August 13, 2010
Oregon Bounty, a feature of the Travel Oregon website, was filming a segment that features The Blacksmith’s bartender extraordinaire, Columbine Quillen. The segment focuses on Columbine’s use of fresh Oregon ingredients in many of the fantastic cocktails and sodas she has created for The Blacksmith. Check out the “making of” segment on KOHD’s website and look for Columbine’s segment on the Oregon Bounty website.
May 28, 2010
Come down and give some of the new Blacksmith Summer Cocktails that a try. From your old favorites to some true classics from the man himself, Jerry Thomas.
Here’s a sampling of some of the new cocktails you will find at The Blacksmith this summer. For a complete list check out Columbine’s website, Qmixalot or The Blacksmith’s Summer Cocktail List.
- El Lemongrasso
Lemongrass and sage infused tequila with fresh-squeezed lemon margarita mix and sage salt
- Zwack Attack Sidecar
The Zwack Attack is a spin on the classic sidecar with Zwack Hungarian Herbal Liqueur, orange liqueur, and fresh lime
- Ninjah Ginjah
Ginger Lover? Canton Ginger Liqueur (distilled from Chinese baby ginger), ginger-infused vodka, & lemon-ginger syrup
- Raspberry Cream Pop
Raspberry mint champagne sherbet and winter wheat vodka infused with vanilla, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, & hawthorn
- Chocolate Indulgence
Homemade chocolate syrup, molasses cream, chocolate liqueur with a dark-chocolate peanut rim
I Like It Neat
in-house infusions and cold compounds
- Smoked Bacon Bourbon
Served neat
- Smoked Vodka
Served on the rocks with a house-cured olive trio
- Q’s Coffee Liqueur
Served neat – done in house with Strictly Organics locally roasted blend de jour
- Q’s Rose Petal Liqueur
Served neat – liqueur distilled from wine finished with dried baby rose petals
- Q’s Conundrum
Unbelievably delicious, a combination of rich chocolate, coffee liqueur, & anise
Pre-Prohibition Cocktails
by Jerry Thomas
- The Stone Fence
Rye whiskey with apple cider
- Santa Cruz Fix
Dark rum, orange curaçao, and fresh-squeezed lemon
- Champagne Cocktail
Angostura bitters encrusted sugar cubes with sparkling wine
- Jersey Sour
Applejack (distilled cider), fine white sugar, & fresh lemon
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May 26, 2010
Come by this Friday for the preview of the summer cocktail list. Stay posted, we’ll have a little Friday afternoon launch party where we’ll do some appetizers and some tastings. If you want to read more about the making of the list click here: Summer Cocktails at The Backsmith.
May 14, 2010
Here is an awesome map of many of America’s small batch distilleries. At the Blacksmith we pride ourselves in carrying many a local product including Crater Lake Vodka, Clear Creek Distillery liqueurs, and Ransom gin just to name a few. So next time before you order a Grey Goose or a Tanqueray martini – try something new and local! To read more about small batch distilling, click on the link.
April 26, 2010
I have a stack of names of people interested in cocktail class but I’d like to find a date that will work for everyone. We usually do it on a Saturday afternoon – but a Sunday afternoon could work too. Please put your comments in the comments to this blog post and we’ll find a time that works for the most people possible.
What is cocktail class?
Confused what to buy when you go into the liquor store? Sick of mixing flavored vodka with 7-up or juice? Want to invite people over for drinks but are intimidated by what to make them? The solution is here. The Blacksmith offers Tipsy, a cocktail class taught by one of the nation’s top mixologists, Columbine Quillen, in conjunction with Crater Lake Vodka and Bendistillery. It’s fun, it’s easy, and you’ll leave with an arsenal that will make you the Rachel Ray of mixology.
April 14, 2010
One of the most popular drinks we serve at the Blacksmith is the Cured Mary and people are always wondering how we make bacon vodka. We go through about two fifths a week at the bar and at any given time we have at least two gallons of vodka that is being steeped with bacon. Want to make bacon vodka at home – just follow this link.
How to Make Bacon Vodka.
February 9, 2010
What are you getting her this Valentine’s Day? She has enough diamonds, create a sparkling cocktail that you name in her honor. Spend the afternoon in the cozy environs of the Blacksmith learning how to make aphrodisiac cocktails with Columbine Quillen, considered one of the nation’s top mixologists,
Ginger, vanilla, honey, and spice.
Learn to make cocktails that taste real nice.
Space is limited.
Reservations are required.
This Sunday February 14 at 1 p.m.
$25 includes appetizers.
The Blacksmith
211 NW Greenwood
Bend, OR 97701
541.318.0588
January 25, 2010
We know we do!
The Blacksmith’s Bar Manager, Columbine Quillen, is a finalist for Best Bartender in Nightclub & Bar Magazine’s annual awards. Columbine is up against 3 other Bartenders from Chicago, San Francisco and Austin and the winner will be announced in early February. The results will be posted here as soon as we know.
See The Bulletin’s article “Does Bend have the best bartender in America?”
Read more about Columbine and her mixalogical musings on her blog Q Mix-a-Lot.
December 31, 2009
Ha
ppy New Year! Join us in celebrating the first day of 2010 at The Blacksmith. Enjoy our bar specials from 4 to close on Friday January 1, 2010! Perfect for Apres Ski or a little hair of the dog.
December 10, 2009
Confused what to buy when you go into the liquor store? Sick of mixing flavored vodka with 7-up or juice? Want to invite people over for drinks but are intimidated by what to make them? The solution is here. The Blacksmith offers Tipsy, a cocktail class taught by Bend’s premier mixologist Columbine Quillen in conjunction with Crater Lake Vodka and Bendistillery. Learn how to do infusions, make egg nog, twists, flavored whipped creams, flaming coffee drinks, and awesome garnishes.
Cheers this holiday season!
Confirm your space by calling The Blacksmith at 541.318.0588
December 15, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Cost: $30.00
Hosted at:
The Blacksmith
211 NW Greenwood
Bend, OR 97701
541.318.0588
Oregon Bounty, a feature of the Travel Oregon website, was filming a segment that features The Blacksmith’s bartender extraordinaire, Columbine Quillen. The segment focuses on Columbine’s use of fresh Oregon ingredients in many of the fantastic cocktails and sodas she has created for The Blacksmith. Check out the “making of” segment on KOHD’s website and look for Columbine’s segment on the Oregon Bounty website.
