Cocktail Changes 11/7/17

Please welcome three new cocktails to our list! 

The Corpse Bride, Softly Spoken Words, and Rosaline!
(86 Pimm's Cup, Division Bell, and French Chameleon)


Here's what you need to know...

Corpse Bride

2 Applejack

.75 Grand Classico

.5 Zucca

*Stir.  Down.  Orange swath.

The original Corpse Reviver, seasoned for the cold weather.  May her love from beyond warm your bones.

Softly Spoken Words

1.5 Clement rum

.75 lime

.5 raw honey syrup

Dash Angostura

Blanc de Blancs

Shake the first 4 ingredients together.  Strain to collins.  Top with BdB.

This little lovely is a play on an Airmail.  The Airmail first appeared in the 1940’s, and is much akin to a French 75, with silver rum instead of gin or cognac.  Airmail itself was a fairly new method of correspondence, and added a touch of glamor to the sending of a letter.  

So what are we working with here?   Artisanal, estate made rum.  Raw, hand-harvested local honey.  Hand squeezed lime.  Small production bubbles.  All of these ingredients combine to make a lovely, delicate cocktail that whispers to your palate the sweet nothings it wants to hear.  

Rosaline $12

1.25 Del Maguey Crema de Mezcal

.75 Campari

.5 La Quintinye Bianco

.5 La Quintinye Rouge

1 dash Ango

1 dash Orange Bitters

Stirred.  Coupe.  No garnish.

This cocktail is essentially a Rosita with the proportions adjusted for our crazy mezcal.  The Rosita is the tequila-based cousin of the Negroni, but with a kiss between sweet and dry vermouths.  It’s delicious.  I opted to use both of the La Quintinye vermouths for this one because of their powerful aromatics but relatively light bodies: I want them to be present against the mezcal, but we also want our friend Campari to be heard.  

What’s in a name?  Rosaline was Romeo’s first muse, a cousin of the better known Juliet.  The Rosita is the lesser known cousin of the Negroni.  Both might not be as famous, but they’re just as lovely and deserving of a kiss from Romeo’s lips.