“We are looking forward to Backbeat being a spirited part of this community and the vibrant social scene here.” “South Lamar has always been an important cultural destination in Austin and, over time, has become a culinary one as well,” Michael Sanders said in the press release. With so much to offer, the bar is hoping to become South Austin residents’ go-to spot for fun. These can all be enjoyed in a space with warm colors and natural lighting - and that irresistible rooftop deck, of course.īackbeat also has a menu of small bites, such as chicken liver mousse and a pate melt with house pork, chicken pate and melted gruyere. Plus, the bar has six craft beers on tap and 10 wines by the glass - and a rotating champagne program that showcases a single grower-producer champagne house at a time, starting with Jean Vesselle. (The best part of the Neon Jungle is the straw, but it’s well worth the surprise to find out why for yourself.) One such example is the Neon Jungle, a “smoky and electric mezcal & Jamaican rum swizzle balanced with coconut-washed bianco vermouth, fresh pressed pineapple, lime, island spices and blue curaçao,” according to the menu. (The menu, it’s worth noting, is written like poetry for cocktail lovers.)Īnd the Offbeat cocktails, as you might guess, are going to be the oddballs, the ones that don’t fit cleanly into a category: the dessert drinks and tiki offerings the Sanders couldn’t leave off the menu. The Downbeat cocktails, on the other hand, are going to be more booze-forward with more robust flavors and “brooding spirits.” These drinks include the Pick-Up Artist, a bittered bourbon julep in which “the bracing zing of Fernet-Branca is balanced with coffee-infused demerara, cinnamon and a zesty dash of cardamom bitters,” as the menu notes. “Exemplifying the Upbeat spirits is Backbeat’s namesake cocktail, a bright and herbaceous variation of the classic Southside cocktail with gin and fresh-pressed celery juice.” Upbeat cocktails feature “vibrant spirits, often shaken with citrus, fresh herbs or seasonal fruit,” according to a press release. That’s exactly what they’ve done with a program that brilliantly divides each of the drinks into three sections: Upbeat, Downbeat and Offbeat. including a rooftop patio with views of downtown Austin - gave the Sanders a tall order: to provide a well-defined, well-rounded cocktail menu luring locals in. That status, along with its larger size of 2,200 sq. Essential Doctor Strange, Vol.The second cocktail bar of husband-and-wife team Michael and Jessica Sanders, Backbeat is now opened and finding its rhythm along a bustling section of South Lamar Boulevard.īackbeat, sister bar to Drink.Well, was announced last fall as one of the first standalone bars on South Lamar, where so many of the watering holes are tied to restaurants.Add the bourbon, maraschino, and Fernet-Branca.
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Fill a cocktail shaker or mixing glass halfway full with cracked ice.Ģ. Try it and see! You’ll feel less weary, I’ll bet.ġ. Smooth, with a little honey-ness, spice, and oak, it mingles swell-ly with maraschino and old pal Fernet-Branca here. It’s got a mix of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% barley and is finished in French Oak. I’ve used a number of bourbons when making this but most recently used the new-ish Backbeat bourbon, from Seattle’s swell 3 Howls distillery.
well, you get the idea, right? Right! Even with a wondrous trip, you still may feel a little weary after it, and that’s where this drink comes in (it was created after my return from my longest trip, seven months living in Italy, hence the Italian-American-ness of it). Sometimes a fun trip! Sometimes a filling trip. Sometimes, a holiday week can feel like you’ve been on a trip. DecemWhat I’m Drinking: Welcome Back, Weary Traveler with 3 Howls Backbeat Bourbon
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