The Hottest New Cocktails!
We spend a lot of time keeping up with clothing trends, but how about new cocktail trends? Even if you are not a big consumer of cocktails, there is something pretty nice about knowing what is new and hot! Even if we are wives and mothers, we can still “attempt” to order a cool drink when we’re out to dinner!
New Trends From the Cocktail World
(from “Food and Wine” magazine, March 2007)
- Bitters - These are a slightly alcoholic liquid, flavored with various extracts, used as a mixer with certain cocktails. For years, only one sort of bitters were readily available, but that is changing and new lines include orange, lemon, peach, mint and aromatic bitters. These are the newest mixers for the newest drinks.
- Rye - This liquor is made predominately from rye, a grass similar to wheat. Rye can be used as a replacement for bourbon in many drinks. There’s also a sentimental side to rye – it promotes classic rye-based New Orleans’ cocktails, like the Sazerac.
- Vermouth - Bartenders used to rinse out martini glasses with inexpensive vermouth and then mix the drink at hand. No longer! High quality vermouth is more available and worthy of remaining in the glass. Some recommended brands are Carpano, Noilly Prat and Boissiere.
America’s Three Best New Cocktails!
Marasca Fizz (part of the “bitters” trend) compliments of Country, NYC
Ingredients for one cocktail:
- 3 maraschino cherries, plus ¾ ounce of syrup from the jar
- Superfine sugar
- 2 brown sugar cubes
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters*
- ½ oz. Cherry Heering**
- 4 oz. chilled Champagne
Directions:
- Moisten the outer rim of a flute with maraschino cherry juice and coat with superfine sugar.
- Put sugar cubes into the flute.
- Add the Angostura, Cheery Heering, cherries and remaining syrup.
- Stir in Champagne.
- Serve!
*These bitters are easily available on Amazon.com, if not at your liquor store.
**A black cherry liquor that you should be able to get at a good liquor store.
Little Italy (from the “rye” trend) compliments of Pegu Club, NYC
Ingredients for one cocktail:
- 2 oz. rye
- ½ oz. Cynar*
- ¾ oz. sweet vermouth
Directions:
- Fill 2/3 of a pint glass with ice.
- Add the rye, Cynar and vermouth.
- Stir well.
- Strain the drink into a chilled glass and garnish with cherries.
*Cynar is a dark brown, bitter aperitif liquor, taking its primary flavor from artichokes. It is manufactured and distributed by the Campari Group.
Indian Summer (from the “vermouth” trend) compliments of Freemans, NYC
Ingredients for one cocktail:
- Ice
- 1 ½ oz. bianco vermouth*
- 1 ½ oz. bourbon
- 1 lemon twist
Directions:
- Fill 2/3 of a pint glass with ice.
- Add the bianco vermouth and bourbon and stir well.
- Strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
*Bianco is a vanilla-spiced sweet vermouth from Italy, very mild and pleasant. Martini and Rossi produces this liquor at a very reasonable price.
Even if you don’t ever mix or order one of these drinks, when you spot these trendy drinks on a menu or in your friend’s glass, you’ll be well informed! Cheers!
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