Illustrations by Chris Reed
The art of the drink is in more than just its ingredients, as these clever cocktail names throughout Westchester prove.
Do you choose your cocktail based on a clever name? If so, these drinks are just for you.
Angry Rooster
TRUCK, Bedford
Espolon reposado, organic jalapeño, fresh-squeezed lime and orange juice
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Buns-N-Bourbon, Peekskill
Virgil Kaine’s North Carolina Bourbon, fresh lemon juice, agave syrup, aromatic bitters, Heering Cherry Liqueur
Punch in the Mouth
Village Social, Mount Kisco and Rye
St Germain, Gifford Ginger, jalapeño, lime
Spice & Ice
City Perch, Dobbs Ferry
Liquid nitrogen frozen mango-ginger-habañero margarita with ancho-infused tequila with seven-spice
Milano Mule
Burrata, Eastchester
Toto’s Vodka, lime, ginger, amaro
I’m Lit
The Birch Collective, White Plains
Havana Club Añejo Rum, 42 Below Vodka, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Pimm’s No. 1, Jägermeister, simple syrup, lime, Sprite, Angostura Bitters
Oyster ‘Pickle Back’ Shooters
The Mill, Hastings-on-Hudson
Effen Cucumber Vodka, Biscuits’ Bloody Mary Mix, house-made pickle juice, fresh oyster
Cotton Earl Joe
The Birch Collective, White Plains
Grey Goose Vodka, Cointreau, Earl Grey, fresh citrus, seltzer
Drunken Starfish
RiverMarket Bar and Kitchen, Tarrytown
Herradura Silver, intense ginger liqueur, fresh lime juice, agave nectar, star fruit, cayenne pepper, sea salt
I Saw the Cowgirls Lined Up on the Fence
Juniper, Hastings-on-Hudson
High West Double Rye, Johnny Smoking Gun Whiskey, habañero-chamomile, Bonal Aperitif, chocolate bitter
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