Learn to make these cocktails for National Cocktail Day

Welcome Wrl out and about fans

My name is paige stroud and I am with the

beverage team for Perry's steakhouse and grille here in bar

79 is where we create our handcrafted cocktails and to

celebrate national cocktail day

I'm going to show you two of those cocktails today

One a lighter cocktail and one a little bit more

spirit forward

So we're gonna begin with our lighter cocktail today which

is a take on a classic bee's knees

So we use empress jen for our lavender be mine

So in christian is used with botanicals that are unique

such as pea blossom flower

So the pea blossom flower gives it this beautiful indigo

natural color as well

Dry care sell soap your friend

We choose to use peer friend here because it is

utilized with brandy and pure friend cognac

But really at home you can use any orange decor

that you choose

And then to be a true these days you have

to have lemon juice honey water

So honey is really essential to a bee's knees

And at home you can do a 2 to 1

ratio of honey and water or you can do a

11 really

It just depends on how sweet you want your cocktail

And then we kind of mix it up with a

little bit of lavender

So that's a fun little take on this cocktail and

then we're gonna shape

So we should actually shake for about 20 seconds

But if you have a strong shake really what you're

looking for is to hear the dilution and your cocktail

So once you hear more of the fluid and there

it is

Breaking up a little bit

All right And you see that beautiful lavender color that

really comes from that empress

But really you can use whatever jin at home you

choose whatever is your favorite

So we prefer the in question here and then we

garnish with a lemon twist heart and at home really

make it simple

You could do just a classic lemon twist

So our lavender be mind pairs beautifully with our beef

and blue

So crostini with bacon marmalade and beef tenderloin and blue

cheese crumbles really pairs lovely

And speaking of great food and drink combinations now we're

going to get into our spirit forward cocktails our hog

hat

So it is a classic take on a Manhattan

We're going to do a 2-1 ratio of redemption right

And sweet for muth

And to add a little bit more fun to this

cocktail

We garnish it with our house made barbecue sauce

So you can take a little brush

It just makes it a little cleaner

But or you can slap it on your at home

Have fun with it brush on that barbecue sauce

And then we're gonna roll it and sugar in the

bra

and then you add your ice

And you're gonna stir

We suggest you stir for 30 seconds

But really you're just wanting that proper dilution

And then at home if you're ever wondering what should

I stir and what should I shake for a cocktail

there's an easy trick

So anything with citrus you should shake anything all spirits

you serve so really easy citrus shake the spirit stir

And I think we have got that proper dilution

So our take on a tragic Manhattan and here comes

the fun part

We garnish with our pork chop bites and Luzardo cherries

to add a little fun flair and it really goes

great together yep

That's pretty delicious

If you feel like celebrating a little bit more of

the national cocktail day you can come and join us

Crabtree terrace across from the mall of Glenwood Avenue

And then in april we're featuring her lavender be mine

in our martini trio with our time

Lemon drop and cucumber blueberry

So these cocktails are really simple but they're crafted beautifully

to impress your friends

So enjoy those cocktails either with us or at home