Twenty cocktails on tap at Yours Sincerely

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At Yours Sincerely the cocktails come out of the tap and into a beaker. Photo: Yours Sincerely

At Yours Sincerely the cocktails come out of the tap and into a beaker. Photo: Yours Sincerely

The newest chapter in New York’s continuing obsession with all things boozy is the draft cocktail. They’re pre-mixed and then poured, either straight up or over ice, from a tap system, quickly delivering a fancy cocktail that has also had ample time for its flavors to mingle. Yours Sincerely, a booze-forward venue that opened next door to its sister bar/restaurant Dear Bushwick on New Year’s Eve, has cornered the market on this prep-intensive style of bartending, and while the conceit may seem a wee bit precious, the prices are definitely not.

Your Sincerely offers a mind-boggling array of high-octane cocktails on tap–close to two dozen–along with cocktail shots and build-your-own concoctions, all for $8 or less. The Morgantown speakeasy isn’t the first Brooklyn bar to feature draft cocktails, you can find them at Loosie Rouge, Donna and King’s County Imperial, among others, but it is the first to showcase pre-mixed poison as its main draw. Though a ton of work goes on behind the scenes to make this happen, draft cocktails mean a short turnaround time between order and first sip. But it can also mean a hangover if you’re not careful.

A drink, poured straight from the tap. Photo: Yours Sincerely

A drink, poured straight from the tap. Photo: Yours Sincerely

The cocktail menu features a mix of classic cocktails delivered via nitrogen, so they remain uncarbonated, with punchily updated names (an Old Fashioned is known as a Swipe Right here, which made us wonder what Don Draper would have made of Tinder), and fruitier carbonated drinks like the Malibu Fizz and the Ruby Slippers–a Tom Collins with bolstered by hibiscus agave syrup. The carbonated cocktails are poured over ice, but several of the nitrogen cocktails are served straight up in Yours Sincerely’s signature beaker. This might give the illusion of being a small pour, but these cocktails pack a serious punch–there’s even a warning on the menu. We’re particularly fond of the Swipe Right, Big Worm (aka Sazerac), and the Lab Rat (aka Daiquiri), but suggest you try them all–just not all at once. There’s a rotating selection of beer and wine for less adventurous drinkers.

On top of strong cheap drinks, this is one dark and cozy bar. Photo: Yours Sincerely

On top of strong cheap drinks, this is one dark and cozy bar. Photo: Yours Sincerely

Co-owners Darren Grenia and Julian Mohammed (of Dear Bushwick) have billed Yours Sincerely as a “cocktail laboratory,” and it should be noted, this is not the place to go if you’re very, very particular about how your drink is made–Yours Sincerely is all about their vision, not about your vodka martini with precisely two drops of olive juice, shaken exactly 12 times. The design evokes an apothecary with a gently macabre twist. The space is narrow, but high ceilings and a compact bar keep it from feeling cramped and leave plenty of room for table seating (Yours Sincerely will soon begin serving bar snacks from its shared kitchen with Dear Bushwick). The dim lighting and vintage Victorian atmosphere make it easy to forget what time, and eventually, what day it is.

Dear Bushwick
41 Wilson Avenue
Bushwick
Mon-Sat 5pm-2am
Sun 5pm-midnight

One Response

  1. Missy -

    Old news. They’ve done this in Japan since the 90s. There’s one place that brings you a test tube rack (Lock Up. It’s a chain), with like six test tunes all filled with different stuff. It’s called Denki Shock. Or electric shock. It’s disgusting. It tastes like nasty absinthe.
    There’s a place called alcatraz ER, in Shibuya. It’s supposed to be the hospital ward of a prison. Go to youtube and search it. You won’t be disappointed.
    They have beaker drinks, iv bag drinks, and the beloved baby bottle drink. There are embarrassing images of me sucking in one of these baby bottles.
    So… this is not that innovative, especially if the owners have been to Japan.
    Just sayin.

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