To help celebrate millions of twinkling lights illuminating the Nation’s Oldest City during St. Augustine’s Nights of Lights, Uptown Swinery has created a specialty cocktail menu that will run throughout the holidays. Here are five cocktails from that menu.
Cocktails were created by Cooper Ball, bar manager at Uptown Swinery, a locally-owned Southern-inspired, American-fare restaurant located at 45 San Marco Ave. in St. Augustine.
Bless Your Heart
1.5 oz Titos’s Vodka
1 oz PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur
.25 oz simple syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice, shake vigorously and double strain into chilled martini glass, garnish with orange twist.
Hold Your Horses
2 oz Belle Meade Bourbon
.5 oz brown sugar simple syrup
.25 oz vanilla syrup
2 dashes black walnut bitters
In mixing glass, combine all ingredients. Add ice, stir vigorously with bar spoon. Strain into rocks glass over large ice cube and garnish with a Luxardo cherry.
Pretty As A Peach
2 oz Gray Whale Gin
1 oz peach puree
.25 oz rosemary syrup
.25 oz lemon juice
3 dashes Fee Foam
In cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice. Shake vigorously and double strain over short martini glass with large ice cube. Garnish with fresh rosemary sprig.
Fancy Pants
1.5 oz D’Usse Cognac
.5 oz Luxardo cherry juice
4 oz Prosecco
In mixing glass, combine D’Usse Cognac and cherry juice. Stir well with a few ice cubes. Pour directly into snifter and top with Prosecco. Garnish with a fresh orange peel.
Gimme Some Sugar
1.5 oz Ole Smoky Apple Pie Moonshine
.5 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
.25 oz vanilla syrup
.25 oz lemon juice
Cinnamon sugar for rim
In cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients except cinnamon sugar. Shake vigorously with ice, and pour directly into cinnamon sugar rimmed rocks glass. Garnish with cinnamon stick.
