10 "Quarantinis" to Drink While Social Distancing
- 1/11
10 "Quarantinis" to Drink While Social Distancing
We may not be able to head to our favorite bars for a drink these days, but social distancing doesn't mean we have to give up on a top-notch cocktail hour. In the name of making your solo cocktail session special, we've rounded up some of the tastiest "quarantinis" to enjoy while standing at least six feet away from other people.
- 2/11
The Gin Quarantini
Ingredients
5 parts Gray Whale Gin
1 part dry vermouth
2 dashes orange bittersInstructions
Build all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe and garnish with a lemon twist.
- 3/11
Julia Child
Ingredients
1 oz Perry’s Tot Navy Strength Gin
2 oz Fino Sherry
1 dash celery bitters OliveInstructions
Stir ingredients with ice. Strain into a Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with an olive.
By Jim Kearns for Slowly Shirley in New York City
- 4/11
Green Intensity
Ingredients
2.5 oz Absolut Elyx vodka
.5 oz simple syrup
.5 oz lime juice
4 basil leaves
1 slice jalapenoInstructions
Place all ingredients into a shaker, then shake and strain into a freshly chilled martini glass. Garnish with thin slice of jalapeno.
From STK, multiple locations
- 5/11
The Vodka Quarantini
Ingredients
2 oz Humboldt's Finest
1 oz Green Chartreuse
1 oz dry vermouthInstructions
Build all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe. Garnish with a mint sprig.
More: The Best Vodka Cocktails
- 6/11
Grapefruit Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz Farmer’s Organic Gin
1.5 oz fresh grapefruit juice
.25 oz simple syrup
2 rosemary sprigsInstructions
Saving 1 sprig of rosemary for garnish, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled and double strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.
- 7/11
Tuxedo #2
Ingredients
2.25 oz Plymouth gin
.5 oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
.25 oz maraschino liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
A dash of absintheInstructions
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into an absinthe rinsed Nick and Nora glass. Garnish with an orange twist expressed and rolled on skewer with a brandied cherry.
From Flora Bar in New York City
- 8/11
White Manhattan
Ingredients
2 parts Hudson NY Corn Whiskey
1 part Lillet Blanc
3 dashes orange bittersInstructions
Stir ingredients 50 times with ice to chill and dilute properly. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.
- 9/11
Espresso Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz Grey Goose Vodka
1 oz espresso
.75 oz premium coffee liqueur
1 pinch saltInstructions
Add all ingredients together into a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with salted dark chocolate powder.
- 10/11
Pear Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz vodka
1 oz elderflower liqueur
Champagne top
1 pear sliceInstructions
Combine vodka and elderflower liqueur in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake and strain into a martini glass. Top with champagne and garnish with a pear slice.
– Courtesy Alon Moskovitch at Mezetto
- 11/11
Cucumber-Basil Martini
Ingredients
4 cucumber slices for garnish
1.5 oz Bulldog Gin
1 oz Caravella Limoncello
4 dashes cucumber bitters
.5 oz lemon juice
3 basil leavesInstructions
In a mixing glass, muddle the cucumber slices. Add gin, limoncello, cucumber bitters, lemon juice, and basil leaves. Shake and double strain into cocktail coupe.
By Ryan Kelimoff at Mercato della Pescheria at Venetian Las Vegas
Let's face it, we could all use a drink.