Introducing Pickled

A set menu of seasonal cocktails and food, occuring on the last Monday of each month. More info

 

Meet your mixologist

Carlos yturria, bar manager

Absinthe bar manager Carlos Yturria focuses on seasonally-based cocktails as well as the classics, incorporating top-quality spirits with fresh fruit juices and homemade tinctures, shrubs and bitters. Joining Absinthe in December 2009, he is excited to incorporate his signature style while preserving the great tradition of the Absinthe bar program.

Carlos, a member of the United States Bartender’s Guild association, brings more than a decade of experience to Absinthe, having designed bar programs and menus for several San Francisco restaurants and bars including Rye Bar, bacar, Range and A-16. In 2006, he won the “No. 209 Gin Bartenders Contest” for his signature cocktail Flash, with No. 209 gin, kiwi, cucumber and simple syrup. In 2008, he won first place in Santé Magazine’s 3rd Annual “Iron Bar Chef Competition” that was held during their Symposium as well as third place in the Northern California regional United States Bartenders Guild competition.

At Absinthe, Carlos is experimenting with new cocktails, slowly adding them to the weekly-changing chalkboard and premier cocktail menu, while ensuring the perfectly-balanced classics, like the Sazerac, are well-executed. Most recently, he added the Sweeney cocktail, made with Jameson, Nocino Walnut Liquor and a bar spoon of Saba, and his version of a White Manhattan, Pale Rider, made with Death’s Door White Whiskey, Dimmi spirit, dash of grapefruit bitters and garnished with a speared brandied cherry.

Carlos lives in San Francisco. When not bartending, you’ll find him surfing, riding his motorcycle or experimenting in the kitchen with cocktail ingredients.

Cocktail of the month - August 2010

COVERED WAGON

2 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon
¾ oz Benedictine
½ oz Dolin Dry Vermouth

- stir all ingredients and serve in a coupe

The Art of the Bar

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