First of all, head to the Counting Room to check out their new cocktail menu (starts tomorrow), including this beauty. It's called Look Both Ways, and it's Tanqueray gin, lime, Chartreuse, and a float of Cote de Rhone. Sounds odd, but tastes amazing.
Second of all, a big mazel to Abigail Gullo and Karen Fu for their success at the 42 Below vodka Cocktail World Cup ‘Carnival of the Cocktail.’ Their recipes are below.
Mahuika's Hand, by Abigail Gullo
1 oz 42 Below Vodka
3/4 oz Lime juice
3/4 oz spiced simple syrup
bar spoon Pimento Dram
Shake and pour over crushed ice. Garnish with a spent lime shell filled with a sugar cube soaked in high proof vodka..light on FIRE!
Manuka Sage Southside, by Karen Fu
1.5 oz. 42 Below Manuka Honey Vodka
.5 oz. Canton Ginger Liqueur
.5 oz Fresh Yuzu Juice
.25 oz. Nardini Acqua di Cedro
3 Sage Leaves
Muddle 2 of the sage leaves then add the rest of the ingredients. Shake with ice and fine strain into a chilled coupe. Top with 1 oz. Kiuchi Brewery Sparkling Yuzu Wine. Garnish with a spanked sage leaf.