Tini Bigs Welcomes Venerated Mixologist Jamie Boudreau
Seattle's
Premier Cocktail Lounge Adds Innovative New Cocktails to Program
SEATTLE,
Wash.-(October 22, 2008)-Award-winning cocktail mecca
Tini Bigs has long been recognized for its
finger-on- the-pulse approach to cocktails. Staying true to
form, the folks at Tini Bigs have added one
of the most well-known, respected and pioneering mixologists
in the world to its team: Jamie Boudreau.
Originally
hailing from Montreal, Jamie Boudreau was lured
from Vancouver, B.C. to Seattle to open VESSEL. During his tenure
he was named "Best Bartender in Seattle 2007" by Seattle
magazine. Renowned for championing obscure, intriguing and cutting-edge
ingredients, Boudreau has been celebrated in dozens of national
and international publications.
Boudreau
has revamped the cocktail menu at Tini Bigs,
offering a range of options for every palate. "Tini
Bigs Originals" (served in signature voluminous
10 ounce cocktail glasses) remain but are joined by a carefully
curated list of "Obscure Classics" (early 1800s to
1940s) and "Contemporary Creations." Served in more
traditional glassware, drink recipes have been selected, perfected
or invented by the master mixologist Boudreau himself.
"I've
charted out the cocktail program to reflect a cross-section
of all spirits with several cocktails styles within each spirits
and we've preserved many of the Tini Bigs "martinis,"
comments Boudreau. "We've brought in new ingredients, glassware
and are making the ice for our whiskies and bacon-infused Chocolat
Cochon. What else is to come? Let's just say I'm excited to
make proper cocktails behind a bar that was built in 1909."
Highlights
from the Obscure and Contemporary selections on the new menu,
all $9, include:
Chocolat
Cochon
Bacon-infused Woodford Reserve bourbon, cherry, chocolate, amaro,
and bitters
served with a single, giant, square ice cube
Rum
Shrubb circa 1807
Appleton rum, blackberry, raspberry, sugar, red wine vinegar
Chamomile
Sour
Chamomile-infused Famous Grouse scotch, lemon and egg whites
Widow's
Kiss circa 1895
Calvados, Benedictine, Chartreuse, lemon and bitters
La
Bicyclette
Gin, sweet vermouth, elderflower and peach bitters
Wine
Cobbler circa 1800's
Pineau des Charentes, peach and grapefruit bitters, and orange
juice
"Tini's
was practically designed to serve prohibition era cocktails,"
says owner Keith Robbins. "Jamie's classic cocktails tie
all the elements together, from our tin ceilings all the way
to the 100-year-old back bar. It just makes sense." Tini
Bigs is located at the bottom of Queen Anne Hill and
the top of Belltown at 100 Denny Way, near the Seattle Center.
Hours are 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. daily. Food is served until 10 p.m.
Nationally recognized as one of Seattle's swankiest and innovative
martini lounges, Tini Bigs features its award
winning signature martini's along with prohibition era classic
cocktails and globally inspired contemporary cocktails. To learn
more about Tini Bigs Lounge visit www.tinibigs.com,
or call (206) 284-0931.
