Welcome ladies and gentlemen to that most exclusive and classy of joints. The Cary Grant Cocktail Lounge. While here why not try some of our specialties. Here you will find a menu of all the cocktails that Cary Grant drank in his movies and in which movie he drank (or in some cases almost drank) it! Just click on the cocktail you want the recipe for.
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Stinger - "Kiss Them For Me" and "The Bishop's Wife"
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Brandy
0.5 oz. White Crème de Menthe
Directions:
Fill a mixing glass with crushed ice and add brandy and crème de menthe.
Stir and strain into a glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
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Eggnog - "The Awful Truth"
Ingredients:
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar
1 oz. Brandy
1 oz. Golden or White Rum
6 - 8 oz. Hot Milk
Grated Nutmeg
Direction:
Combine the egg and sugar in a mug and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the brandy, rum and hot milk, stirring continuously. Sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg.
Variation 1:
Cold Eggnog
2 oz. Brandy or Whisky (omit the rum)
4 oz. Chilled Milk
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a large wine glass or tumbler. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
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Variation 2:
Baltimore Eggnog
¾ oz. Each of Brandy, Rum and Madeira
Directions as above
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Highball - "The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer"
Ingredients:
2 measures Scotch or Canadian whisky or bourbon whiskey
Ginger Ale or Soda Water
Lemon & Lime slices to garnish
Directions:
Pour the whisky over ice cubes in a glass. Fill with ginger ale or soda water and stir gently. Garnish with lemon and lime slices if liked.
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Variation:
Presbyterian:
Use bourbon whiskey and half ginger ale and half soda water
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Pink Lady - "Topper"
Ingredients:
1½ -2 oz. Gin
1 Egg White
1 teaspoon Grenadine
1 teaspoon Double Cream
Fresh Strawberry for garnish
Direction:
Combine the ingredients with ice, shake vigorously. Strain into a glass. Garnish with ½ strawberry on a cocktail stick.
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Variation:
White Lady:
2 oz. Gin
¾ oz. Each of Cointreau and Lemon juice
1 Egg White (if liked)
[Omit the grenadine and cream]
Combine the ingredients with ice, shake vigorously. Strain into a glass. Garnish with ½ strawberry on a cocktail stick.
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Champagne Cocktail - "An Affair to Remember"
Champagne 1
Ingredients:
6 parts Champagne
Splash of brown Curacao
Splash of Brandy
Splash of plain syrup
.5 tumbler of crushed ice
Directions:
Take the tumbler .5 full with ice. Add the Brown Curacao, Brandy, plain syrup and Champagne in the above order. Stir well and serve in a large wine glass.
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Champagne 2
Ingredients:
1 small lump of sugar
3-4 dashes of Angosturas Bitters
Juice of 1/4 of a lemon
4-1/2 parts of Champagne
1 slice of lemon
1 small piece of ice
Directions:
Soak the lump of sugar in the Angosturas Bitters. Squeeze teh juice of the lemon into a wine glass and add the saturated sugar. Then add the piece of ice and fill up with Champagne. Serve with a slice of lemon. This is an excellent pick-me-up.
Please note that when making Champagne cocktails of any description, be careful to have a bottle of Champagne on ice, and to keep it well corked. About 6-8 cocktails can be made with a bottle of Champagne.
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Gibson - "North by Northwest"
Ingredients:
2.0 oz. Gin
0.5 oz. Dry Vermouth
Directions:
Fill a mixing glass with ice and add gin and dry vermouth. Stir and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a pearl onion. If you want a drier drink use less vermouth in proportion to the gin.
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Variation:
Vodka Gibson:
2.0 oz. Vodka
0.5 oz. Dry Vermouth
Add ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir and strain into chilled glass. Garnish with a pearl onion.
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Cary Grant - A couple of classy drinks named after a classy guy!
Cary Grant 1
Ingredients:
1 shot of vodka
1 shot of Tia Maria
Juice of 1 lime
Ice cubes
Directions:
Mix in an old fashioned tumbler
Comments:
It is said that the drink is named after CG because apparently it was what he drank.
However, I don't know if that is true? But it does have a rating of 9.5.
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Cary Grant 2
Ingredients:
1.5 shots of Luksosowa (Polish potato vodka)
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon fine sugar
Splash of Tio Pepe Spanish dry sherry
Ice cubes
Wedge of Lime for Garnish
Directions:
Fill a mixing glass with ice, add ingredients, shake well and serve in a chilled martini glass, with a wedge of lime for garnish.
Comment:
Apparently CG ordered this one at the 21 Club. It seemed he liked gimlets but thought they were too sweet so the barman was asked by him to try this variation.
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