Archive for March 2019

Monkey’s Cuss

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Monkey’s Cuss

  • 1.5 oz. spiced rum (Bayou)
  • 1.0 oz. Plantation pineapple rum
  • 1.0 oz. banana liqueur (Tempus Fugit)
  • 0.5 oz. allspice dram (St. Elizabeth)
  • 0.5 oz. vanilla liqueur (Giffard)
  • 0.5 oz. cream of coconut
  • 0.5 oz. lemon juice
  • 0.25 oz. lime juice
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake with ice and strain into glass over crushed ice.

Here’s a bonus Billy Elliot drink that I threw together at our party using ingredients on hand. I had the name, so purposely brought along the creme de banane. Everything else was impromptu, but really worked in the final drink. No monkeys were harmed in the making of the cocktail, though some feelings were hurt. Those monkeys can swear.

Show You Me Hoo-hoo

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Show You Me Hoo-hoo

  • 1.75 oz. spiced rum (Bayou)
  • 0.5 oz. grapefruit shrub
  • 0.5 oz. cinnamon syrup
  • 0.25 oz. allspice dram (St. Elizabeth)
  • 0.25 oz. lime juice
  • 2 dashes hopped grapefruit bitters

Shake with ice then strain into coupe.

Final Billy Elliot drink, and my tiki contribution. The shrub and cinnamon give it a nice bite. And it is probably my favorite name I have given one of my cocktails. Though the cocktail is all you get.

Esqueer

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Esqueer

  • 1.5 oz. London Dry gin
  • 0.5 oz. pamplemousse rose liqueur (Combier)
  • 0.5 oz. Aperol
  • 0.25 oz. Pavan
  • 0.25 oz. lemon juice

Shake with ice then strain into coupe.

Billy Elliot drink #3. Still love the pamplemousse rose liqueur. Everything else was just invited to play with it. The title comes from a line in the show where Billy misreads “esquire.” Hold for laugh. Now drink.

Balletomane

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Balletomane

  • 1.5 oz. London Dry gin
  • 0.5 oz. Apricot liqueur (Rothman and Winter)
  • 0.25 oz. Campari
  • 0.25 oz. sloe gin (Plymouth)
  • 0.25 oz. vanilla liqueur (Giffard)

Stir with ice, then strain into old fashioned over ice. Express orange peel over drink and discard.

Drink #2 for Billy Elliot. Submitted without witty commentary.

For God’s Sake, Jackie!

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For God’s Sake, Jackie!

  • 1.5 oz. Old Tom gin (Hayman’s)
  • 0.5 oz. rose liqueur (Courvoisier)
  • 0.5 oz. ginger liqueur (Canton)
  • 0.25 oz. mint tea liqueur (Five Foxes)
  • 0.25 oz. lemon juice
  • dash of lemon bitters

Shake with ice and strain into coupe. Garnish with 4 drops of rose water and rose petals.

Here’s a cocktail I did for my cast of Billy Elliot at Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Nothing thematic about the drink, but the title is from a line in the show (and my character’s name). I’d been sitting on both the rose liqueur and mint tea liqueur, so it was nice to utilize them. Skip the rose petals, by the way. Makes for a nice pic but detracts from the drink. I thought it would be a nice touch. I was wrong. For God’s sake, Jackie!