Mardi Gras Cocktails

Classic Hurricane

The Hurricane became popular at Pat O'Briens bar in 1940's New Orleans, apparently debuted at the 1939 World's Fair and was named after the hurricane lamp-shaped glasses the first drinks were served in. It's said that O'Brien created the heavily rummed drink as a means to get rid of the large stock of rum his Southern distributors forced him to buy.

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces light rum
  • 2 ounces dark rum
  • 2 ounces passion fruit juice
  • 1 ounce orange juice
  • Juice of a half a lime
  • 1 tablespoon simple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon grenadine
  • Orange slice and cherry for garnish

Directions:

  • Squeeze juice from half a lime into cocktail shaker over ice.
  • Pour the remaining ingredients into the cocktail shaker.
  • Shake well.
  • Strain into a hurricane glass.
  • Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.

Sazerac

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Rye Whiskey
  • 2 dash Peychaud Bitters
  • 3 dash Angrostura Bitters
  • Splash of simple syrup
  • 1/4 oz. Absinthe

Directions:

  • Rinse chilled whiskey glass with Absinthe and discard the excess.
  • In cocktail glass pour bitters, Rye and simple syrup. Fill with ice
  • and stir with bar spoon. Strain into whiskey glass. Garnish with lemon
  • peel.

French 75

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz. gin
  • 1/4 oz. Cointreau
  • Brut champagne

Directions:

  • Mix gin and Cointreau over ice and strain into champagne glass.
  • Top with Champagne and garnish with lemon peel.
Contact Us