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Selma’s remains temporarily closed for now, but two frozen drinks from its menu have made their way to Dumbo, including a mango mezcal margarita and a brain freeze-inducing “summer crusher,” made from vodka, pear liqueur, prickly pear, and rainbow sprinkles. The bar, named after bartender Selma Slabiak-Casner (formerly of Mother of Pearl and Dear Irving), opened two weeks before the onset of the pandemic, according to Jarnit-Bjergsø, and never had the chance to come into its own. The taproom’s frozen drinks come courtesy of Selma’s Bar, a 24-seat speakeasy located behind Evil Twin’s Ridgewood brewery. Mezcal and vodka cocktail slushies are also part of the plan. Starting in mid-June, the taproom will also serve coffee from local roaster Sey at a walk-up window each morning. In addition to a rotating list of draft beers, canned and bottled beverages will available for takeout. Notably, all of the brewery’s production is still happening in Ridgewood, but the Dumbo taproom is bringing Jarnit-Bjergsø’s tough-to-find beers closer to fans in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Dumbo taproom’s opening menu has 20 beers on tap, including those made with guava, clementine, plum, and habanero. Since opening in Ridgewood a little over a year ago, Evil Twin has attracted a loyal following for its use of ingredients that - at least at the time of its debut - were lesser-seen in the city’s craft beer scene. A pink guava, mango, pineapple, and salt sour Caroline Lethbridge/Evil Twin Evil Twin Dumbo, the brewer’s highly anticipated sequel, opens at 45 Main Street, a block from the Dumbo waterfront, on Wednesday, June 2.

But this week Jarnit-Bjergsø is bringing his eclectic list of beers to a new taproom and bar in Dumbo, where smoothie-style sours, cocktail slushies, hard “pastry seltzers,” and whimsically named double IPAs are all on the menu. The beer style from Evil Twin was previously only available in Ridgewood, Queens, where the brewery is based, and at a handful of craft beer bars across the city.

Not to be confused with beer slushies - the frozen, plastic cup beverages that rear their heads whenever temperatures creep above 60 degrees in New York City, and of which Jarnit-Bjergsø is “not a big fan” - smoothie-style beers are milkshake-thick, in-your-face sweet, and fruit-forward, sometimes obnoxiously so.

BARS IN DUMBO FULL

Full walls of windows keep the East River and Midtown views on brilliant display through four seasons, while the north- and south-facing terraces supply a magical summer setting.As New Yorkers continue to debate the unofficial drink of summer 2021, one frothy beverage has emerged as an unlikely candidate: the smoothie-style beers of Evil Twin founder Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø. The signature concoction, Ophelia’s Ascension, is a mad-scientist mix of cedar smoke, Sri Lankan palm sugar, bourbon, mezcal and more, while bites keep things classic with oysters, steak tartare and local cheese all on the menu. Today, the bar experience is part architectural tour (the centerpiece trio of iron framework windows date from the 1920s), part interior design tutorial (fine Italian textiles pair with curious antiques), and full-on mixology masterclass from head mixologist, Amir Babayoff. RELATED: 13 Hotel Bars in NYC We Can't Get Enough OfĮxplore More: See hotel details | See all Brooklyn, NY hotelsĬocktails come with a dose of history and knockout 360-degree views at Ophelia, located on the 26th floor of the Beekman Tower. This prized Art Deco building was once a women-only hotel and later a favorite drinking den of Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis. on weekends, the views across all of lower Manhattan and three bridges are the best in Dumbo. Once in, make your order a lobster roll and tequila-and-mezcal-based Heatstroke cocktail then hover near the plunge pool and loungers to snag the best seat in the house. To claim your spot, employ the usual travel smarts of arriving as it opens at noon, or saving your visit for a post-dinner nightcap before last orders at midnight to beat the worst of the crowds.

The sprawling 3,500-square-foot space attracts an eclectic mix of snap-happy tourists, after-work relaxation seekers and a party-ready crowd on weekends. Weaving between Midtown’s skyscrapers with a craned neck is one way to admire our concrete jungle, but for the money shot, you need to take a step back and admire Manhattan from a distance-ideally from the 1 Rooftop Garden & Bar just across the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo.

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