You have your staple drink—an on-call favorite, but how about chilling this weekend with a different one? The LA Times calls The Art Of The Bar one of the six essential cocktail books for the home enthusiast.
Created by two innovative bartenders and book creator Piper/Keller, this book focuses on making cocktails based on the upgraded classic recipes with an emphasis on pulling ingredients from our gastronomically diverse world. These three drinks are sure to add some simple relaxation to your end of the week. Have the Black Bomber with your brunch and chill the rest of the afternoon with, well, the Death in the Afternoon. Save the Sherry Twist Cocktail #1 for a little evening treat!
Death in the Afternoon
- ¼ ounce pastis, preferably Pernod
- Champagne
Pour the Pernod into a champagne flute and fill with Champagne
Black Bomber
- 1 shot espresso
- ¼ ounce anisette
- 1 ½ ounces light gin
- dash of orange bitters (optional)
- 3 espresso beans for garnish
Add ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. The drink will be foamy, top the foam with the coffee beans.
Sherry Twist Cocktail #1
- 1 ounce sherry
- ½ ounce brandy
- ½ ounce French dry vermouth
- ¼ ounce Cointreau
- ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice
- Pinch of ground cinnamon
- Cinnamon stick for garnish
Combine all the ingredients but the cinnamon stick in an ice filled cocktail shaker. Shake until cold, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the cinnamon stick. Serves one.
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