If you are a fan of AMC’s hit drama “Mad Men,” you are probably stoked for the premiere of the seventh and final season this Sunday night. You may even be planning a fancy party with fellow fans of the show in which you dress up like Don Draper and company and sip on classy cocktails. That’s where we come in. Below you’ll find five excellent whiskey and gin options to serve up at your gathering that will make everyone feel as fine and sophisticated as the folks at Sterling Cooper & Partners. Stir them up and enjoy.
DON’S OLD FASHIONED
Ingredients:
1 ½ parts Jim Beam Black® Bourbon
2 dashes bitters
Water
Cherry
Orange slice
Lemon wedge
Sugar
Preparation:
In an old-fashioned glass, place 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 2 dashes bitters dissolved in water. Fill with ice. Pour 1-1/2 parts Jim Beam® Bourbon; add cherry, orange slice and lemon wedge.
THE MAD MAN MANHATTAN
Ingredients:
2 parts Jim Beam Black® Bourbon
1 part Averna
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Preparation:
Garnish with a cherry.
STERLING’S SMOOTH & SOUR
Ingredients:
2 parts Jim Beam Black® Bourbon
1 part amaretto liqueur
1 part triple sec
2 parts sour mix
2 parts lemon-lime soda
Preparation:
Serve shaken in a tall glass with cracked ice. Garnish with a squeeze of lemon.
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TANQUERAY EXTRA DRY MARTINI
Ingredients:
1.25 oz Tanqueray No. Ten
2-4 dashes Dry French Vermouth
Preparation:
Pour vermouth over ice into mixing glass, roll around then strain out. Add Tanqueray No. Ten and stir. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a small pitted Spanish cocktail olive.
TANQUERAY FITTY FITTY
Ingredients:
1 oz. Tanqueray No. Ten
1 oz. Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
1 Dash Angostura Orange Bitters
Preparation:
Stir until very cold and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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