Spring Cocktails
Red Carpet Runway
Oscars Cocktails
1 oz Azzurre Gin
.5 oz dry orange liqueur
3 oz pomegranate liqueur
1 drop chocolate bitters
Garnish: cherries
Ice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker.
Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.
Cherry Moon
Chinese New Year
1 oz Azzurre Gin
.5 oz dry orange liqueur
3 ounces tart cherry juice
1 drop chocolate bitters
Garnish: cherries
Ice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a fresh stemmed cherry.
Lychee Flower
Chinese New Year
2 oz Azzurre Vodka
.75 oz dry orange liqueur
.5 cup canned lychees, drained with juice reserved
1 tbs lemon juice
2 tbs lychee juice
Ice
Purée lychee fruit and juice with lemon juice until smooth. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the liquid into a bowl, pressing firmly on the solids. Discard solids.
Fill a shaker with ice cubes, add lychee juice, Azzurre vodka, and orange liqueur. Shake well, strain into chilled martini glasses.
Hopes & Dreams
By: JR Starkus
Classic stirred vodka martini enhanced with Moscato grape & citrus
2 ½ oz. Azzurre Vodka
¼ oz. Pavan Liqueur
¼ oz. Vittone Bianco Vermouth
Glass: Cocktail
Method: combine all ingredients and stir with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish: fresh orange and lemon (expressed &
discarded)
Ginger Lion
Chinese New Year
2 oz. Azzurre Vodka
½ oz. fresh lime juice
3 oz. ginger beer
Garnish: lime, mint and candied ginger
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a collins glass filled with crushed ice; garnish.
Jaded Lotus
Chinese New Year
1 1⁄2 oz Azzurre Vodka
1⁄2 oz melon liqueur
2 oz pineapple juice
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz agave syrup
Garnish: lemon slice or maraschino cherry
Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish.
Apple of my Eye
By: JR Starkus
A Refreshing summer twist featuring Azzurre Vodka, Fresh Lemonade, Ginger, apple and grape essence.
Served in a “Porthole”
4 oz. Azzurre Vodka
10 oz. Fresh Lemonade
2 fresh mint sprigs
8 grapes (split) Red & green
4 slices fresh ginger (peeled; dime size)
½ Gold Apple
Combine all ingredients and allow to infuse for 3-4 hours. Serve in an espresso or tea cup.
Ringer
By: JR Starkus
Classic Tom Collins, American Style
2 oz. Azzurre Gin
2 oz. Fresh Lemon Sour
1 oz. Club Soda (Fever Tree)
Glass: Collins
Method: combine all ingredients except soda and shake with ice. Add soda to mixture and strain over crushed ice in a Collins glass.
Garnish: Paper Straw, Lemon Wheel, Fresh Rosemary, Sugar Cane Stick
Mediterranean G&T
By: JR Starkus
An homage to where it all began. Azzurre Gin paired with flavors of cucumber, citrus & Juniper, pentacle spray
1 ½ oz. Azzurre Gin
2 oz. Mr. Q Cumber Soda
1 oz. Mediterranean Tonic (Fever Tree)
Glassware: Bordeaux or Similar
Method: build without ice in a Bordeaux glass or similar. Add ice and stir.
Garnish: Fresh Mint, cucumber slices, Juniper berries, lime wheel, paper straw, aromatic “Pentacle” spray (Junior Merino)