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Shaken or stirred? How about seared with
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a red-hot poker? This is Flip Dog,
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Shoreditch's hottest new cocktail bar,
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which is bringing back an 18th-century
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technique once used to caramelize ale.
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At Flip Dog, that method is used in
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their signature Morning Platform
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cocktail, a mix of bourbon, Disaronno,
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and sherry, into which an iron poker,
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also known as a flip dog, is plunged to
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create a deep, slightly metallic flavor.
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Head bartender Igor Brovko said he
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wanted it to taste like a morning at St.
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Pancras station, waiting for the
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Eurostar to whisk you away to Paris.
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Think excitement, coffee, and maybe a
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cigarette. That metallic flavor might
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also explain some of the shinier decor.
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If train nostalgia isn't quite your
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thing, there are plenty of non-stoked
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options, too. My favorite is the Nectar
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Two, a sweet, foamy mix of rum, sake,
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and vermouth served in a tortoise shell
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coupe. Cocktails coming in at around 9
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to 11 pounds, and there's serious talent
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behind it. Igor previously worked at
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nearby Tayēr + Elementary, last year
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named the fifth best bar in the world,
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while Ukrainian founders Artem
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Shaparenko and Alex Kostenik have made
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their names with some of Kyiv's most
