Notch Modern Kitchen and Bar has introduced its draft cocktail of the season: the Lilac & Enjoy, which will be batched in a keg and carbonated so you can enjoy it all summer long. “When approaching our draft cocktails, I always look to create a complex, easy-drinking spritzer-style drink,” says beverage director Neil Heimsoth. The Lilac & Enjoy uses Salers Gentian Apéritif, St. George Raspberry Brandy (which Notch infuses with butterfly pea tea for color), yuzu sake for some soft acidity, Moscato d'Asti, which Heimsoth says rounds the cocktail out with a little elderflower sweetness, and club soda to bring the bubbly. “Salers has always paired well with raspberry, so once I decided to go that route, the other pieces really fell into place to create a beautiful, well-balanced floral crusher.”
This cocktail promises notes of raspberry, elderflower, citrus and gentian, making it the perfect sipper for warm weather. “The drink is a floral bubbly riff totally geared for summer,” says Heimsoth. For this reason, he recommends locals pair it with Notch's fresh fare like the pan-seared salmon or Asian fondue.
The team at Notch is celebrating its anticipated patio season by offering a menu of almost all new spring and summer craft cocktails as well as fresh dishes from the culinary team.
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Published as "Drink This" in the June 2022 edition of Lehigh Valley Style magazine.
