AU KURANT AFFAIR

2 ¾ oz. Absolut Kurant

½ oz. Triple Sec

¼ oz. Roses Lime Juice

½ oz. Cranberry Juice

- Lime Wedge Garnish -

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

This cocktail is also known as a Metropolitan.  This is a derivative of a Cosmopolitan, substituting the Absolut Citron with Absolut Kurant.  Created by Chuck Coggins, bartender at Marion’s Continental Restaurant and Lounge, New York, 1993.  This cocktail is generally an easy sale for Cosmo drinkers.

 

 

BLOODY CAESAR

 

 

2 oz. Vodka

Fill with equal parts of Clamato juice and Bloody Mary Mix

Garnish with 1 shrimp, lime and olive, Old Bay rim –

(build in Pilsner glass)

 

Originated in 1969 in Calgary.  Bartender Walter Chell made this drink to commemorate a new restaurant opening in the Calgary Westin Hotel.  He originally muddled clams into a Bloody Mary to come up with his new cocktail. 

Clamato juice, as we know it today, was born from this drink, thanks to Walter Chell.

Named after the Roman Emperor, Julias Caesar.

 

 

BYE BYE MAI TAI

 

 

½ oz. Malibu Rum

   ½ oz. Meyers Rum

½ oz. Bacardi Rum

½ oz. Captain Morgan

½ oz. Amaretto

Fill with equal parts orange juice and pineapple juice.

Splash of grenadine

- Flag garnish –

(build, shake and pour into hurricane glass)

 

Victor J. Bergeron (Trader Vic) felt a new cocktail was needed for the American public.  In 1944, he came up with his own “rum punch” at his bar in Oakland California. 

“Mai Tai” is Tahitian for “out of this world”.

(The Oceanaire modified the original recipe to make it a “Bye Bye Mai Tai”)

 

CAPE CODDER

 

 

2 oz. Vodka

      Fill with cranberry juice

- Lime garnish –

(build in bucket, serve)

 

Believed to have been created in the 1940’s in Massachusetts, where it started out as a bar special. (Massachusetts has the largest cranberry crop in the U.S.) Used to be equal parts vodka and juice cut with sugar water.

Inspired many cocktail (Rangoon Ruby, Bog Fog, Sea Breeze, Bay Breeze, Madras).

 

 

CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

 

1 sugar cube

Dash of bitters

Fill with Champagne

- twist garnish –

(build in Champagne flute, serve)

 

This cocktail is dated back from the first mixology book in print. (Jerry Thomas’ “How to mix drinks, the bon vivants companion” 1862)  This cocktail has had thousands of variations, however, we still pour the original recipe that makes a beautiful cocktail. 

Author Crosby Gaige mentions this drink in his cocktail book (1945) as “Maidens wed without Champagne . . . are bound to be husband beaters.”

 

 

COSMOPOLITAN

 

2 ¾  oz. Absolut Citron

½ oz. Triple Sec

¼ oz. Roses Lime Juice

½ oz. Cranberry Juice

- Lemon twist garnish – 

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

Still under major debate, it is believed that this cocktail was created in the mid 1980’s by Cheryl Cook, the “Martini Queen of South Beach”.  This cocktail was created by a woman for a woman.  Pink as the Cosmopolitan may be, it has quite a kick due to virtually all alcohol with a splash of mixers.

 

 

 

DIRTY BELVEDERE

 

3 ½ oz. Belvedere Vodka

½ oz. Olive brine

- 3 olive garnish – 

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

Thirteen years after “the noble experiment” called Prohibition, congress repealed the Volstead Act and imbibing became legal again.

Franklin D. Rockefeller toasted the end of a dry era by having one of his own concoctions, a gin martini with a splash of olive brine (the first dirty martini – 12/05/1933).

 

 

 

FRENCH CONNECTION

 

1 oz. Grand Marnier

1 oz. Cognac

(pour into snifter, serve)

 

This cocktail is also know as a Beautiful.  Questionable origin dates on this cocktail.  Grand Marnier, the company, is believed to have made this cocktail. 

A wonderful elixir on a cold night by the fireplace.

 

 

 

 

GRASSHOPPER

 

 

1 ¾ oz. Crème de Menthe

1 ¾ oz. White Crème de Cocoa

½ oz. Cream

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

This cocktail originated in New Orleans.

Very little information available beyond this.

Great sale for a dessert cocktail.  (Tastes like mint chocolate chip ice cream . . . yummy)

 

 

 

HARVEY WALLBANGER

 

1 ½ oz. Vodka

Fill with orange juice

½ oz. Float of Galliano

Liquore Galliano L'Autentico, known more commonly as Galliano, is a sweet herbal liqueur created in 1896

(build in bucket, serve)

 

This cocktail is merely a Screwdriver with a Galliano float. 

