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TPM_Jack_Daniels_CVR.pdf 1 5/11/17 3:28 PM JACK'S BLACK BOOK Volume Six THE O LLO TPM_Jack_Daniels_CVR.pdf 1 5/11/17 3:28 PM VEedition VEWritten by Eric “ET” Tecosky Published by Los Angeles, CA 2 Los Angeles, CA TPM_Jack_Daniels_CVR.pdf 1 5/11/17 3:28 PM JACK'S BLACK BOOK Volume Six THE LOVE EDITION Written by Eric “ET” Tecosky TPM_Jack_Daniels_CVR.pdf 1 5/11/17 3:28 PM 3 IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD I CAN GET BEHIND. It LOVE covers so much in our lives. It can be specific: “I love you.” It can be super hippie: “Hey, the more love you put out in the universe, the more love will come back to you.” It can be the answer to every question we face in life: “Love is all you need.” Love really is it. From its ability to inspire countless songs, books, and movies to the way it motivates so much of what we do, love is all around us. Yet it still seems to be the one thing we all need most. After a year of loss and uncertainty — and as we move toward a hopeful future we can see but not quite touch — it’s time to let love, not fear, motivate some of our decisions. It’s time to lead with love, because when love is part of the solution, problems get solved. And not every gesture has to be grand. This year, I asked bartenders who were fea- tured in previous issues of Jack’s Black Book to share the love and recommend someone they dig to be a part of this edition. It worked. It brightened people’s days and put smiles on their faces — even if just for a moment. And those moments are worth it. Next time you’re not sure about something, just add a little love and see what happens. Trust me. Life never gets worse when it’s filled with love. 4 Me with two people I love: my mom and my wife. 5 Nashville, TN Ring Around the Rosie ✱ 1¾ oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey ✱ ½ oz. Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambéry ✱ ¼ oz. Giffard Crème de Pêche ✱ ¼ oz. lemon curd ✱ ¼ oz. simple syrup ✱ 3 dashes absinthe Whip, dump, Demi NATOLI and serve with Nominated by: crushed ice in a Collins JOAQUÍN SIMÓ glass. Garnish with a peach ring, mint sprig, and star DEMI HAS BEEN IN HOSPITALITY anise. HER WHOLE LIFE. Her parents owned a bar and a restaurant, so this world had been calling been invaluable and is really her name for some time be- helping me get to my goal of fore she ended up behind the opening my own place one day,” stick. Like many in this in- she added. dustry, she started as a host After talking with Demi for and worked her way up. When a short while, I was convinced she landed her first bartend- that the bar life is for her, ing job at a new tiki bar in but what I always really like her home state of Florida, to know is the “why.” “It’s the guys who were consulting the people,” she said. “My on the project really got her whole Iife, I always felt more hooked. “They trained me well like a homebody, but this job and set me on the path I real- taught me that I actually like ly never left,” she told me. to be social and meet peo- After a few years running ple and help them enjoy their that tiki bar, Demi got an experience better. When I offer she couldn’t refuse travel, I learn what I should in Chicago. “That is the job do by hanging out at a bar and that really cemented my love finding out the inside track of bartending. I learned so to a city from the bartender. much and met so many people I also love being that per- there,” she recalled. After son for my guests.” So I guess the Windy City, she took a this tip isn’t too hot, but gig in Nashville that further the next time you’re in Nash- opened her eyes to the behind- ville, hang out at Demi’s bar! the-scenes world of running a She will dial you in to the bar. “What I learned here has city... 6 Oakland, CA Napier “Naps” BULANAN Nominated by: JESSE PETERSON NAPS HAS ALWAYS WORKED IN SER- VICE. She loved being able to help people when she started out in the nonprofit world, but after she picked up a cou- ple shifts as a barback, she became smitten with hospital- ity. She loved that she could still be of service to people and make them happy, and the pace of bartending really fit You and Me her personality: Naps is the ✱ 1 oz. Jack