Comet Cocktail No. 6 comes from Milwaukee. My friends Laura Misco and Chris Screiber (who also happen to be husband and wife) took me out to Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge, named 2013’s Best Bar in America by Esquire magazine.
The bar was dim and ancient, as a good bar should be. Comet Cocktail No. 6, alas, was not one of the best. It involved, I think, Grand Marnier and Cointreau, and tasted a little like cough syrup. It’s the drink on the right in the photo:
The Pink Squirrel, on the other hand (the tall, frothy, pink one), made up for everything. I could drink a dozen of those. Cheers, Milwaukee! Cheers, Chris and Laura!
Laura (a fine writer) is always accompanied by that bright white light you see floating above her head. Very unusual.