The GOODS from Bittered Sling

Vancouver, BC | A mecca for the world’s serious classic cocktail aficionados, New York City has it all – diversity, density and inspired restaurants and bars stretching as far as the eye can see. The Big Apple also calls home to the North American headquarters of several of our favourite spirit categories and acts as one of the age-old rite-of-passages for any serious bartender. September’s Bittered Sling Bistro series of events, entitled Coloured Collar: Upper Middle Class, pay homage to the city that never sleeps through the art of the classic cocktail. Details and menu after the jump…

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 7:00pm | TICKETS – here
Special guest appearance by Lauren Mote, Bittered Sling

Wednesday. September 25, 2013 at 7:00pm | TICKETS here
With Justin Taylor, YEW restaurant + bar, Four Seasons Vancouver

Sponsored by The Kirkwood Group: Pierre Ferrand Cognac, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao, Citadelle Gin, Cherry Heering

MENU

Hors d’Oeuvres

Raw Pacific oysters, elderberry capers & balsamfir mignonette
Duck liver parfait with wild alder cone-hazelnut gremolata & quince marmalade

3-Course Plated Dinner

Composed salad “Green Market Vancity” with Citadel gin, clam, bacon and tomato vinaigrette

Braised pork shoulder, Cherry Heering glaze, wild mushroom polenta

Chocolate beet cake, Dry Curacao cream, Orange & Juniper beet caramel

ABOUT BITTERED SLING BISTRO

Bittered Sling’s award-winning mixologist Lauren Mote and celebrated chef Jonathan Chovancek host their popular and perennially sold-out Bittered Sling Bistro event series at the Legacy Liquor Store in Olympic Village. A friendly competition between the region’s best bartenders, this is Vancouver’s longest-running and largest cocktail and food-pairing competition, offering a high level creative event for apprentice and veteran bartenders alike. Each edition of the Bistro is inspired by a featured spirit and special guest bartender.

Lauren kicks off each evening in the gorgeous foyer of Legacy Liquor Store with a unique and palatecleansing cocktail accompanied by deliciously-paired bites by Chef Jonathan. The host bartender then takes centre stage by guiding guests though an informative spirit tasting and expertlypaired cocktails for Chef Jonathan’s seasonal three-course menu. Following the dinner, guests are invited to rate the host bartender’s presentation and pairing skills and at the end of each season, the top scoring bartenders compete for a coveted grand prize. Proudly sponsored by the Canadian Professional Bartender’s Association, Bittered Sling Bistro is all about spirit – in both the bartender and the bottle.

Upcoming Events

October 2013: Heavy Metal Monks
Sponsored by Renaissance Wine Merchants (Chartreuse, Fernet Branca & Carpano)

Wednesday. October 09: With Shawn Soole, Little Jumbo (Victoria)

Wednesday. October 23: With J.S. Dupuis, Homer Street Cafe Bar

November 2013: Bittered Sling Bistro Finale
Sponsored by Charton Hobbs – Glenmorangie, Ardbeg & Hennessey Cognac

Details

Telephone: 604-809-9479
Web: www.bitteredsling.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Email: [email protected]

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The People Who Make It Happen

Co-proprietor, Sommelier/Mixologist: Lauren Mote
Co-proprietor, Chef: Jonathan Chovancek

About Bittered Sling

Bittered Sling celebrates the collaboration of chef Jonathan Chovancek and mixologist and sommelier Lauren Mote, who have contributed a combined 30 years of professional experience, knowledge and innovation to the Canadian food and beverage industry.

In 2010, Mote and Chovancek launched Vancouver-based boutique catering and events company Kale & Nori Culinary Arts — the predecessor to Bittered Sling — and quickly carved out a niche both locally and internationally for their unique products, dynamic and diverse cuisine and specialty cocktail creations. In 2013, Kale & Nori was singled out as Producer/Supplier of the Year at the 24th Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards for its brand of Bittered Sling Extracts.

Bittered Sling Extracts is a retail line of high-quality, small-batch bitters and extracts that provides palate, plate and potion with a subtle-yet-exciting fusion of homegrown ingredients and flavours. With aromatic labels such as Orange and Juniper, Plum and Rootbeer and Clingstone Peach, Bittered Sling underscores a singular and delicious irony that while all of their bitters are extracts, not all of their extracts are bitter. By the dash or the drop, each creation offers an intricate range of complex flavours that perfectly accentuates food, spirits and even sparkling water.

Twice a month over a six-month span, Mote and Chovancek host their popular and perennially sold-out Bittered Sling Bistro events at the Legacy Liquor Store in Olympic Village. A friendly competition between some of the region’s best bartenders now heading into its fourth season, each edition of the Bistro offers guests a feature spirit tasting accented by Bittered Sling Extracts and an indulgent three-course menu inspired by each particular spirit’s wide range of notes and character.