{"id":2452165,"date":"2019-12-12T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=317515"},"modified":"2019-12-12T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:20:00","slug":"libations-aspens-winter-cocktail-crawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/libations-aspens-winter-cocktail-crawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Libations: Aspen\u2019s Winter Cocktail Crawl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Harvest Manhattan at Jimmy’s.<\/strong>
Samuel Wagner\/Aspen Times Weekly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

I\u2019ve finally decided to admit that winter and the holidays are in full swing. It can only be put off so long.<\/p>\n

In between wondering if I can risk skimping on expedited shipping for family presents and making sure the Weezer Christmas album wasn\u2019t a figment of my imagination, I\u2019ve been trying to update my cocktail go-to\u2019s for the weather. I have a dire need to find a tequila drink I enjoy in order to maintain any of my friendships, and a tequila sunrise leads to some strange looks in this weather.<\/p>\n

My original plan was to find a bar in town, preferably something I hadn\u2019t visited in some time, and check for any updated menus. First stop was The Living Room inside Hotel Jerome, J-Bar\u2019s perhaps lesser known but equally charming brother. Recommendations all pointed here, but unfortunately, I was too early and told to return in around two weeks time for an updated menu and wine list.<\/p>\n

Onto the secondary plan of the Limelight Lounge. Again, I was informed I was too early and that a menu would be arriving around Dec. 16. However, I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a few winter cocktail works-in-progress from their creator herself, hand-written and discreetly (openly) slid across the bar. I don\u2019t want to spill proprietary recipes, but even reading the full ingredients for a spiced cider mule made me plan to return for one.<\/p>\n

My assignment now turning into a pub crawl, I headed to Jimmy\u2019s to give it another try. While the bar didn\u2019t have a specific winter drink menu, the bartenders made excellent recommendations and I was pointed toward their Harvest Manhattan, made with rye and maple syrup to help you picture being snowed in at a log cabin.<\/p>\n

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Atomic Man cocktail at Aspen Public House<\/strong>
Samuel Wagner\/Aspen Times Weekly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

As a final option, and as a way to actually eat dinner, I made my way to Aspen Public House to take a look at their revamped menu. The drink lineup was still in flux, but the bartender suggested their Atomic Man cocktail. A drink living between two climates, it combined cinnamon and rye with apple, pineapple and lime juice if you\u2019re not quite ready to give up those feelings of warmer weather.<\/p>\n

My impromptu trek across town showed bars in various stages of preparation for the full winter season. I\u2019m now waiting to return and try a few new drinks, and had a chance to enjoy some wonderful combinations to help get me through the colder weather, all of which can hit the spot after a day on the slopes.<\/p>\n

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The Harvest Manhattan at Jimmy’s.Samuel Wagner\/Aspen Times Weekly I\u2019ve finally decided to admit that winter and the holidays are in full swing. It can only be put off so long. In between wondering if I can risk skimping on expedited shipping for family presents and making sure the Weezer Christmas album wasn\u2019t a figment of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 02:34:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}