important to keep
with the curious
attitude for
oring different in-
ients if you want to
ate something new
and unique. “
and running does Mikkel reveal that they have
plans to build a tasting room in the basement.
Jakob jokes that he keeps there his girlfriend
so it would make sense to have some other use
for the basement as well. Mikkel and Jakob
imagination to create excellent cocktails goes
even beyond their vision of the interior of the
Rusty Jigger. Both of them likes to explore new
ingredients. At the moment they are develop-
ing a drink made of “karsi” which has been
really hip ingredient lately in the food scene
of Copenhagen. Sometimes their experiments
might go wrong like a cocktail with spinach,
but it is important to keep up with the curi-
ous attitude for exploring different ingredi-
ents if you want to create something new and
unique. The Rusty Jigger collaborates with
Shirleys Garden which allows them an acces
to fresh organic raw materials. Mikkel does
not see other cocktail bars in Copenhagen as a
competitors. Everyone has their own thing go-
ing and the people in the cocktails scene hap-
pily recommends other places than their own
for guests if they see that it would be better
f it for them. When the atmosphere between
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