One of the better versions of the origin of this cocktail is when Bill Doner (late 60’s early 70’s) was hosting a party at his house and at the end of the night was left with vodka, orange juice and Galliano.  He made up a big batch of the “leftovers”.  The next morning, one of his guests, was cursing Bill over his late night concoction, while beating his head against the wall.  The gentleman’s name was Harvey.

 

 

J.T.INI

 

 

3 oz. Kettle One Vodka

½ oz. Amaretto

½ oz. Grenadine

- cherry garnish -

(build vodka and amaretto, shake and strain into martini shell.  “roll” grenadine down the side of shell to rest on bottom, drop in a cherry)

 

 J.T. (one of the original bartenders from Minneapolis) came up with this cocktail.  J.T. likes Kettle One and enjoys Amaretto with his cocktails.  How he came up with this drink is worth asking him about (although a simple explanation, it is rather funny if you really think about it).

 

 

JAMES BOND MARTINI

 

1 ½ oz. Stolichnaya Vodka

1 ½ oz. Beefeater Gin

½ oz. Lillet Blanc

Lillet is a brand of French aperitif wine. It is a blend of 85% wine and citrus liqueurs made from a variety of oranges

- Olive and onion garnish –

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

This cocktail is also known as a Vesper. 

Named after Vesper Lynd, a female character in Ian Fleming’s original James Bond Novel, Casino Royale, (1953).  James Bond wanted his martinis “shaken, not stirred” and preferred a grain vodka over potato vodka.

 

 

PERFECT SCREWDRIVER

 

1 ½ oz. Stolichnaya Orange

½ oz. Cointreau

Cointreau sources its bitter oranges from all over the world,

Fill with Orange Juice

- Orange wedge garnish -

(build in bucket, serve – great upsale for a screwdriver)

 

Dates back to the 1950’s.   Said to be named for oil riggers working in the Middle East.  They would stir their vodka and orange juice drinks with their screwdrivers.

Absolutely a phenomenal cocktail.

 

 

 

THE OCEANAIRE

 

 

1¾ oz. Bombay Saphire gin

¼ oz. Blue Curacao

flavored with the dried peels of the laraha citrus fruit, grown on the island of Curaçao

- lemon twist garnish -

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

 

RUSTY NAIL

 

1 ¾ oz. Blended Scotch

¼ oz. Drambuie

(build in rocks glass, serve)

 

Came about in the 1950’s.

The name comes from the color, but has been rumored to have been stirred with a rusty nail (Perfect Screwdriver?).

 

 

 

 

 SIDECAR

 

  2 oz. Brandy

1 oz. Cointreau

½ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

- sugar rim and lemon twist garnish -

(build, shake and strain into martini shell)

 

 A relative of the Brandy Daisy and Brandy Crusta (hence the sugar rim), both made in the late 1800’s.

Created circa 1923 during Prohibition.

      Believed to have been invented at The Ritz Bar Paris.

                      This cocktail was made for a guest, in from the cold, while driving a motorcycle that had a sidecar.

           Easy way to remember is as a Brandy Margarita.

      

 

SINGAPORE SLING

 

 

1 ½ oz. Gin

½ oz. Cherry Brandy

¼ oz. Benedictine

Bénédictine is an herbal liqueur beverage invented by Alexandre Legrand (He changed his name later to Alexandre Le Grand, like Alexander the Great in French) in the 19th century and produced in France. Its recipe contains 27 plants and spices.

Fill with fresh sours mix

   Dash of grenadine

    Top with club soda

   - flag garnish -

                                       (build in pint glass, pour into hurricane glass and top with club soda)

 

Made in 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boom, bartender in the Raffles Hotel lounge in Singapore.  A “sling” is commonly referred to a cocktail that has been made with lemon juice, sugar and a type of liquor.

 

 

SEA BREEZE

 

2 oz. Vodka

Fill with equal parts cranberry juice and grapefruit juice

- no garnish -

(build in bucket, serve)

 

SMITH & KEARNS

 

2 oz. Crème de cocoa (Kahlua is the common liqueur)

Fill with cream and top with soda water

- no garnish -

(build in pint glass, shake and strain in a bucket over ice, top with soda water)

 

Derived around the seventies.  Kahlua (as believed) made this drink up for a marketing purposes.  This drink is an adult version of a cream soda.  Cream sodas (especially during the disco age) were very popular and came with a variety of flavors (i.e. coffee, chocolate). 

Thank god for the eighties and the “rebirth” of the cocktail.

 

 

 

TEQUILA SUNRISE

 

2 oz. Tequila

 Fill with orange juice

Float grenadine

(build in tall - tea – glass and float grenadine on top to drop down to form a sunrise)

 

Born during Prohibition

Believed to have been invented at the Aqua Caliente racetrack for Californians, who drank and bet too much.

This cocktail was a morning “pick-me-up” for the bettors, hence the name.

This cocktail became very popular in the 1970’s when The Eagles made the song, “Tequila Sunrise”.