Anniversary parties typically call for celebrating the happy couple or business marking a milestone. But the makers of Bluecoat Gin are toasting others for the brand’s 20th year.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0Wawa rolls out Phillies-themed smoothie, kids meal and doughnut<\/a><\/p>\n Next month, Philadelphia Distilling<\/a> will unveil a collaborative cocktail menu that honors bars and restaurants instrumental to Bluecoat’s growth. Most of them will be city institutions \u2014 including Parc, Suraya, Bok Bar and Vernick Fish \u2014 though a few out-of-towners made the cut. All 20 drinks will be available to order at Philadelphia Distilling’s Fishtown location starting Sept. 24.<\/p>\n “Bluecoat has always been bigger than the bottle,” said Nicole Enders, the events and marketing operations manager for Philadelphia Distilling. “It\u2019s been built by the people who believed in it \u2014 from the bartenders who poured it early on to the restaurants that featured it on their menus. Twenty years later, this is our chance to thank those people and celebrate the community that got us here.”<\/p>\n In crafting these Bluecoat cocktails, the liquor makers are attempting to, well, distill each establishment’s personality. The Suraya special, for example, nods to the restaurant’s Lebanese cuisine with a levant-spiced sour featuring pomegranate, lime, bitters, aleppo pepper and za’atar. Parc’s spritz similarly incorporates the blanc de blancs wine and herbs de provenance stocked in French bistros. Wilder got antipasto in a collins glass; its drink is garnished with cantaloupe and prosciutto.<\/p>\n Here’s the entire list of bars and restaurants on the 20th anniversary menu:<\/p>\n \u2022 Bar Betsie (Washington, D.C.) Philadelphia Distilling will also host pop-ups and welcome mixologists from some of the establishments above to guest bartend for the monthslong anniversary celebration of its flagship spirit. The company is pointing interested customers to its social media and this landing page<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n Follow Kristin & PhillyVoice on Twitter: @kristin_hunt
\u2022 Beyond the Pale (New York)
\u2022 Bok Bar
\u2022 The Gin Room (St. Louis)
\u2022 Izzy’s (Ardmore)
\u2022 Jaffa
\u2022 La Jefa
\u2022 Liberty Point
\u2022 The Library Bar at the Rittenhouse Hotel
\u2022 New Wave Cafe
\u2022 Ocean Casino Resort (Atlantic City)
\u2022 Parc
\u2022 Post Haste
\u2022 Ranstead Room
\u2022 Ripplewood (Ardmore)
\u2022 Suraya
\u2022 Valerie (New York)
\u2022 Vernick Fish
\u2022 Wilder
\u2022 Zahav<\/p>\n
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