Flight Savor Fare

Liza chose Portuguese over Spanish and really wanted to go to Portugal for her semester abroad, but the Euro and her Mom conspired to send her to Rio de Janiero instead! Ah, pobrecita! It wasn’t long before “Mom” decided she needed to go down to Rio and check things out and Sam came [...]

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Flight and French Broad Brewery invites everyone to come to a beer dinner on January 26. Interesting beer and food, good company — make your reservations today by calling 828-694-1030. $50 per person.
Menu
Seared tuna with mango gastrique served with:
Gateway Kölsch — While known for their lagers, German brewers also produce terrific ales. French [...]

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Peppermint Martini

Ingredients
* 2 1/2 ounces vodka
* 1 ounces of white crème de menthe
* 1/4 ounce of peppermint schnapps
* Mini candy canes for garnish
Gingerbread Martini
* 1 part Vodka or Vanilla Vodka
* [...]

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November Cocktails
Cran-Peartini
2 anjou pear slices
juice of ½ lime
1 oz cranberry juice
1 ½ oz citrus vodka
½ oz triple sec
3 cranberries on cocktail pick for garnish
In mixing glass, muddle pear slices, lime juice and cranberry juice. Add vodka and triple sec. Add ice to tin. Shake well. Double strain into glass, using the [...]

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Firefly Palmer
Sweet Tea vodka and lemonade
The Sidecar
Cognac, triple sec and lemon juice
Cosmopolitan
Triple sec and cranberry
4th and Main

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is an article from the blogsite, The Art of Manliness. According to the article, every man should know how to make these classic cocktails, but first, you need to drink them! (insert commercial for Flight’s wonderful bar, great atmosphere, amazing bartenders and bar snacks unlike any you’ll find around town for only $2 [...]

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according to Jonathon Miles in the NYT

Upside Down Martini
3/4 oz gin
3 3/4 oz Noilly Prat vermouth
Lemon twist garnish
In a martini glass or on the rocks (see photo)
one serving
Would love to hear what you think of this drink. Should we special it next month?

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Pomtini
3 oz. Absolut Citron
2 oz. Pomegranate juice
1 oz. of Cointreau.
Or
* 2 fluid ounces vodka
* 2 fluid ounces orange liqueur
* 2 fluid ounces pomegranate juice
* 1 cup crushed ice
* 1 twist lemon zest
Maximillian Affair
1 1/4 [...]

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I left it off the email yesterday, but there’s new beer in the house:
Czar Imperial Stout by Avery Brewing. Boulder, CO
Seeing Double IPA by Foothills Brewing. Winston-Salem, NC
Mothership Wit (organic wheat) – New Belgium Brewery – Fort Collins, CO
on tap always $2

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Mint Julep
8 mint leaves plus garnish
1/2 oz simple syrup
2 oz bourbon, preferably overproof
crushed ice
In a chilled julep or fizz glass, muddle the mint leaves and simple syrup. Add the bourbon and crushed ice. Set a swizzle stick or bar spoon in the cup and spin between your hands to mix. Top [...]

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