It’s Friday, and it’s supposed to reach ninety-two degrees here in NYC. That has me thinking, even with my monumental hangover, about icy cold cocktails. Not like the martinis I drank last night that ensured me feeling like junk today, but something you’d drink on a tropical vacation…or if you happen to have me as your bartender. One of the perks of the downtown bar I worked in previously was that I was intensely involved in rehauling the cocktail menu, and on it still lies my signature, the Thaihito: cilantro and mint muddled with lime, jalapeno and sugar, shaken with ice and Malibu rum and topped off with soda. You’re thinking that I’ve lost it, right? Trust me, the spicy-sweet palate combines perfectly with balmy (or beyond balmy) weather.

That got me a little hyperfocused on cocktails, and maybe infusing my repertoire with something a little fresh and new. There’s no better place get inspired than on Talk Shop Fridays. So tell me guys, what’s in your signature cocktail?


Experiment33 Friday, 05.25.07 @ 1:22 pm

My signature cocktail is a Manhattan with Vya sweet vermouth, which makes all the difference. However, it seems that you are looking for something a little more summery. Blackberries are on special at my grocer and I’ll be making up some Blimey’s this weekend. I’ve got a picture here: http://exp33.blogspot.com/2007/03/cocktail-of-week-blimey.html and click through to see the full recipe. It’s made with muddled blackberries, vodka, creme de casis, and lime. Can’t wait to be done with work.


richard Friday, 05.25.07 @ 2:14 pm

That blimey looks great! Love the sound of that Thaijito too. Put me down for some sangria! However, the sangria I covet is a white sangria. I got the recipe from a restaurant in Harrisburg, PA of all places!

It has white wine, limoncello, grand marnier and triple sec. Has a couple other indredients which are “proprietary.”

Nothing says summer fresh with a Spanish twist!


David Friday, 05.25.07 @ 4:12 pm

My favorite “cocktail” is a 40oz. Mickey, drink to the bottom of the cone top, and fill in with OJ…a delightful concoction that wrecks you during and after the festivities….a brass monkey for those in the know.


kyra Friday, 05.25.07 @ 10:34 pm

yum to all of the above…except the brass monkey. i’m not that hardcore.
my roomate makes a key-lime-sicle that is so so good:

vanilla vodka, key lime juice and sprite over ice.

they are dangerously delicious!


a Tuesday, 05.29.07 @ 10:09 am

jamesons on the rocks. or a st. germain cocktail, which i’ve just recently tried – very refreshing for the summertime. as is the calimocho (sp?) from mexico which is red wine and coke with ice.


Rob Tuesday, 05.29.07 @ 12:36 pm

I know there are many ways to make a Negroni, but the Italian bartender at Ago in LA showed me my now-favorite method: Equal parts Cinzano sweet vermouth, Campari, and Tanqueray Ten, shaken. Serve up with a lemon twist.

It’s spicey, heady, and sublimely intoxicating!


angela Wednesday, 05.30.07 @ 3:00 pm

I frequented a bar in the east village last week when I was in NY that specialized in infused liquors, including jalapeno vodka, sourpatch kids vodka, ginger vodka – but the best was cucumber-infused gin – mixed with some tonic and lime, it was crisp and cool and just tasted like you were drinking something actually healthy. I’m making up a few batches for summer wedding presents… and of course for myself…




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