Amy Mundwiler Nationwide director of wine and beverage, Maple and Ash, Chicago
Win or lose: “I can be consuming Champagne. Particularly, Drappier Carte d’Or. If I am celebrating, I would like Champagne. If I must cheer myself up, I would like Champagne. Why Drappier Carte d’Or? It is my favourite. It is scrumptious and inexpensive, and based mostly on the information as of late, we’re most likely gonna want a couple of bottle. Hope for one of the best and put together for the worst.”
Andra “AJ” Johnson; managing associate, Serenata DC, Washington
If it is a win: “Tres leches Ramos fizz … the candy style of success. I selected this cocktail as a result of, if we win, it is trigger for celebration, but additionally it took lots of onerous work to get right here. The Fizz in any variation is lots of ‘shaking issues up’ in an effort to get the specified end result. However when you get it and grasp it, there is not any higher feeling.”
If it is a loss: “Corpse reviver variation … loss of life to us all.”
Sam Bogue; beverage director, Flour + Water Hospitality Group, San Francisco
If it is a win: “It is going to be a visit or two on to my cellar at residence. I’ve an previous bottle of Jacques Puffeney Arbois [an aromatic white from the Jura] that I’ve been ready for a particular second to get pleasure from. It needs to be a very good foil to the numerous bottles of Champagne that may undoubtedly be flowing.”
If it is a loss: “A really stiff mezcal Negroni, barely saline from the only dramatic tear which ran down my face and into my drink.”
Alessandro Pisi; bar director at the Wells, Washington
If it is a win: “A Final Phrase. Adopted by a glass of Champagne.”
If it is a loss: “Third Diploma cocktail [a notably dry gin martini that includes a splash of absinthe]. Make it a double, please.”
Calvin Barnett; sommelier, Perilla Chicago
If it is a win: “2006 Pierre Moncuit Cuvée Nicole, Vieilles Vignes, Grand Cru, Additional Brut. Decadence and revelation from one of many nice grower estates, now headed up by Nicole herself.”
If it is a loss: “A tried-and-true whisky with which to commiserate, Inexperienced Spot with a touch of orange bitters.”
Christa Cotton; founder and CEO, El Guapo, New Orleans
If it is a win: “I will be cheers-ing on Election Night time with my favourite Champagne cocktail, the Rose Cordial with bitters and a brut Champagne! Greater than something, I am excited for the advert cycle to finish.”
If it is a loss: “We’ll want one thing a bit stronger … a Manhattan, maybe? I like mine darkish and dry with Luxardo cherries and an additional sprint of bitters.”
LeQoinne Rice; mixologist/co-owner of For the Folks Hospitality (together with Revolver in Chicago and the Dime in Los Angeles)
If it is a win: ‘Smoke on the Water’ is a testomony to my journey, from launching my first restaurant to the optimism you deliver to every endeavor. That mezcal cocktail, with its stability of smoky, candy and spicy parts: ardour, perseverance and a bit warmth to spark issues up. If my candidate wins, it is the right drink to toast to new beginnings and the facility of ambition. Cheers to optimism and all that it is introduced you!”
If it is a loss: “In a time of disaster, I will drink a mushroom-butter-washed old school with cacao bitters to ease my nerves and to maintain me calm with the considered this solely lasting for 1,460 days. Undoubtedly going to mattress proper after.”
Josh Harris; co-founder, Bon Vivants Hospitality, San Francisco
If it is a win: “I will be consuming an Almave tequila old school and hanging with my spouse, Ruby, and our rescue bulldog pups, Louise the Tongue and Joey Bear.” If it is a loss: “I am going to attain for a non-alcoholic beer and shot combo: a Greatest Day Brewing Kolsch and a Pathfinder amaro.”
Owen Huzar; sommelier, John’s Meals and Wine, Chicago
If it is a win: “I can be consuming Whitcraft 2020 Pence Ranch Chardonnay to have fun a small family-owned American vineyard. Drake Whitcraft and his crew showcase one of the best of Santa Barbara and the Central Coast with each his pink and white wines. The classic can also be harking back to the place we had been 4 years in the past within the midst of Covid, and a mirrored image of how far we have come since.”
If it is a loss: “I will be consuming Hoopes Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, from a small, woman-owned, multi-generational American vineyard. Its warming high quality reassures me that it doesn’t matter what occurs, it is not the tip of the world, and the daybreak of a brand new day is at all times a chance to seek out positivity and progress.”
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