Drink Up: Film Inspired Drinks from Hendrick’s
Film Stirred
Sometimes the best way to escape the Summer heat is in your air conditioned home watching movies with your friends. We were inspired by some films we watched while doing just that and created this Movies and a Drink playlist of sorts.
Pretty in Pink Gin Fizz
Inspired by one of the greatest movies of all time (totally not hyperbole!), Pretty In Pink, this cocktail will whisk you away to a time when someone may have thought Molly Ringwald’s dress was gorgeous and Jon Cryer was our not-so-secret dream boy we wanted to take out of the friendzone.
Ingredients:
• 2 ounces orange juice
• 1 1/4 ounces Hendrick’s Gin
• 1 tablespoon Simple Syrup
• 4 ounces fresh pink grapefuit juice
• Seltzer
Directions:
1. In a glass, pour orange juice over ice
2. In another glass, combine Hendrick’s Gin, simple syrup, and pink grapefruit juice
3. Slowly pour over orange juice
4. Top with seltzer
Romeo+Julep
OK, we take it back, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet was probably the best movie ever made and the love story was the best ever told. You’ll fall instantly in love with this drink inspired by the moment you fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio for the millionth time.
Ingredients:
• 4 fresh mint sprigs
• 2 1/2 oz Hendrick’s Gin
• 1 tsp powdered sugar
• 2 tsp water
Directions:
1. Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass
2. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add Hendrick’s Gin
3. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig
4. Serve with a straw
Red Riding Basil Smash
In this swell of summer, watching Red Riding Hood, a movie that takes place in the dead of winter, is just what the Mixologist ordered.
Ingredients:
• One bunch of fresh, red basil, save one leaf for garnish
• 1/2 of a lemon
• 2/3 ounce of simple syrup (sweeten to taste)
• 3 ounces of Hendrick’s Gin
Directions:
1. Stuff a bunch of basil into a shaker followed by a half of a lemon cut into four pieces
2. Add the simple syrup and muddle the lemon and the basil, smashing the ingredients and squeezing all of the juice from the the lemon
3. Add Hendrick’s Gin and lots of ice
4. Shake vigorously until very cold
5. Double-strain into a rocks glass filled with ice, squeezing every bit of liquid through a fine mesh strainer with bar spoon
6.
Give the glass a stir and add more ice if necessary
7. Garnish with a basil leaf
Midnight in Paris 75
Inspired by Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and the French 75 cocktail created at the New York Bar in Paris circa 1915, the drink has such a kick to it that you’ll feel like you’ve entered Woody’s mind. Trust us, it’s a place you want to be.
Ingredients:
• 1.25 oz Hendrick’s Gin
• 1/4 oz. simple syrup (or 2 tsp. superfine sugar)
• 1/4 oz. lemon juice
• Champagne or other dry sparkling wine
Directions:
1. Combine Hendrick’s Gin, sugar, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice
2. Shake vigorously and strain into an iced champagne glass
3. Fill with Champagne
4. Garnish with a twist of lemon
Iron White Lady
Meryl Streep’s portrayal of Margaret Thatcher inspired this drink. Strong willed but a little bit sweet, the cocktail most popularly known as the White Lady, seemed like the perfect compliment to the life of the first female Prime Minister of England.
Ingredients:
• Two parts Hendrick’s Gin
• One part Cointreau
• One part lemon juice
Directions:
1. Mix the ingredients in a shaker half full of ice
2. Strain and serve in a sugar-rimmed glass
3. Garnish with a strip of lemon rind
*This post was sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin