Spirits that pair with
Across 3 related dishes — most-paired first.
Tequila & mezcal
Fresh, peppery, citrus-forward.
Ginger-cool, citrus-sour, and lightly sweet pours quench chile heat without doubling down on it.
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Rum
Molasses, coffee, baking spice.
Ginger-cool, citrus-sour, and lightly sweet pours quench chile heat without doubling down on it.
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Scotch & Irish whiskey
Smoke, brine, iodine.
Salty-mineral, dry, and faintly smoky pours mirror brine and bring out shellfish sweetness.
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Liqueurs & digestifs
Aromatic, lightly fortified, served chilled.
Salty-mineral, dry, and faintly smoky pours mirror brine and bring out shellfish sweetness.
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Liqueurs & digestifs
Italian bitter herbal liqueur.
Italian-leaning pours — bitter aperitivo, dry herbal, citrus-bright — were built for the trattoria table.
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