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B Y MATTHEW LARDIE PHOTOG RAPHY B Y J OHN M I C H A EL S I M PS O N
Who knows if
we’ll get snow this year, but at least we can sidle up to a bar or grab a table and pretend like there’s white stuff on the ground while we wrap our hands around a warming beverage. Whether it’s physically hot or it just gives you those tingles that take the chill off, these drinks from some of our watering holes are sure to chase away any shivers.
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december 2021 / january 2022
Jack Tar & The Colonel’s Daughter
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s it truly the holiday season without any eggnog? Patrons at The Colonel’s Daughter, the cozy, speakeasy-style bar attached to Jack Tar, can once again treat themselves to The Colonel’s Nog, a blend of Durham Distillery’s Conniption Navy Strength Gin, dry Curaçao, lemon, walnut orgeat syrup and egg that will turn even the Grinchiest of Grinches into a full-fledged Kriss Kringle. This year’s holiday bar also features an outdoor space on Jack Tar’s patio, which will be decked out in lights and holiday décor “where our guests can safely celebrate the season,” says chef/owner Gray Brooks. There are other innovative holiday cocktails on offer, like the Sugar Plum Fairy (five-spice plum puree, Rittenhouse Bottled-in-Bond Straight Rye Whiskey and lemon), and the JT Hot Cocoa – made with the rum of your choice, Aleppo pepper and porcini mushroom powder – as well as one- and two-year aged versions of the eggnog (pictured). No word yet on whether the nog can be enjoyed Clark Griswold-style in a moose mug.