing around with flavored vodkas and happening upon the recipe for this cherry-rrific white cosmo, the perfect welcome for your visit to STK at the Cosmopolitan.
Read More »Meat. Greet.
STK Lounge takes on the night
Skirt or strip, biting into a juicy steak has never been sexier than at STK in the Cosmopolitan. STK opened its smoked-glass doors on Dec. 15 as a part of the Cosmopolitan’s unveiling and has already gained a rep as the place to be. With a heady mixture of high-end dining and a top-notch roster of DJ entertainment, the focus shifts over the course of the evening from the restaurant to the lounge.
Read More »Spanish Sparklers
Celebrate the everyday with affordable cava
Spain’s iconic sparkling wine, cava, offers tremendous value as an alternative to pricier French Champagne, American sparking wines or Italian prosecco, making it perfect for celebrating even those everyday achievements: Finally tackled that “everything” drawer in the kitchen? Made it through the week? Made it through the day? It’s cava time.
Read More »Beer Here!
1947 Premium Lager
A frequent guest behind Vegas’ decks, Manhattan’s DJ Suhel Jagtiani and friends Nirav Vyas and Nipa Shah created 1947 Premium Lager to complement India’s rich and flavorful cuisine.
Read More »Sence Rare European Rose Nectar
Sweets for your sweet! Sence Rose Nectar adds a romantic complexity to cocktails. To create the vitamin C-rich juice alternative, Bulgarian Kazanlak roses are picked between 2 and 10 a.m. during the one three-week period between late May and mid-June in which the roses blossom.
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