You may have heard of Jef­frey Mor­gen­thaler. You may have even heard about his exper­tise in bar­rel aging cock­tails. I had, and he was one of the major inspi­ra­tions for my trip out to Port­land. I vis­it­ed his bar at Clyde Com­mon to get on a first name basis with one of his bar­rel aged Negro­nis. Well worth the trip and well worth the effort to recre­ate it in my own bar. As a cock­tail enthu­si­ast, it’s hard not to …