Need modern recipes

[Rob Simmon]

I'm throwing a cocktail party next weekend, and I'm aiming for a three-part menu:

metro: new drinks like the Tantris Sidecar

retro: forgotten classics like the Aviation, 20th Century, and Tipperary

the classics: Martini, Manhattan, and so forth (or Tiki drinks, and place the classics on the retro side).

I have a handful of modern drinks--but they're primarily sours, and I'd like to have more variety. I'd appreciate suggestions for new drinks with the potential to be classics. Recipes by Audrey would be welcomed, for instance. I'm also planning on avoiding vodka, unless it's for an infusion.

I'll likely post the full list with recipes when I've compiled it. If the co-host ok's it, anyone in DC on the 3rd can message me for an invite.

thanks!

[KatieLoeb]

Read THIS thread, THIS thread and THIS thread. That ought to get you started at least.

My favorite of my own creation that I think has some potential to become a classic is the Red Feather Boa. It's in the last thread Right HERE. There's lots of inspiration and great recipes in those threads. I find the eG cocktails forum to be a constant source of inspiration.

[maggiethecat]

In the classic department, I'd like to revive the Old Fashioned, beloved of serious drinkers and Grannies alike.

[Rob Simmon]

to clarify:

I'd like drinks created since 1990 or so (I already have way too many classics and forgotten classics to cull through) that don't have any citrus. Recipes that you've recreated from a restaurant menu, for example.

I'll read through some of the other EG threads and see if there's anything inspring.

[eje]

No citrus at all, not even as a garnish?

Off the top of my head, two of Pegu's recipes I've seen on this site don't include citrus. They're both Manhattan or Brooklyn relatives and highly recommended.

Names are Little Italy and Red Hook.

I think there are recipes for both in the Rye or Rittenhouse threads.

If the weather is OK, some cucumber things might be nice, check that thread, as well. The recipe I put there for the Lotta's Fountain is very good without the lime, just not quite as zippy.

edit - typos and add links to recipes.

Edited May 27, 2006 by eje (log)