Vote for the best drink created for TDN: Beat the Heat

by Stevi Deter on August 8, 2009

It may have been record-setting hot all over the country, but in our heads we were cool while trying out these new cocktails. Here are the top drinks created for TDN: Beat the Heat. Now it’s up to you to keep a cool head while voting for who will win a bottle of Colonel Tiki’s Cinnamon Syrup!

Memories of Rita

  • 1.5 oz Tanqueray gin
  • 0.75 oz triple sec
  • 0.75 oz lemon juice
  • 0.75 oz lime juice
  • 0.25 oz simple syrup

Blend with crushed ice while thinking wistfully of Heyworth’s face.

Zadar Novara

  • 1.5 oz gin
  • 0.75 oz lime
  • 0.5 oz simple
  • 1 tsp Campari
  • 1 tsp maraschino liqueur
  • 6 mint leaves and one sprig

muddle the mint, shake, double strain. slap the sprig of mint over your drink to release the oils

Zombie in Heat

  • 1 oz Amber Trinidad rum
  • 1 oz London Dry Gin
  • 1 oz Tequila Blanco
  • 1 oz Grapefruit juice
  • 1 oz Lime juice
  • 1 oz Orange juice
  • 0.5oz pimento dram
  • 0.5oz cinnamon syrup
  • 0.5oz Falernum
  • 0.5oz Lemon Hart 151
  • 2 dashes aromatic bitters

blend with ice while wondering if zombies exist in cooler climes.

Mezcalernum

  • 1 oz Mezcal
  • 1 oz Falernum
  • 0.5 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 1 tsp Agave Syrup.

Shake & strain over crushed ice, garnish with mint

Bahia Rose

  • 2 oz Abelha Cachaca
  • 1 oz Aperol
  • 1 oz fresh ruby grapefruit
  • 0.5 oz fresh lime
  • 0.5 oz simple syrup.

Shake and pour in saucer filled with crushed ice.Garnish grapefruit rose.

Be sure to vote by Monday!

What was the best drink created for TDN: Beat the Heat?

  • Bahia Rose (36%, 4 Votes)
  • Zombie in Heat (27%, 3 Votes)
  • Mezcalernum (18%, 2 Votes)
  • Memories of Rita (9%, 1 Votes)
  • Zadar Novara (10%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 11

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