Now breweries are contending with a triple whammy of slowing beer sales, increased expenses, and the ascendancy of spirits and convenient ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails. Hard seltzers, carbon dioxide shortages, busted supply chains, and rolling pandemic closures have forced breweries to adjust and adapt to a never-static status quo. Nary a month passes without the brewing industry facing a fresh existential threat. The pomp “helps put people’s brains in the right spot to receive this liquid as a cocktail experience,” says Langton. Last April, the brewery debuted its first two Lightning in a Bottle releases, serving taproom customers the colorful carbonated cocktails in rocks glasses containing crystalline cubes of hand-cut ice. Right: Bottles of Smoke Sting, a variation on the mezcal-based Killer Bee, and Birds of Paradise, a take on the Jungle Bird cocktail.| Photos by Eugene Lee | Photo by Eugene Lee Left: Bottle Logic’s Birds of Paradise, served over ice. Bottle Logic Creative Director Lindsay Langton. “We’re building them with ingredients that you’d find in a traditional cocktail,” Langton says of the drinks that might range from 11 percent to almost 15 percent ABV. Next, Langton blends barrel-aged seltzer with fruit juices and botanicals to create cocktail-inspired drinks such as Smoke Sting, a variation on the mezcal-infused Killer Bee, and the tropical Birds of Paradise is modeled on the rum-driven Jungle Bird. The hard seltzer fast gains tannic complexity and the liquor’s lingering flavor, emerging four or five months later like an ersatz spirit. She starts with a robust hard seltzer, somewhere around 16 to 17 percent ABV, and ages it in barrels that formerly held tequila, rum, and other spirits. Langton complements Bottle Logic’s Luxology hard seltzer brand with cocktails built from a not-so-spirited approach. But today, “it’s so easy now to find excellent beer,” says creative director Lindsay Langton. The Anaheim, California, brewery’s award-winning barrel-aged stouts and barley wines were a strong draw and differentiator. Maybe five years back, missing cocktails was no big deal. I'd visit again but not in a large group.Like most breweries, Bottle Logic lacks a taproom liquor license, meaning mezcal Margaritas and rum-soaked Mai Tais are off the menu. Perhaps allocating a number to an order would work better? The staff showed their frustration at this delay in us identifying where the pizza belonged numerous times, despite our apologies and it being noisy and us not able to always hear which types of pizzas were arriving. The food orders were only assigned to a table number - which made it difficult for us to know which pizzas belonged to which family when they arrived because we were not sitting in family groups. There seemed to be enough staff, but the drinks service was still slow, and unfriendly. This slowed things down and made the bar area crowded. We had to line up to order food, and then separately to order drinks. The service, and ordering system were odd. The pizzas were fabulous - crunchy and great flavours. The staff in charge of seating us were great, and helped us with an extra table than we had booked as we were a little squashed. We visited on a busy long-weekend with a large group of adults and kids. South American Restaurants in Beechworth.Cafes with Outdoor Seating in Beechworth.Hotels near Beechworth Historical Precinct.Hotels near Beechworth Telegraph Station.Hotels near Beechworth Visitor Information Centre.
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