Spring St. Cocktail

The Spring St. Cocktail came about as the result of a challenge. When I first started at The Cork & Keg, the manager at the time wanted to see what my creative skills were like in a minimalist environment. I was handed a bottle of pear liqueur he wanted to get rid of and a bottle of orgeat that he had no idea how to use.

He asked me to create something to get rid of both of them. The result was a cocktail of vodka, pear, almond, lemon, and soda that became a staple on our house menu and would stick around for years to come.

Spring St. Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Vodka

• .5 oz Merlet Crème de Poire William (pear liqueur)

• .5 oz Orgeat Syrup

• .5 oz Lemon Juice

• 1 oz soda water to top

• lemon peel

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients except for the soda into a cocktail shaker with ice

2. Shake vigorously for 10 - 15 seconds

3. Double strain into a short martini glass.

4. Top with soda

5. Express lemon peel over the drink, rub the peel along the rim of the glass, then drop into the drink

6. Enjoy!