floral – The Green Hour

April in Paris

Posted on March 4, 2017March 5, 2017 by thegreenhour in Cocktails

Ingredients:

2 oz Rye Whiskey
1 dash Rosewater
1 dash Lemon juice
1/3 oz Orange juice
1 Maraschino cherry

Instructions:

Stir all ingredients in ice filled mixing glass until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Source: Absolut

Côte d’Azur

Posted on March 4, 2017March 5, 2017 by thegreenhour in Cocktails

If you’ve ever been to the south of France you know it’s all lavender fields and azure coastline.

Ingredients:

2 oz Gin
3/4 oz Crème de Violette
1/4 oz Simple syrup
1/2 tsp Lavender water
1/2 oz Lime juice
2 sprigs of thyme

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a sprig of lavender or other purple flower.

A Green Hour original

Josephine

Posted on March 4, 2017March 5, 2017 by thegreenhour in Cocktails

Josephine Bonaparte was famous for her love of roses, and was even known as Rose before she met Napoleon.

Ingredients:

2 oz Gin
1 1/2 oz St. Germain
1 1/2 oz Lime juice
1/2 tsp Rosewater
Rosepetals for garnish (optional)

Instructions:

Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with rose petals.

A Green Hour original

The Bohemian

Posted on March 4, 2017March 5, 2017 by thegreenhour in Cocktails

Ingredients:

1 oz Gin
1 oz Fresh grapefruit juice
1 oz St. Germain/ elderflower liqueur
1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
Grapefruit twist

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Waterlily

Posted on March 1, 2017March 4, 2017 by thegreenhour in Cocktails

Ingredients:

3/4 oz Gin
3/4 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz Creme de Violette*
3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into a coupe glass. Technically, no garnish is necessary, but everything looks better with a lemon twist, right?

*If you can’t find true crème de violette in your area you can substitute it with Crème Yvette, which also contains violets along with other berries. Crème Yvette is more similar to Chambord in color, and thus the cocktail will not retain the same bluish purple color as with crème de violette.

The Waterlily