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Northshore October 2025
The Barrel Bar at Rail Stop Restaurant & Bar may be a unique touch to the décor, but the barrels' purpose serves well beyond just ornamental value. The barrels provide a selection of cocktails that have been maturing and mellowing in unused new American white oak barrels with a level three, out of four, char.  The more time the liquid spends in the barrels, the more flavors and colors are pulled from the wood. Josh Medeiros, the general manager of Rail Stop Restaurant & Bar, explains, “If you think about it, most spirits are clear right after distillation; it is the aging in barrels that give whiskey and other spirits its color
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