The new mixes for 2021

2020 has been a tough year for the horeca sector. Cocktail enthusiasts have been drinking at home but the creativity of the bartenders does not stop as these three cocktails testify. A journey through different flavors and colours, exploring the vast and varied world of mixing with the creations of bartenders Leandro Serra (bar manager of The Duke Cocktail Lounge Bar of La Maddalena - Sassari), Sabina Yausheva and Simone Mina (head bartender of Ch 18 87).

"Gentlemen we are born" by Leandro Serra

Ingredients: 7 cl Scortese Ginger Beer Bio – 4 cl N.3 London Dry Gin – 2 cl Saint Germain liqueur – 2 cl lime juice – 1 cl cucumber syrup

Glass: tumbler

Garnish: cucumber, raspberries and mint

Preparation: Pour all the ingredients into a shaker, shake vigorously with ice and serve, filtering everything into a tumbler glass. Fill with the Scortese Ginger Beer Bio and decorate with cucumber, raspberries and mint.

“Garota De Ipanema” by Sabina Yausheva

Ingredients: 4.5 cl cachaça – 3 cl lemon – 2.5 cl pineapple syrup – 1.5 cl blue curacao – 1 cl egg white – Pure Tonic Cortese top

Glass: Collins

Preparation: Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with ice, excluding Pure Tonic Cortese. Shake well to whip the egg white and pour, filtering everything, into a Collins glass filled with ice. Finally, gently pour in the Cortese tonic and mix gently with a bar spoon.

"Paparazzo" by Simone Mina

Ingredients: 3 cl Spiced Whiskey Mix (3pt of Jim Beam Rye with cinnamon and 1pt of Laphroaig Select) – 3 cl Jim Beam bourbon whiskey – 1.5 cl apricot liqueur – Fill up of Strong Tonic Cortese

Glass: highball

Preparation: For the home-made preparation, leave 2 cinnamon sticks to macerate in 35 cl of Jim Beam Rye Whiskey for 24 hours, then filter and bottle. To make Spiced Whiskey Mix, combine three parts Jim Beam Rye Cinnamon with one part Laphroaig Select. For the drink, using the build over ice technique, fill a highball glass – or a tall tumbler – with ice, pour the Spiced Whiskey Mix, the Jim Beam bourbon and the apricot liqueur into the glass, then top up with the Cortese Strong Tonic and , with a bar spoon, mix gently.

Sources:

• Esquire - 3 cocktail dei migliori bartender per dimenticare il 2020 e abbracciare il 2021
• iBESTmag - Tre Cocktail… Futuristi!
• Horeca News - Cocktail futuristi: tre proposte per iniziare l’anno all’insegna del bartending
• EGNEWS - Bere bene è futurista con i cocktail alle acque toniche ispirate alla donna moderna