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HARRISBURG, PA: KODA

Billy Houck

In rural Pennsylvania, near to Chocolatetown, USA, and at a new restaurant attached to a brewery,
it seems improbable to find Billy Houck crafting cocktails. Not only does Koda appear incongruous
to its surroundings, but Houck likely faces more restrictions than any other mixologist in the country.
Since Koda operates under a brewery's license, state law mandates that he use Pennsylvaniaproduced liquors only. Still, his cocktails, which incorporate spirits like Tattered Flag's Blue Agave
or Maggie's Farm's Dark Rum, are complex and tasty. He changes the menu with the season,
choosing unusual themes; recently, he was inspired by the 1993 film The Sandlot: In A Pickle
combines Bluecoat Gin, cucumber, dill, ginger, lime and homemade sweet garden bitters in an ode
to the cult movie. Houck's David E. Bourbon-based cocktail nods to Babe Ruth-legend to those
Sandlot boys-and incorporates homemade complements: sweet vermouth, cherry bitters and mist
harvested from Koda's meat smoker. -NOAH LEDERMAN
Koda, 8001 Union Station Blvd., Harrisburg, PA; 717-982-6473, kodahbg.com

HAPPENINGS

OCTOBER 10/SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Wine & Spirits 16th Annual Top 100 Tasting
City View at METREON
Benefit: San Francisco Baykeeper
wineandspiritsmagazine.com/top100
23-27/
MASSACHUSETTS

4-15/Bolzano, Italy
Autochtona 2019
fierabolzano.it/autochtona

Martha's Vineyard
Food & Wine Festival
Benefit: Island Grown Schools
and Agricultural Society's
Farmer's Program
mvfoodandwine.com

5-27/HI
Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival
hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com
7/NYC
Women in Wine Leadership
Symposium
womenwineleaders.com

18-20/GA
Taste of Atlanta
tasteofatlanta.com
elebration.tasteofsonoma.com

NOVEMBER

7-9/Berlin, Germany
Bar Convent Berlin
barconvent.com/de

2/TOWNSEND, TN

11-14/NYC
New York City Wine & Food Festival
nycwff.org

10

WINE & SPIRITS

Grains & Grits
grainsandgritsfest.com
This southern spirits festival
highlights some of the best
distillers along the Tennessee
Whiskey Trail, with food from
the region's top chefs.

OCTOBER 2019

2-3/Brooklyn, NY
Food Loves Tech
foodlovestech.com
4-10/Savannah, GA
Savannah Food and Wine Fest
savannahfoodandwinefest.com
7-9/Big Sur, CA
Big Sur Food & Wine Festival
bigsurfoodandwine.org
9/NYC
La Fête du Champagne
Champagne expert Peter Liem
draws more than 30 producers
to NYC for dinners, seminars
and tastings of France's most
esteemed Bubblies.
lafeteduchampagne.com

10-17/San Diego, CA
San Diego Bay Wine + Food
Festival
sandiegowineclassic.com

11-12/MONTREAL,
CANADA
Tasting Climate Change
Sommelier and teacher Michelle
Bouffard gathers wine experts
such as Miguel Torres, José
Vouillamoz and Pascaline Lepeltier for tastings and discussions
focused on sustainable winemaking in a changing climate.
tastingclimatechange.com

13-15/San Diego, CA
SommCon
sommconusa.com
15-18/NYC
Reboule du Rhône
Benefit: No Kid Hungry
rebouledurhone.com
16-17/San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Vintners Estates
vintnersestates.com

photo of Top 100 Tasting by Nicole Parisi

OCTOBER

http://www.kodahbg.com http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/top100 http://www.foodlovestech.com http://www.fierabolzano.it/autochtona http://www.savannahfoodandwinefest.com http://www.hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com http://www.mvfoodandwine.com http://www.bigsurfoodandwine.org http://www.tastingclimatechange.com http://www.womenwineleaders.com http://www.tasteofatlanta.com http://www.sommconusa.com http://www.barconvent.com/de http://www.lafeteduchampagne.com http://www.grainsandgritsfest.com http://www.rebouledurhone.com http://www.vintnersestates.com http://www.sandiegowineclassic.com

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