"Bar Month" at OnMilwaukee is back for another round, brought to you by Great Northern Distilling: grain to glass spirits, handmade in Wisconsin. The whole month of March, we're serving up intoxicatingly fun articles on bars and clubs – including guides, the latest trends, bar reviews, the results of our Best of Bars readers poll and more. Grab a designated driver and dive in!
All month long, we'll be featuring cocktails from one of the newest bars on the block, Dock18 Cocktail Lab, located inside the Twisted Path Distillery in Bay View.
This week's cocktail is a simple citrus-forward drink using Twisted Path gin. If you love the botanical flavors in gin, you'll love this one. It uses housemade Herbs de Provence syrup to boost the herbal flavors in the gin and balance out the intense orange flavor. An expressed sage leaf adds to the character of this memorable masterpiece.
Dock18's Mystery & Melancholy
2 oz Twisted Path Gin
¾ oz acidified orange juice
¾ oz Herbs de Provence syrup
1 dash Bittercube Trinity Bitters
Glass: coupe
Garnish: spanked sage leaf
Instructions:
Build cocktail in shaking tin. Long shake and double strain into coupe. Garnish with spanked sage leaf floated on top.
If you'd like to try Mystery & Melancholy, pay a visit on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening between 5 p.m. to midnight. Since seating is limited, reservations are recommended.
As a passionate champion of the local dining scene, Lori has reimagined the restaurant critic's role into that of a trusted dining concierge, guiding food lovers to delightful culinary discoveries and memorable experiences.
Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with every dish. Lori is the author of two books: the "Wisconsin Field to Fork" cookbook and "Milwaukee Food". Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club. In 2024, Lori was honored with a "Top 20 Women in Hospitality to Watch" award by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or planning for TV and radio spots, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.
