Cocktail Roulette: Shine Gimlet

Thank god Boardwalk Empire is back... I was definitely missing a little Nucky in my life.  It's helping fill the gap between Seasons 1 & 2 of Game of Thrones.  What would we do without HBO?

As part of our last Cloak & Dinner: The Time Machine, we traveled right back to the Prohibition Era and our master mixologist Isaac cooked up his take on a Gimlet, albeit with moonshine like they'd have made it back then.  Enjoy!

Shine Gimlet

• 2 oz Moonshine
• 1oz Fresh Lime Juice
• ¾ oz Simple Syrup
• 2 cucumber slices, muddled
• 6 mint leaves, muddled
• 2 dashes celery bitters

Muddle together cucumber slices and mint leaves.  Add in your celery bitters, lime juice, simple syrup & moonshine with a heavy helping of ice.  Shake vigorously and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a cucumber slice and/or a fresh mint leaf.

Cocktail Roulette: Ginger Figgle aka "Slow Screw"

Did you know Cloak & Dinner has a book club? Why yes we do, and our first task is tackling the whole George R.R. Martin manifesto while brainstorming appropriate feast like courses for the eventual "Game of Thrones" C&D event in the near future... GET EXCITED!

Thankfully our awesome mixologist Isaac conjured up a fitting cocktail to accompany a long stint of reading in a cozy chair. From our Cloak & Dinner: The Time Machine, here's a little "how to" on the Ginger Figgle!

GINGER FIGGLE 

• 2oz Gin
• 1 oz fresh squeezed OJ
• 1 fresh fig (or 2 spoons fig jam)
• 2 slices fresh ginger root

Press the ginger root and add a sliced fig or 2 spoonfuls of fig jam and muddle. Add in the gin and orange juice and shake well. Strain and serve in a stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of fresh fig and/or orange spiral and candied ginger.

Cocktail Roulette: Livin' the High Life

In another edition of our Cocktail Roulette, and yet again from our Rags to Riches dinner... here's the perfect Hipster Beverage, "Livin' the High Life."

Livin' the High Life

• 1oz Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
• 5oz Miller High Life
• 1/2oz fresh lemon juice

Combine over ice until chilled. funnel into chilled beer bottles in paper bags. 

Note that you will have a bunch of High Life left over after bottling up these oh so satisfying cocktails.  That's when you whip out the extra solo cups you have lying around and initiate a game or two of flip cup!

Cocktail Roulette: The Shiny Moon

Insomuch that we're creating a whole dinner from the ground up for a "One Night Only" event, we thought it'd be nice to share a few of our favorite recipes & cocktails from time to time. So here you go... Cocktail Roulette and Muddled Meals.

From our Rags to Riches dinner - here's the Shiny Moon!

• 1 oz. HUDSON NEW YORK CORN WHISKEY
• 2 oz. fresh apple cider
• 0.5 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 0.25 oz. cherry infused brandy (optional)
• 2 drops Fee Brothers Orange Bitters

Shake over ice and strain into a coupe. Garnish with the peel of a kumquat.