March 6th: St. Patrick's Day & The Oscars

I hope you like Irish whiskey and the occasional Guinness, St. Patricks Day is on March 17th. Oh! And one of my favorites things to celebrate... the Oscars, March 10th!

Here’s what we’re chatting about

• Easy Oscar-themed cocktails to make this Sunday

• St. Patrick’s Day cocktail CLASSICS, and how to make them

• The best olives for your martini, or how to stuff your own

• Bottle highlights (highlight for Ireland-based spirits!)

• Things I’m loving!

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Oscar-themed cocktails:

AMERICAN FICTION

• The American Sazerac

  • Rinse glass with absinthe + muddle 1 sugar cube with 4 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters and a splash of water, and mix over ice with 2.5 oz rye + strain into glass with a lemon twist.

ANATOMY OF A FALL

• Anatomy of a Sidecar

  • To a shaker with ice add 1.5 ounce cognac, 3/4 ounce Cointreau, 3/4 ounce blood orange juice, freshly squeezed, and 1/2 ounce simple syrup, and shake + double strained into a coupe.

BARBIE

• Mojo Dojo ‘beach’ Margarita

  • To a shaker with ice add 1 1/2 ounces tequila, 3/4 ounce blue curacao, 1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed, 3/4 oz coconut cream, 1/2 ounce agave, and shake + double strain over ice and garnish with a cocktail umbrella!

THE HOLDOVERS

• The Holdover Sour

  • To a cocktail shaker dry shake 2 ounces rye whiskey, 1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed, 3/4 ounce simple syrup, and 1 egg white (optional) + add ice and shake again + double strain over a large cube + float 1/2 ounce red wine on top!

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

• The Killers of the Blood & Sand

  • 1 ounce scotch, 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth, 1/2 ounce Heering cherry liqueur, and 3/4 ounce orange juice, freshly squeezed + shaken & double strained into a coupe!

MAESTRO

• The West Side Story

  • To a shaker with ice add 2 ounces lemon vodka, 1 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed, 1/2 ounce simple syrup, 3 pinches fresh mint and shake + double strain into chilled glass and top with club soda, about 1 ounce + garnish with a lemon twist

OPPENHEIMER

• The Manhattan Project

  • To a mixing glass add 2 ounces rye whiskey, 1 ounce sweet vermouth, 2-3 dashes Aromatic bitters, add ice and stir + strain into a chilled nick and nora glass + garnish with a cherry!