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LUCIANA’S CHARM LULU’S FIRST BABY
BY CJ ARLOTTA
When you’re in good company, it
makes it a lot easier to produce a
great end product, as is the case with
developing cocktails.
“The first spark behind the cocktail
was simple,” said Joshua Fishbein,
general manager of Lulu Kitchen &
Bar, a Mediterranean bistro in Sag
Harbor. “We wanted to make a drink
using Sagaponacka Vodka, which is
an exceptionally smooth and complex
potato vodka made down the street
at the Sagaponack Farm Distillery.”
Located in Sagaponack, the Sagaponack
Farm Distillery, built in a nearly
100-year-old retired dairy barn, is
known for its potato-based spirits.
The distillery even has what they’d
like to call a “potato whiskey” (they
call it Single Spud) but can’t, for, according
to federal law, whiskey must
be made from a grain mixture that is
at least 51 percent corn. The “mash”
of the distillery’s first release
of Single Spud was made from
Adirondack Red potatoes,
distilled and then barrel aged
in new American Oak.
“One of the most beautiful
aspects of summer here on
the East End is the abundance of
flowers, hence the Combier Rose
Liqueur,” he says. “From there it was
a question of ensuring balance and
depth to the cocktail, and for this we
added the Punt e Mes, pomegranate liqueur
and a touch of citrus. The name
of the cocktail Luciana’s Charm is an
homage to one of our employees who
is having her first baby and naming
her ‘Luciana,’ nicknamed ‘Lulu.’”
In sum, the cocktail has the following
ingredients: Sagaponacka Potato Vodka,
Punt e Mes, PAMA Pomegranate
Liqueur, Combier Rose Liqueur, lime
juice and aquafaba.
Combine all the ingredients in a
shaker, add ice, shake and double
strain into a coupe glass. Garnish
with a dried edible flower
or dehydrated strawberry and
citrus zest.
“Light and fresh, very easy to
drink with a soft velvety mouthfeel,”
Fishbein says. “Impossible to
have just one.”
Lulu Kitchen & Bar is located at
126 Main St. in Sag Harbor. It can
be reached at 631-725-0900 or
lulusagharbor.com
The cocktail is made with Sagaponacka
Vodka.
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SAND CITY SOUTH
HOPPY BEERS MIGRATE
BY BERNIE KILKELLY
Northport-based Sand City Brewing Co.
opened its second location on March 5 in
Lindenhurst, making it one of the few local
breweries to expand to more than one site.
The 10,000-square-foot new taproom and
brewery on South Wellwood Avenue,
known as Sand City South, became the
third brewery to open in Lindenhurst
after W.A. Meadwerks and 27A Brewing.
“The larger brewery will help us triple
the amount of beer that Sand City is able
to brew,” says Bill Kiernan, who cofounded
Sand City with Kevin Sihler, who adds:
“We have the room now to set aside some
of our beers to age and develop even
more complex flavors.”
The brewhouse has a 20-barrel brewing
system, double the size of Sand City's
Northport location. Sihler, who is Sand
City’s head brewer, said the new capacity
will enable the brewery to increase
canning and distribution of their current
beers and to experiment with new
styles. Since its opening in fall 2015, Sand
City has built a reputation for brewing
some of Long Island’s best IPAs, or India
Pale Ale, a heavily hopped beer style.
Among these IPAs are single-hop beers
like Mofosaic, brewed with Mosaic hops
and IPAs brewed with a combination of
hops, such as Classic Girl IPA dry hopped
with Galaxy, Mosaic and Citra hops.
Recent collaborations include Double
IPAs brewed with upstate New York
breweries such as Tin Barn Brewing
from Chester and Equilibrium Brewery
from Middletown. Finback Brewery
from Brooklyn also collaborated recently
on Double Something Infinity, brewed
with 11 different varieties of hops.
While the IPAs have received the most
attention, Sand City also brews a variety
of other styles, with recent beers such as
A Fairly Simple Operation, a Blueberry
Golden Ale, Roaring Noon Belgian-style
Witbier with orange and coriander, Red
Sand American Amber Ale and Guava
Freak, a Belgian-style Tripel.
Luca Baby is among Sand City’s popular IPAs.
It took Sand City a couple of years to
become a fixture in Northport’s lively
downtown, but after a few months it
looks like Sand City South is already on
its way to becoming a standout destination
for Long Island’s South Shore.
Sand City South is located at 150 S. Wellwood
Ave. in Lindenhurst. For more info
visit sandcitybeer.com.
Bernie Kilkelly is the editor and publisher
of LIBeerGuide.com.
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