Mad Men Cocktails

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The fourth season of AMC's Mad Men is premiering this Sunday, July 25th.  These retro cocktails are a great way to kick off the new season.  Enjoy them in style with our Simon Pearce barware.

Ascutney Double Old-Fashioned Glass

Old Fashioned

Ingredients

• 2 dashes aromatic bitters

• ½ tsp sugar dissolved with water and bitters

• 1½ oz of bourbon

• 1 cherry

• 1 orange slice

• 1 lemon wedge

Instructions

Fill glass with ice. Add cherry, orange slice and lemon wedge. Pour in bourbon. Serve in a rocks glass over ice.

Hartland Martini

Classic Martini

Ingredients

• 2½ oz vodka

• 1½ oz dry vermouth

• 3 Green Olives

Instructions

Rinse martini glass in dry vermouth and pour out. Shake vodka with ice until chilled. Pour into martini glass, add olives.

Tall Hartland Glass

Manhattan

Ingredients

• 1¾ oz bourbon

• ¾ oz of sweet vermouth

• 1 dash of aromatic bitters

• 1 maraschino cherry

Instructions

Pour bitters, liquors over ice in mixing glass. Stir and strain into martini glass, garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Ascutney Tumbler

Ingredients

• 1½ oz vodka

• 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce

• 1 tsp horseradish

• Tomato or Clamato juice

• 4 dashes Tabasco sauce

• Celery salt

• Fresh ground pepper

• Salt

Instructions

Put all ingredients in mixing glass, shake briskly. Pour into pint glass over ice. Add a celery branch to garnish.

Photo and recipes courtesy of AMC