Food & Spirits Magazine #17 | Page 23

It is a delight to watch, particularly if you have bartender Luke Edison. “I enjoy making drinks for people who are not sure what they want,” he said. “I talk with them and figure out what they like. Sometimes you just create something off the cuff.” The Hera & Aphrodite was my off the cuff drink, and now, my new favorite. A loyalist to the Trinidad Smoke (with 12 year aged rum and actual tobacco smoke), this was a huge leap for me. With a base of Tito’s Handmade Vodka, the opera singer of this drink is the Massenez Pear Eau-de-Vie; A light and fragrant pear spirit that