Tuesday
10Mar2009
Minetta Shows Some Canuck Love
Behold the Minetta Tavern's extensive cocktail menu and spirit list, featuring what seems like some very tasty, if not expensive, cocktails and a variety of choice liquors. Of particular delight is a special section dedicated to Canadian bourbons, which have taken a backseat to the Americans labels in the past few years. Canadian Club for everyone, courtesy of DBTH! [Via Thrillist]
DBTH
Reader Comments (13)
Canada Bourbon is an oxymoron. Would be like saying "American Scotch" or "Spanish Champagne". These guys should know better.
It should read "Canadian Whiskey." If it's not American, it's not bourbon.
ummmmm, last time i checked, crown royal and canadian club are rye's (i'm canadian and we call them rye). Bourbon by law (in the U.S) has to be 51% corn mash. unless our crops have changed drastically since the last time i was home, we don't produce any bourbon........
Yeah, there is no such thing as Canadian bourbon. It is Rye or Canadian Whiskey. The reason that very few Rye whiskeys are made in the U.S. anymore is due to the 18th amendment. After the U.S. government did away with prohibition, the American rye makers couldn't get the product back to market quick enough — due to Rye's long gestation period — and the Canadians swooped in to control the business.
Anyway, Minetta best get its shit together. I ain't drinkin' no Alberta bourbon!
f'ing canucks
Why I just can't think of a better time to introduce a $14 cocktail list!
thanks ACL for repeating what the last 3 people said.
Pricey drinks aside, the typograpghy and overall menu design is amazing...
That's a really well designed menu. Very easy to read. McNally always uses the best designers.
I really wasn't paying attention to anything other than the ignorant "Canada Bourbon" thing when I originally posted, and I was thinking this menu had something to do with the Martignetti Brothers rather than with Keith McNally's Minetta Tavern. Now I'm just really bummed. Are you telling me Keith McNally doesn't know what bourbon is? The guy is offered $100 million for this incredible business he's built and he makes a rookie error on the menu at his new place? Would be like Bill Gates not knowing what a hard drive is. Ugh. Mr. McNally: for the sake of bourbon lovers across the city--fix your menu.
Actually you are all wrong!!!!
In Canada the correct reference is "whisky" not "whiskey"
Thanks "Over It" I'm here to help.
Actully Canadian whisky can have very little rye in it at all. There aren't any rules to making spirits in Canada like there are in the US. That said, they can put pretty much anything in their whisky including corn, rye, and vodka. They can add other flavorings like sherry and orange wine. Basically, Canadian whisky as a whole is anything but whisky. Now, there are a few good ones out there but they don't start with a name like Crown or Seagrams