Writers and whiskey go together much like pen and paper. Beacon Tavern and The Gage offer a writer’s whiskey flight and specialty cocktail throughout the month of October.

Illinois boasts an incredible list of authors, from Ernest Hemingway to Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks.

The American Writers Museum strives to educate the public about American writers both past and present and inspire future writing in in the United States.  The flight features different whiskeys paired with quotes from writers who were well-known for their love of both whiskey and the written word.  With the flight, The Gage hopes to encourage aspiring writers both in Illinois and from around the world, much like the American Writer’s Museum, who may also be inspired by the magical powers of whiskey.  The whiskey flight and specialty cocktail will be available at Beacon Tavern and The Gage during the month of October and $1 from every Algonquin cocktail sold during the month of October will be donated to the museum.  The menu includes the following:

Writer’s Whiskey Menu

“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.” -Raymond Chandler

Aberlour 12, speyside single malt scotch 2oz., $16

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” -Mark Twain

A Midwinter Night's Dram, rye whiskey 2oz., $25

“My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food and a little whisky.” -William Faulkner

George T. Stagg Kentucky straight bourbon 2oz., $23

Writer’s Whiskey Flight  

A flight of three writers with three 1oz. pours, $30

Writer’s Whiskey Cocktail

"I'm a drinker with a writing problem." -Dorothy Parker

Algonquin Cocktail, $13 | Knob Creek rye whiskey, carpano bianco, pineapple, lemon