Florida Dreamin'

Spring Training has arrived, and just because I couldn't afford to go down to see the Boys this year, doesn't mean I can't celebrate with my boys up here. So I am off to an EO dinner tonight with my Cocktail and Baseball Daddies. I wonder if I can request a bartenders choice? Or maybe ask them to make my new Spring Training inspired drink? It is also inspired by The Brooklyn, Manhattan and Bronx, so I have names this one The Bell House in honor of my new favorite venue in Brooklyn (and in a blatant attempt to get a job there). Shake this one good and you have a refreshing Whiskey drink that would go well at any ballpark in Florida. If you make it with rye, its really spicy with the Rhubarb bitters. But its not too sweet with Bourbon, either. It's a nicely balanced drink.

The Bell House

Rye or Bourbon
Grand Mariner
Antiqua Formula
Orange Juice
Rhubarb Bitters

Shake ingredients well in a mixer over ice and pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with burnt Orange peel.

Flanagan’s Wake Libations

I am in a play running off Broadway called Flanagan's Wake. Its a fun interacting comedy playing in a bar in downtown Manhattan. Alas, my character does not drink.

The producer was kind enough to allow the cocktailier side of me to create some special cocktails for the event. so if you are in NYC, please come to the Soho Playhouse and cry tears of laughter into these fabulous libations!

Flanagan’s Wake Libations

The Long Black Veil
Guinness
Sparkling wine
Sugar cube
Bitters

The Corpse Reviver no 33
Irish whisky
Irish mist
Grand Marnier
Orange bitters
Flamed orange peel garnish

Fiona’s Tears
Vodka
Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
Maraschino liquor
Cherry