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Five Classic Cocktails for the Young and Fabulous

The cocktail is making a comeback, in a big way – this recipe, the Anisette, uses fennel for a garnish.

 

Wine is great, but sometimes you want to mix it up a bit. The return of the cocktails from days before – the Negroni, SazaracManhattan  and even the Martini should be recognized. These are all timeless cocktails, but sometimes you want to mix it up. Here are a couple of drink recipes for those who want to feel like they are in the Great Gatsby.

 

The Manhattan

 

  • 2 oz. rye whiskey
  • 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
  • dash of angustora bitters
  • cherry to garnish

 

Shake ingredients together in a cocktail shaker with ice, strain into martini glass, garnish with a cherry and enjoy!

 

The Sazarac

 

  • 3 oz. rye whiskey
  • 3/4 oz symple syrup (equal parts sugar and water)
  • Peychard bitters
  • Absinthe
  • lemon twist

 

Coat old fashioned glass in a thin layer of absinthe, run lemon twist around rim of glass. Shake together whiskey, simple syrup, and bitters, strain into glass.

 

The Negroni

 

  • 2 oz Gin
  • 2 oz Campari
  • 2 oz Sweet Vermouth
  • orange twist for garnish

 

Shake ingredients together with ice, strain into cocktail glass and garnish.

 

A gin martini, with olive, in a cocktail glass.
A gin martini, with olive, in a cocktail glass. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

The Martini

 

  • 3 oz gin
  • 1 1/2 oz dry vermouth
  • green olive for garish

 

Shake ingredients together with ice, strain into cocktail glass, and stick toothpick through olive for garnish.

 

The Anisette

 

  • 1 1/2 oz gin (we used Death’s Door gin)
  • 1/2 oz Pernod or anisette
  • Splash of green chartreuse
  • Splash of lime
  • 1/4 tsp. powdered sugar
  • Fennel for garnish

 

Shake first five ingredients together with ice, strain into cocktail glass, garnish with fennel.

 

What is your favorite classic cocktail? Share your tips in the comments section.

 

 

 

 

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Ronda Bowen

Ronda Bowen is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. She has a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in Philosophy, Pre-Graduate Option, Honors in the Major from California State University, Chico. When she is not working on client projects from her editorial consulting business, she is writing a novel. In her free time, she enjoys gourmet cooking, wine, martinis, copious amounts of coffee, reading, watching movies, sewing, crocheting, crafts, hanging out with her husband, and spending time with their teenage son and infant daughter.

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