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The Butterscotch Den

Inside Look

The Butterscotch Den

Imbibe 75 Place to Watch The Butterscotch Den in Sacramento is a study in fine diving done well.

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Amazake Swizzle nonalcoholic Austin Hennelly

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Refuge Greenhorn cocktail

Butterscotch Den Old Fashioned

Josh Ibanez's Long Story Short tropical martini

Pacific Standard Seville Orange Sour

Appetizer al'Italienne

Good Lion Magic Walnut Ride low-ABV Negroni

Mezchine Head tropical mezcal cocktail

Seasonal Milk Punch

Grinchhopper

Pebble Bar Night Train

Dashi Winter Martini from Overstory

Bitter Pop low-proof holiday highball

Beer Me Up Scotty sessionable Mai Tai

The Situation Swizzle

Eggnog cake with bourbon cream

Cure Chamomile Kilt

Teardrop Lounge's Dark Side

Strange Brew coffee amaro cocktail

Slam Dunk Disco mezcal tequila white negroni

Hot Oaxacan Penicillin

Red Wine Sangaree

Blood Orange Mule

Espresso Martinis

Persephone Sunset spirit-free cocktail Kayleigh Blome

Campfire's El Centro weekend project cocktail

Yuzu Sour

Adonis Spritz

Turkish coffee

Benjawan yuzu cocktail

De La Cruz low-proof holiday cocktail

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Hot chocolate Bicerin

The Royal DC Harvest Spice Cream Cold Brew

Espresso Martini Jello Shot

50/50 Sazerac

Claire Saffitz What's for Dessert peach bourbon pecan cake

Cure Mussels in Absinthe

Manhattan Fog cheese foam cocktail

Crimson Sour low-abv holiday cocktail

Pear Airmail riff

Not Your Cosmo

Black Mountain Coffee cocktail

Yacht Club daiquiri riff cocktail

Intro to Vermouth

Nightwish sherry vodka cocktail

Just Friends Jungle Bird riff

Chai and Biscuits clarified cognac milk punch

The Warthog spiced pear cocktail

Ritz Cocktail Dale DeGroff

peach mint Arnold Palmer

Piña Verde

strawberry negroni weekend project cocktail

Hidden Leaf Tablet Negroni weekend project cocktail

Kiss With a Fist Negroni

Smokeshow Negroni

Bloody Samurai Sake Bloody Mary

tiramisu ice cream sandwich

Neruda grenadine highball

Black Maybe

Pimlet Pimm's Gimlet

Americano

Fin and Fino Cowboy Tea weekend project cocktail

Cheese Grits with Jerk Pork

Kind of Blue

Masala Chai

Negroni Hawaiiana

Lemongrass orange iced coffee

Best Mexican Coffee

Miami Vice

POG Cutter

Dole Whip cocktail

Honeydew Gin Cocktail

Captain Tsubasa highball

Cloudhopper Beet Tequila Cocktail

Tomato Caprese Cocktail weekend project cocktail

Port of Spain White Port Highball

Miss Lily's passion fruit cachaça cocktail

Nitro Root Beer Float Cold Brew Coffee

UnderTow Chains to the Mast weekend project cocktail

Seasonal Recipes

Neruda grenadine highball

A zero-proof drink with kick.

Smoky scotch adds extra depth to this riff.

bloody mary

A familiar brunch drink gets an extra boost from fresh basil and tawny port.

Martinis

A festive Martini-style cocktail.

Thanksgiving Cocktails Ponche Navieñdo

Fruit and spice never tasted quite so nice.

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Warming rooibos and bourbon fuel this wintry hot toddy.

cider-braised chorizo

Perfect for warming up in the chilly winter months.

winter punch

Sweet pineapple meets ancho chile in this rum-spiked punch.

Coq Au Vin

A French classic that offers the ultimate winter comfort.

Amaro Daiquiri

A match made in bitters heaven.

A rich and creamy winter delight.

Cane & Table

The French 75 suits up for cold weather.

Pear Banana Rum Tart

Dark rum gives this tart and extra layer of warmth and deliciousness.

Mezcal milk punch

An amped up milk punch from Velveteen Rabbit in Vegas.

A warming combo that's a favorite in Japan.

kare kare

A flavor-packed stew fit for a feast.

Hot Pimm's Cup hot classic cocktails

A warming version of a sunny-day classic.

dewberry hotel

Leave it to a hotel bar to come up with the perfect nightcap.

A perfect après-ski treat.

Fernet-Branca anchors this brooding sipper.

Fig Coconut Colada

A tropical delight that shows that "fun" and "alcohol-free" are not mutually exclusive.

Cherry Chili Cacao Latte

A vibrant DIY syrup makes for an excellent flavored latte.

Rye whiskey brings an extra layer of richness to this sherry cocktail.

Smoky Cola Highball

The smokiness of scotch meets the subtle sweetness of cola.

Aperitivo

A bright and bitter aperitivo that transcends the seasons.

Stargazing with Galileo bourbon cocktail

The perfect after-dinner cocktail.