never-not-working type, which Daniel’s I’m sure her bosses appreci- Tennessee ate. Whiskey Another part of bartending ✱ 1 oz. Meletti that she fell in love with was Amaro the sense of community. “Ev- ✱ ¼ oz. Cherry Heering eryone is so supportive, and Liqueur on nights off, we are all al- ✱ 3 oz. soda water ways going to see our friends ✱ 2 dashes Angostura bitters at other bars. We really rally Pour the Jack Daniel’s, around each other,” she told amaro, and cherry liqueur me. This camaraderie has been into a Collins glass. Add ice and fill with soda even more evident during the water. Top with bitters and pandemic. “We are all in touch garnish with a lemon twist. with each other, making sure we are all OK and know the services available to out-of- husband had a COVID wedding! work restaurant workers during “We sourced everything locally these times,” she said. Naps to do what we could to help has also been able to find businesses in our communi- some good in the past year, ty,” she said. The only thing as she’s found time to recon- missing from her wedding day nect with loved ones and close was hugs — I’ll toast to the friends. fact that we could all use a And fun fact: Naps and her hug or two at this point! 7 Philadelphia, PA Summer Madness ✱ 1¼ oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey ✱ 1 oz. smoked pineapple syrup* ✱ ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice ✱ ½ oz. Bénédictine ✱ ½ oz. Calvados Shake and strain over ice. Top with Peychaud’s Bitters and nutmeg, then garnish with a flower of your choice. *Yields 1 quart of syrup: Grill and smoke pineapple with Sacha mesquite. Cut pineapple into thin slices and cover with 1 cup demerara sugar and 1 cup DURHAM white sugar. Add 2 cinnamon sticks, a few cloves, and the Nominated by: VENA EDMONDS rind of 2 lemons. Shake and cover overnight. Everything SACHA’S FIRST JOB HAD HER must be covered by the sugar FLIPPING BOTTLES and wear- to extract the water from the fruit. Strain out solids and ing flair at a national chain add ¼ cup of water. restaurant, and while the business has changed a ton since then, one part of her Another great love of hers training she held on to was is music: “I know everyone making sure her customers felt says they love all genres, but like they were walking into a I really mean it,” she told neighborhood corner spot. “If me. “I can even jam out to you come into my bar, you will kids music with my granddaugh- be back — you are family,” she ter!” Cooking is also pretty said. high up on her list of hob- When you speak to Sacha even bies. “And since I can’t seem just for a bit, her passion to just cook a little bit of is infectious, and it’s clear food, I have to have people that she really has a love come over to join the par- for bartending. “It’s a new ty,” she added. “Being around day, every day,” she said. “I friends and family makes ev- love the hustle and bustle erything better!” and I love to learn. My early A highlight of our conversa- training was pretty thorough, tion was learning that Sacha but as things change, you keep works about a ten-minute walk growing and expanding on what away from where my mom lives. you are doing. And then some- I look forward to getting Sa- times what’s old is new again. cha’s signature warm welcome I love it all.” on my next visit to Philly! 8 Los Angeles, CA Three Pears Highball ✱ 2 oz. pear-infused Jack Daniel’s Thomas Tennessee Rye* ✱ 1 oz. fresh lime juice ESLINGER ✱ 1 oz. pear syrup** ✱ ½ oz. Manzanilla Nominated by: Sherry ZACH PATTERSON ✱ ⅛ oz. Clear Creek Distillery Pear Brandy ✱ ⅛ oz. Ahus Akvavit ✱ 1 oz. club soda Add ingredients except the club MOST PEOPLE WHO MOVE TO L.A. mentor of soda into a mixing tin with several take a minute (or a year) to Tom Cruise’s cubes of ice. Shake get adjusted. But Thomas fell charac- briefly and strain in love with the City of Angels ter, and into a Collins glass immediately. “I thought it was his pearls filled with ice. Top with soda and stir great that there were so many of wisdom to combine. people doing so many different revealed *Core a pear and things, but at the same time, his outlook blend the rest of each was pursuing a dream,” he on life and the fruit with a 750-mL bottle told me.