Press: 2017

Clyde Common’s Jeffrey Morgenthaler Doesn’t Have Room for Garbage Bottles

December 4, 2017

by Jordan Hughes in VinePair

There are some bartenders who keep their secrets close to the vest, revealing very little about their recipes or techniques. Jeffrey Morgenthaler is not one of those bartenders. Named American Bartender of the Year, and Best Cocktail and Spirits Writer at the 2016 Spirited Awards, Morgenthaler demystifies craft cocktail techniques and ingredients on his eponymous blog. He has been credited with launching | Read More

When Bad Drinks Go Good

August 4, 2017

by Robert Simonson in The New York Times

Jeffrey Morgenthaler, the bar manager of Pépé Le Moko and Clyde Common (also in Portland), is arguably the high priest of this populist trend. His new-and-improved rendition of the lowly Amaretto Sour, now served at bars around the world, began as a secret, under-the-bar special he would serve only to friends. “It wasn’t cool to | Read More

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