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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