Episode 49: Keith Waldbauer, The Doctor’s Office

In the May/June issue of Imbibe, we feature a Vodka Martini from The Doctor’s Office in Seattle. And for this episode, we visit the bar and find out about their approach to the cocktail. TDO bar director Keith Waldbauer takes us through the blind-tasting process that resulted in their preferred formula, the virtues of batching cocktails in advance, and about coming to terms with vodka and vodka cocktails during the cocktail renaissance. Want to mix one of TDO’s Vodka Martinis for yourself? Here’s the recipe, and visit @imbibe on Instagram to see Waldbauer walk us through the process. 

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