Tales of a Pittsburgh Cocktail

So this blog is perhaps one of the most random blogs out there. It is not filled with one topic, which is perhaps why my followers is so TERRIBLY low, but it is filled with my favorite things: Fashion, Food, Cocktails and FRIENDS. Today, an article about Embury (our newest cocktail bar) came out by writer Bill Toland, and it is amazing to see the media show appreciation for this as it was a project that truly grew out of passion. Hopefully, if you stumble upon this page, you will take a minute to read the great piece that appeared in today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Or better yet, you can try to make this at home:

Blackberry Smash

• 3 slices lemon
• 3 blackberries
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Aromatic bitters
• 2 ounces Old Weller 107 Bourbon
• 2 sprigs mint

Muddle lemon and blackberries with sugar and a dash of bitters.

Put in shaker with bourbon, mint and ice. Shake and double-strain over ice in a large tumbler.

Garnish with a lemon peel, head of a sprig of mint and a blackberry.

-- Fred Sarkis