DAPPER DRINK
UNIQUE COCKTAILS THAT WILL BE THE TALK OF YOUR PARTY
DARK & STORMY
2 oz. Aged Dark Rum
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
8 oz. Ginger Beer
Pour rum over ice into a highball glass. Add lime juice. Pour ginger beer and stir. Serve with or without lime wedge for garnish.
*Aged, Dark Rum is preference of gentleman
OLD FASHIONED
3 parts Gin
Dash of Agave Syrup
1/2 parts Soda Water
1/2 parts Tonic
Lime
Mint Leaves
Cucumber
Take 2 lime wedges, 4 cucumber pieces,
3-4 mint leaves in a pint glass. Add your gin (we suggest Hendricks) and Agave. Muddle all these ingredients, then add ice and top with equal parts of soda water and tonic.
This is a wonderfully refreshing drink even for the men who shy away from gin!
REVERSED MANHATTAN
2 oz. Sweet Vermouth Blend*
1 oz. Rye Whiskey
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Garnish: Marasca Cherry
Add all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a Marasca cherry.
*Sweet vermouth blend: Combine a 750 mL bottle of Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, 19 oz Punt e Mes and 6 oz Carpano Antica Formula vermouth. Store in the refrigerator for several weeks
MOJITO
3 parts Gin
Dash of Agave Syrup
1/2 parts Soda Water
1/2 parts Tonic
Lime
Mint Leaves
Cucumber
Take 2 lime wedges, 4 cucumber pieces,
3-4 mint leaves in a pint glass. Add your gin (we suggest Hendricks) and Agave. Muddle all these ingredients, then add ice and top with equal parts of soda water and tonic.
This is a wonderfully refreshing drink even for the men who shy away from gin!
SIDECAR
1 oz. Cognac
1 oz. Orange Liqueur
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 splash Lime Juice
Sugar half the rim of a cocktail glass. Combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake until chilled. Strain into the glass and enjoy!
*Fun fact: The Sidecar was a drink invented during WWI
SMOKED ROSEMARY OIL DIRTY MARTINI
2 1/2 oz. dry Gin
1/2 oz. dry Vermouth
1 bar spoon Olive juice
*Smoked Rosemary Olive Oil (few drops)
Garnish with Rosemary sprig & Olive
In a mixer glass, add the gin, vermouth, and olive juice to a mixing glass. Add ice to fill the glass 3/4 of the way. Using a bar spoon, mix for 30 seconds. Dump the ice from the drinking glass. With a hawthorn strainer, strain the martini into the chilled glass. Finish with a few drops of the infused oil. Garnish with rosemary sprig and olive.
*Smoked Rosemary Oil
1/2 c Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 stalks Rosemary
Place a glass jar on its side. Place the Rosemary stalks into the jar. Using a lighter, light the rosemary stalks and continue doing this a few times up and down the stalks. Quickly turn the jar right side up and add the olive oil. Let the Rosemary infuse for a couple days.
BUSHWICK MANHATTAN
2 ounces rye, preferably Rittenhouse
3/4 ounce sweet vermouth, preferably Carpano Antica
1/4 ounce Luxardo liqueur
1/4 ounce Amer Picon
Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled
cocktail glass.
*Recipe created by Phil Ward from Death & Co.
