The description catches your eye. Rye is not an easy flavor to like.  All kinds of  images of amber moonshine spring to mind.  Still a play on the classic Manhattan cocktail is as evocative as Marilyn Monroe’s sultry rendition of Happy Birthday. You order and turn your attention  back to the conversation at hand.  That is, until the server returns with a tray. She lays it down with two fist size lowballs adorned with double black diamonds.  You don’t even catch the […]

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