FMAIC is one of a current trend of bars, tap rooms and restaurants that want to refocus our drinking energies back to the classics. This is something I can support because at my house, I never saw a reason for this to be out of style.
Each of the drinks they served me was tasteful (and potent) but what really impressed me - as I drank my Old Fashioned - was the ice. Specifically, the size of the ice. It was like I had an iceberg in my glass. An iceberg that occupied much of the glass (which works fine with a drink such as an old fashioned).
When I mentioned my fascination with the ice to the bartender, she told me of how they make a special effort with their ice. Just as in pre-prohibition days, FMAIC chips away at large blocks of ice, shaping chunks into "cubes" that custom fit the glasses they will reside in. It was cool. It was special.
And so we will have BIG ICE too.
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well... if you want really big ice, you need to have the drink luge!
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I forgot about the big ice - was it out?
ReplyDeleteYes.. it was in one of the coolers. Too much to take it all in, but I guess in some ways, that was the point.
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