The Finest Sour

Calvados and rum share the bill in this elegant cocktail.

Sidra fall Cocktail

Spanish cider pairs perfectly with ginger and cranberries.

Hot Negroni hot classic cocktails

The classic cocktail goes toddy-style.

Durant 2019 Brut

DRINK OF THE WEEK

Durant 2019 Brut

An excellent Oregon Brut that sings with layers of minerality and fruit.

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Inside the January/February Issue

Imbibe 75 Derek Brown

Former Bartender of the Year teaches the pleasures of drinking mindfully well.

Be Bright Coffee Imbibe 75

An LA coffee shop that bridges the gap between specialty coffee and approachable brews.

From med school student to award-winning distiller.

Imbibe 75 Remy Drabkin

This enterprising winemaker is affecting positive change in the world in unexpected ways.

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Josh Ibañez Radio Imbibe

Podcast

A New Episode of Radio Imbibe

Seattle bartender and 2023 Imbibe 75 Person to Watch Josh Ibañez discusses his upcoming plans for Rumba while mixing up his original cocktail.

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Classic Cocktail Recipes

A classic winter warmer.

Sidecar cocktail

One minor tweak balances out this classic.

Negroni Sbagliato

A bright and bubbly variation on the classic.

new york cocktail

A cocktail worthy of Gotham's pace.

Mai Tai

Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's adaptation of the classic.

Singapore Sling

A classic gin sling.

One of the world's most refreshing cocktails.

Classic Alaska Cocktail Recipe

A three-ingredient classic to add to your cocktail repertoire.

A simple refresher.

campden cocktail

A resurrected treasure from The Savoy Cocktail Book.

grasshopper cocktail recipe

How they make the classic at its New Orleans birthplace.

amaretto sour

A 1970's-era classic that has flowed in and out of favor through the years.

This rendition of the classic features a fruity medley of rum, apricot, and sloe gin.

The Manhattan meets scotch.

Dry vermouth defines this classic riff.

An enduring combo of whiskey, bitters and absinthe.

A classic scotch cocktail gets a modern update.

twelve mile limit cocktail

A Prohibition-era cocktail worth revisiting.

A rye-forward take on a New Orleans gem.

Manhattan cocktail

The quintessential three-ingredient recipe.

cameron's kick

A classic recipe for modern palates.

20th century cocktail

A classic gin cocktail named after the 20th Century Limited express passenger train.

brandy crusta

The classic recipe gets an extra layer of flavor.

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At #Imbibe75 Place to Watch @TheButterscotchDen, t

At #Imbibe75 Place to Watch @TheButterscotchDen, the house Old Fashioned may feature unconventional ingredients, such as butterscotch candy and liqueur, but the recipe perfectly speaks to the bar’s identity. “It’s the high-brow and lowbrow of old-school steak houses and honoring the drinks of that era that used those types of things,” says co-owner Trevor Easter (@photobraggins), “but giving them a glow up and showing how versatile they can be with some imagination.”
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Get the recipe from Easter and Britta Currie (@bnuttyifyanasty) via the link in our bio or, if you can't view that link, head to imbibemagazine.com/recipe/butterscotch-den-old-fashioned
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Also check out our latest reel for a fun little visit to the space.

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A veteran of Houston’s cocktail scene, Josh Ibañez (@joshibanz) moved to Seattle several years ago and recently assumed the role of bar manager at @RumbaSeattle, an acclaimed rum bar now entering its second decade. Ibañez is among this year’s Imbibe 75 People to Watch (and he’s featured on the cover of the Imbibe 75 Issue), and today on Radio Imbibe, we talk with him about his plans for Rumba and about the differences between Houston and Seattle bars, and he mixes up his original cocktail, the Long Story Short (also pictured on the cover). Tune in at imbibemagazine.com/podcast or whoever you get your podcasts. 📸 @thewhiskeymcgee

Sip Freezer Martinis served with caviar while gril

Sip Freezer Martinis served with caviar while grilling your own steak at @thebutterscotchden, one of our 2023 #Imbibe75 Places to Watch.

For an inside look of ‘70s-inspired lounge visit: https://imbibemagazine.com/inside-look-the-butterscotch-den-sacramento/

📸 @carolineoncocktails

#thebutterscotchdensacramento #sacramentobar #cocktailreels

Among this year’s #Imbibe75 is @PacificStandardP

Among this year’s #Imbibe75 is @PacificStandardPDX, which Jeffrey Morgenthaler (@jeffmorgen) and Benjamin “Banjo” Amberg (@reverendbanjo) opened last summer in the @KEXPortland hotel. The cocktail menu features spins on classics as well as low-abv drinks, like this Seville Orange Sour, a simple twist on a Whiskey Sour that gets a rich flavor boost from the addition of orange marmalade.
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Check out the recipe via the link in our bio or, if you can't see that link (due to an @instagram bug), head to imbibemagazine.com/recipe/pacific-standard-seville-orange-sour (link also posted in the comments below).

📸 @aubrie.legault

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