Cocktails that pair with
Across 3 related dishes — most-paired first.
Classic & stirred
Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters, brandied cherry. The quintessential brown-spirit cocktail.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Port Tenderloin · Miso-glazed Port Tenderloin · Port Tenderloin With Fig And Port Sauce
Bourbon & American whiskey
Bourbon or rye, sugar, bitters, orange.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Port Tenderloin · Miso-glazed Port Tenderloin · Port Tenderloin With Fig And Port Sauce
Classic & stirred
Rye, absinthe rinse, sugar, Peychauds bitters. New Orleans dark and aromatic.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Port Tenderloin · Miso-glazed Port Tenderloin · Port Tenderloin With Fig And Port Sauce
Classic & stirred
Bourbon, Campari, sweet vermouth. The whiskey Negroni — richer, less bitter.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Port Tenderloin · Port Tenderloin With Fig And Port Sauce
Highball & long drinks
Tequila, fresh grapefruit, lime, salt, soda. The taco-day default.
Caramel-sweet, lightly bitter, citrus-bright pours match pork's sweet fat and crisp skin.
Works with Port Tenderloin · Port Tenderloin With Fig And Port Sauce
Shaken sours
Bourbon, fresh lemon, sugar, optional egg-white foam.
Caramel-sweet, lightly bitter, citrus-bright pours match pork's sweet fat and crisp skin.
Works with Port Tenderloin · Port Tenderloin With Fig And Port Sauce
Vodka & gin
Botanical, refreshing, endlessly flexible.
Gingery acid and bracing carbonation cut broth richness and warm spice.
Vodka & gin
Vodka, ginger beer, lime. Cuts through richness.
Gingery acid and bracing carbonation cut broth richness and warm spice.
Highball & long drinks
Gin, lemon, sugar, soda. The original summer cooler.
Gingery acid and bracing carbonation cut broth richness and warm spice.
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