Week 01 of 8 · opens November 2
Serving This WeekThis Week's MenuFirst Frost
Three drinks. One country. Every participating bar and restaurant pours the same three this week — same names, same recipes, coast to coast. Next Monday, the next menu.
No. 01 of three · Rocks
The First Frost
Named for the morning the windows finally fog over and the season stops pretending. Brown butter gives the bourbon the weight of a cold house warming up.
Full recipe and method →No. 02 of three · Coupe
Sugar & Snow
Three ingredients and a rim that looks like a shoveled sidewalk. The white chocolate snowball is the part guests photograph before they taste it.
Full recipe and method →No. 03 of three · Frosted coupe
Silver Bells
A pear-and-ginger sour dressed for the carol it's named after. The dehydrated pear rings ring like little bells when the glass is set down.
Full recipe and method →
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One winner per city, chosen by our editors for the best execution of this season's menu — the pour itself, the service, the room's energy. Not decor. It isn't part of the Merry Hour Partnership and it can't be bought — but anyone can put a room forward.