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Twisted Mojitos
Havana’s Off Limits, So Head to New York
Transporting patrons in taste and ambiance, Retreat is just what the name implies.
Located in the Chelsea area of New York City, the venue is fairly
new to the nightlife scene, but its owners are not. Larry Kramer and
Craig Koenig have brought the city multiple venues including R&R,
Eden and B. Lo.
Retreat Bar Manager Jesse Carr developed several twists on the
classic Mojito, three of which are included here. “I love taking
classics and messing with them,” Carr says. “Some of these were older
drinks that I once did, and we revised them. There is an unlimited
amount of product out there. It is more of an adventure in making
drinks these days.”
Malandro
2 ounces Cachaca
4 slices of blood orange
6 to 9 Thai basil leaves
2 tablespoons of sugar
Muddle orange, basil and sugar. Add ice and shake. Pour into a low-ball tumbler. Budini
1¼2 ounce simple syrup
1 1¼2 ounces Damarak Gin
1 1¼2 ounces Negori Sake
Half a lime
15 cilantro leaves
5 slices of cucumber
5 grapes
Canada Dry ginger ale
Muddle all fruit in a mix cup with the simple syrup. Add gin and sake.
Shake well. Pour into cocktail glass and top with ginger ale. Garnish
with grape and cucumber.
Strawberry Fields
1¼4 ounce simple syrup
1¼2 ounce Godiva liquor
2 ounces Stoli Strasberi
3 lime wedges
2 strawberries
6 to 9 mint leaves
Muddle lime, strawberry and mint with simple syrup. Pour in vodka and
Godiva. Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with
strawberry and mint stalk. NCB |
