10 "Quarantinis" to Drink While Social Distancing
Let's face it, we could all use a drink.
We may not be able to head to our favorite bars for a drink these days, but social distancing doesn't mean we have to give up on a top-notch cocktail hour. In the name of making your solo cocktail session special, we've rounded up some of the tastiest (and easiest) "quarantinis" to enjoy while standing at least six feet away from other people.
The Gin Quarantini
Ingredients
5 parts Gray Whale Gin
1 part dry vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
Instructions
Build all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe and garnish with a lemon twist.
Julia Child
Ingredients
1 oz Perry’s Tot Navy Strength Gin
2 oz Fino Sherry
1 dash celery bitters
Olive
Instructions
Stir ingredients with ice. Strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with an olive.
By Jim Kearns for Slowly Shirley in New York City
Green Intensity
Ingredients
2.5 oz Absolut Elyx vodka
.5 oz simple syrup
.5 oz lime juice
4 basil leaves
1 slice jalapeno
Instructions
Place all ingredients into a shaker, then shake and strain into a freshly chilled martini glass. Garnish with thin slice of jalapeno.
From STK, multiple locations
The Vodka Quarantini
Ingredients
2 oz Humboldt's Finest
1 oz Green Chartreuse
1 oz dry vermouth
Instructions
Build all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe. Garnish with a mint sprig.
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Grapefruit Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz Farmer’s Organic Gin
1.5 oz fresh grapefruit juice
.25 oz simple syrup
2 rosemary sprigs
Instructions
Saving 1 sprig of rosemary for garnish, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled and double strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.
Tuxedo #2
Ingredients
2.25 oz Plymouth gin
.5 oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
.25 oz maraschino liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
A dash of absinthe
Instructions
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into an absinthe rinsed Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with an orange twist expressed and rolled on skewer with a brandied cherry.
From Flora Bar in New York City
White Manhattan
Ingredients
2 parts Hudson NY Corn Whiskey
1 part Lillet Blanc
3 dashes orange bitters
Instructions
Stir ingredients 50 times with ice to chill and dilute properly. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
Espresso Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz Grey Goose Vodka
1 oz espresso
.75 oz premium coffee liqueur
1 pinch salt
Instructions
Add all ingredients together into a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with salted dark chocolate powder.
Pear Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz vodka
1 oz elderflower liqueur
Champagne top
1 pear slice
Instructions
Combine vodka and elderflower liqueur in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake and strain into a martini glass. Top with champagne and garnish with a pear slice.
By Alon Moskovitch at Mezetto
Cucumber-Basil Martini
Ingredients
4 cucumber slices for garnish
1.5 oz Bulldog Gin
1 oz Caravella Limoncello
4 dashes cucumber bitters
.5 oz lemon juice
3 basil leaves
Instructions
In a mixing glass, muddle the cucumber slices. Add gin, limoncello, cucumber bitters, lemon juice, and basil leaves. Shake and double strain into cocktail coupe.
By Ryan Kelimoff at Mercato della Pescheria at Venetian Las Vegas
Lauren Hubbard is a freelance writer and Town & Country contributor who covers beauty, shopping, entertainment, travel, home decor, wine, and cocktails.
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