News Briefs for September 29, 2015
September 29, 2015•The Violet Hour, Chicago’s acclaimed lounge owned by One Off Hospitality Group, has launched its own line of bottled cocktail bases under the brand name Violet Hour +. The first is called Batch No. 1 and comprises scorched demerara sugar, Tahitian vanilla, wormwood-bittered cane sugar and gentian herbs (from the Himalayas). It’s priced at $13.70 a 250-ml. bottle and is available at Violet Hour’s bar and sister restaurants, with retail distribution expected to follow shortly. Two more cocktail bases are planned: a house tonic made of lemongrass, quinine and lime and an aqua de flor made of hibiscus flower, vanilla bean and fresh ginger.
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