Aged Cocktails?

[DiningDiva]

I've been hearing and reading a lot these days about aged cocktails, in which bartenders are actually mixing the drink and then letting it "age" for several days or weeks. I'm curious...does it really improve a cocktail that much? If so, by how much? Does it deepen/intensify the flavors? What's the purpose. is this a novelty or an interesting new technique.

[quazi]

This is a good primer http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/20... on aged cocktails since the original blog post many papers/blogs have followed suit. you can google for various articles from the NY Times, washington post etc

[DiningDiva]

Thanks for the link :-)