Cheers to Mixology: A Recipe Preview
by Exploratorium Staff • January 2, 2015
The holidays may be over, but the Exploratorium is still in the swing of celebration, preparing for one of our biggest events of the year: Science of Cocktails.
This night of libations celebrates the craft of the cocktail and the art of mixology in order to raise money for the museum’s education programs.
In advance of the January 30 event, here’s a sneak peak taste of some the 2015 recipes, including a punch and a mocktail.
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Name: War of the Roses
Sponsor: Junipero Gin by Anchor Distilling Company
Ingredients:
¾ cup Junipero Gin
¾ cup Christian Drouin Calvados
½ cup Lemon Juice
½ cup Ginger-Vanilla Syrup
4 dashes Angostura bitters
1 bottle Sparkling Rosé
Cinnamon sticks
Lemon wheels
Apple slices
Instruction:
Combine all ingredients in a punch bowl with ice.
Garnish with cinnamon sticks, lemon wheels, and apple slices.
Mixologist: Kevin Diedrich
Glass Type: Rocks
Base Spirit: Gin
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Name: Fratelli Takes Manhattan
Sponsor: Carpano Antica Formula
Ingredients:
2 oz Templeton Rye
½ oz Carpano Antica Formula
½ oz Carpano Dry
5 dashes Fernet-Branca
Instruction:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, and stir for thirty seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Mixologist: Erik Ginther
Glass Type: Martini
Base Spirit: Rye Whisky
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Name: NaQl
Sponsor: Q Drinks
Ingredients:
4 oz Q Ginger Beer
¾ oz pineapple juice
¼ oz lime juice
1 pinch kaffir lime salt*
Instruction:
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Pour in juices and give a quick stir.
Top with Q Ginger Beer and the pinch of kaffir lime salt.
*To make kaffir lime salt: Combine salt with kaffir lime leaves and zest (if you can find the fruit). Shake and let sit until salt is infused with flavor (three days - two weeks).
Mixologist: Meryll Cawn, Q Drinks
Glass Type: Rocks
