Room 983 - You and the Night and the Music

Drinks of the Romance Kind

The Opera Martini is a shake and strain drink, starting with 1 ½ oz Boodles gin, ½ oz Dubonnet blanc and ¼ Luxardo maraschino liqueur. Strain in a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

In a highball glass filled with cubed or cracked ice,
Paris by Night gets 1oz Strega, 1oz Pernod, ½ oz Amsterdam liqueur and fill with cold lemonade. Garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry.

Listen to the sounds flowing through the wind while you’re having Midnight Sax. In a tall glass filled with cubed or cracked ice, pour in 1oz each of the following: Midori, Southern Comfort, orange juice, and mango juice. Fill with Canada Dry ginger ale. Garnish with a slice of orange peel, and a small chunck of orange.

The String Quartet is a shake and strain drink that goes in a rocks glass, packed with ice. Pour ½ oz each of the following in a shaker with ice: Absolut vodka, lemoncello liqueur,
lemoncello cream, and either Cointreau or Dekuyper triple sec. No garnish necessary.

A little bit of Puerto Rico with a sparkle in the sky.
A Night in Old Mandalay is to be shaken and strained over ice in a highball glass. In a shaker goes 1oz Bacardi rum, 1oz Ron Matusalem anejo rum, 1oz orange juice and ½ oz lemon juice. Strain in the glass and top with Boylen’s ginger ale. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

It Happened Last Night. We had a few drinks and one thing led to another. We made it the old fashioned way, starting with an old fashioned glass filled with cracked ice. A
shake and strain over ice drink, we broke it in by pouring in 1oz Hiram Walker cherry brandy, then ½ oz Martin Miller’s gin, the juice of ½ lemon, and a dash of Fee Brothers old fashioned bitters. Strain in and fill with club soda. Garnish with a cherry.

Everybody on key now. Let’s start out with the Dawn Chorus. With cracked ice in a highball glass, this is a shake and strain over ice drink. Pour in 1oz Southern Comfort, ¾ oz Port, ½ oz Punt e Mes, ¼ oz lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon of Trader Vic’s grenadine syrup. Shake to ice cold, strain in glass and fill with 2-3 oz of ice cold Coca Cola.

A Midsummer’s Night Dream is a shake and strain drink that goes in a highball glass filled with cubed or cracked ice, getting 2oz Stoly vodka, 1oz Kirschwasser, 1 teaspoon
Dekuyper strawberry liqueur, and 5 pureed strawberries. Strain in and fill with Schweppes Russian water.

If you’re feeling adventurous, take the Nightboat to Brazil. In a chilled cocktail glass, this South American specialty is a shake and strain drink getting 1½ oz Cachaca, ½ oz Cointreau, ½ oz lime juice and ½ oz Batida de Coco. Chill to very cold and enjoy the cruise.

The finale goes to Mozartus. A shake and strain drink that goes in a chilled martini glass. This emulsified triple threat needs to be shaked a little longer to thin the cream base out to your desired consistency. The ingredients are 1½ oz Mozart liqueur, 1½ oz Carolan’s Irish cream, and ¾ oz Tia Maria coffee liqueur. Garnish with a slice of starfruit.

Until next week . . .kb