Friday, June 15, 2012

Father's Day - The 3 Most Popular Cocktails for Dad



Manhattan

  • Dash angostura bitters
  • 2 lemon twists
  • 4 ounces bourbon whisky
  • 1 ounce sweet vermouth
  • Ice
  • 2 maraschino cherries


Directions
Pour 1 drop of bitters into each of 2 tall stemmed cocktail glasses and swirl to coat the inside of the glass. Pour any remaining bitters from the glasses. Rub the lemon peel over the rims of each glass and place inside the glass.
In a cocktail shaker, combine the bourbon, vermouth, and 6 cubes of ice. Shake well until mixed and chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain and divide the mixture between the 2 glasses. Garnish each glass with stemmed cherry and serve.



The Godfather
0.5 oz. Amaretto
1.5 oz scotch

Directions
Fill an old fashioned glass with ice. Ad scotch and amaretto and stir.




Negroni
1 part Bombay Sapphire® Gin
1 part MARTINI® Rosso
1 part Campari
Slice of orange

Directions
Pour ingredients into an Old-Fashioned glass, mix well with ice and garnish with an orange slice. To lighten it up a touch, swap out the gin with a dry sparkling wine like MARTINI® Prosecco and call it a Negroni Sbagliato.






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