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Toast of the Coast
Bushwacker. Hurricane. Mai tai. Margarita. There’s no question bartenders are at their most creative when they’re working with a water view. Here, the intoxicating history of 20 born-at-the-beach cocktails.
BY CHRIS HUGHES PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREG DUPREE ILLUSTRATIONS BY NINI TUAN
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LIGHT DRAGOON’S PUNCH
LIGHT DRAGOON’S PUNCH
LIGHT DRAGOON’S PUNCH
HUSK
Charleston
HUSK Charleston
HUSK Charleston
Cosmopolitan 1926
Cosmopolitan 1926
Cosmopolitan 1926
Made with brandy, rum, peach brandy, black tea, sugar, lemon juice, and soda
Made with brandy, rum, peach brandy, black tea, sugar, lemon juice, and soda
Made with brandy, rum, peach brandy, black tea, sugar, lemon juice, and soda
Chef Sean Brock’s commitment to preserving Southern heirloom ingredients and antebellum recipes doesn’t stop at the food. He and Husk head bartender Rod Weaver unearthed this brandy-based punch from a 1792 tome at the Preservation Society of Charleston. Years later, it’s still one of the most popular cocktails at Brock’s tri-state cache of restaurants.
Chef Sean Brock’s commitment to preserving Southern heirloom ingredients and antebellum recipes doesn’t stop at the food. He and Husk head bartender Rod Weaver unearthed this brandy-based punch from a 1792 tome at the Preservation Society of Charleston. Years later, it’s still one of the most popular cocktails at Brock’s tri-state cache of restaurants.
Chef Sean Brock’s commitment to preserving Southern heirloom ingredients and antebellum recipes doesn’t stop at the food. He and Husk head bartender Rod Weaver unearthed this brandy-based punch from a 1792 tome at the Preservation Society of Charleston. Years later, it’s still one of the most popular cocktails at Brock’s tri-state cache of restaurants.
COLE’S FRENCH DIP
COLE’S FRENCH DIP
COLE’S FRENCH DIP
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Made with gin, raspberry simple syrup, and lemon juice
Made with gin, raspberry simple syrup, and lemon juice
Made with gin, raspberry simple syrup, and lemon juice
The blush-tinged tipple that became the “it” drink of the ’90s is also a great marketing success story. Tasked with building a cocktail around Absolut Citron vodka, South Beach bartender Cheryl Cook fused elements of a Lemon Drop and a Kamikaze, forging a sweet-sour combination that peaked with its appearance on Sex and the City.
The blush-tinged tipple that became the “it” drink of the ’90s is also a great marketing success story. Tasked with building a cocktail around Absolut Citron vodka, South Beach bartender Cheryl Cook fused elements of a Lemon Drop and a Kamikaze, forging a sweet-sour combination that peaked with its appearance on Sex and the City.
The blush-tinged tipple that became the “it” drink of the ’90s is also a great marketing success story. Tasked with building a cocktail around Absolut Citron vodka, South Beach bartender Cheryl Cook fused elements of a Lemon Drop and a Kamikaze, forging a sweet-sour combination that peaked with its appearance on Sex and the City.
Combine 8 cups brewed black tea, 3 cups sugar, 21/4 cups fresh lemon juice 3 cups brandy, 3 cups rum 11/2 cups peach brandy, and peels of 3 lemons in a large bowl. Stir until sugar is dissolved, and chill until cold, about 1 hour. Add ice, and top with 21/2 cups club soda.
Combine 8 cups brewed black tea, 3 cups sugar, 21/4 cups fresh lemon juice 3 cups brandy, 3 cups rum 11/2 cups peach brandy, and peels of 3 lemons in a large bowl. Stir until sugar is dissolved, and chill until cold, about 1 hour. Add ice, and top with 21/2 cups club soda.
Combine 8 cups brewed black tea, 3 cups sugar, 21/4 cups fresh lemon juice 3 cups brandy, 3 cups rum 11/2 cups peach brandy, and peels of 3 lemons in a large bowl. Stir until sugar is dissolved, and chill until cold, about 1 hour. Add ice, and top with 21/2 cups club soda.
Red Hook
Red Hook
Red Hook
DEATH & COMPANY
DEATH & COMPANY
DEATH & COMPANY
New York City
New York City
New York City
Made with rye, amaro, sweet vermouth, and maraschino liqueur
Made with rye, amaro, sweet vermouth, and maraschino liqueur
Made with rye, amaro, sweet vermouth, and maraschino liqueur
New York, and the whiskey-based Manhattan, were both at the forefront of the country’s first mixed-drinks golden age. So it’s only fitting that for the cocktail’s current renaissance, a slice of another Big Apple borough would take center stage. Enzo Errico’s Red Hook, a riff on the Manhattan, pairs rye with Punt e Mes vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and a touch of amaro.
New York, and the whiskey-based Manhattan, were both at the forefront of the country’s first mixed-drinks golden age. So it’s only fitting that for the cocktail’s current renaissance, a slice of another Big Apple borough would take center stage. Enzo Errico’s Red Hook, a riff on the Manhattan, pairs rye with Punt e Mes vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and a touch of amaro.
New York, and the whiskey-based Manhattan, were both at the forefront of the country’s first mixed-drinks golden age. So it’s only fitting that for the cocktail’s current renaissance, a slice of another Big Apple borough would take center stage. Enzo Errico’s Red Hook, a riff on the Manhattan, pairs rye with Punt e Mes vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and a touch of amaro.
Bushwacker
Bushwacker
Bushwacker
PLAYA
PLAYA
PLAYA
Orange Beach, Alabama
Orange Beach, Alabama
Orange Beach, Alabama
Made with white rum, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream of coconut, and vanilla extract
Made with white rum, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream of coconut, and vanilla extract
Made with white rum, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream of coconut, and vanilla extract
After visiting Saint Thomas in 1975, the owner of The Sandshaker in Pensacola, Florida, came back with a taste for this chocolatey cousin of the piña colada, now an obsession across the Flora-Bama line.
After visiting Saint Thomas in 1975, the owner of The Sandshaker in Pensacola, Florida, came back with a taste for this chocolatey cousin of the piña colada, now an obsession across the Flora-Bama line.
After visiting Saint Thomas in 1975, the owner of The Sandshaker in Pensacola, Florida, came back with a taste for this chocolatey cousin of the piña colada, now an obsession across the Flora-Bama line.
May 2018 COASTAL LIVING 85
May 2018 COASTAL LIVING 85
Tequila Sunrise
THE TRIDENT Sausalito, California
Made with tequila, grenadine, and orange juice
