Oscar Cocktails...

“The Diplomatic Escape” (recipe courtesy of Manny Hinojosa, Bacardi USA mixologist)
Best Picture "Argo"


Ingredients

• 1 oz. Dewar’s 12 year old Scotch
• 3/4 oz. St-Germain elderflower liqueur
• 3/4 oz. Campari
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1 small sprig basil
• Canada Dry ginger ale
• Orange peel, garnish
• Fresh basil, garnish

Preparation: In a mixing glass, combine the scotch, St-Germain, Campari, lemon juice and basil with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain and serve over the rocks, topped with ginger ale. Garnish with orange peel and fresh basil.
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“Silver Linings” (served Sunday night at The Weinstein Company’s Oscar viewing and after-party at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood)
Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Ingredients

• 2 oz DeLeón Diamante
• 3/4 oz Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice
• 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• 1/4 oz. Agave Nectar
• 2 drops Jamaican Jerk Bitters
• Sprig of Fresh Mint

Preparation: Combine ingredients into shaker. Add ice. Shake well. Strain over fresh ice into double rocks glass. Garnish by smacking a cold blanched sprig of mint. Slide mint into glass where it is high enough to reach the nose of whomever’s consuming.

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“President Lincoln’s Cocktail” (recipe adapted from Pacific Wine & Spirit Review San Francisco, November 30, 1900 as retold in a posting by Butterfly Absinthe)
Best Actor – Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln


Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz. Bourbon
• 3 dashes simple syrup
• 2 dashes orange curacao
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 dash absinthe
• Seltzer or club soda

Preparation: Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass. Top with club soda.