Toast the "Mad Men" premiere with these retro cocktails
"Are you alone?"
That's what Don Draper (Jon Hamm) was asked by a mystery woman at the end oflast year's season finale of "Mad Men." Now, with the show returning Sunday night, we'll (maybe) find out the answer.
The show's sixth season kicks off with a two-hour premiere beginning at 9 p.m. ET on AMC. Reviews have been solid, and fans are eager to find out what happens to Don, Megan, Peggy, Joan, Pete and the rest of the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce crew.
To get into the '60s spirit before the show starts, the folks at Beefeater Gin, Plymouth Gin and Kahlua Midnight have suggested a series of retro-inspired cocktails. Read on for the recipes:
London Fog
1-1/2 oz Beefeater Gin
1/4 oz Pernod Absinthe
Put a martini glass in the freezer for five minutes to chill. Place all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds and then strain into the prepared glass; serve immediately.
French 75
1-1/2 oz Plymouth Gin
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with lemon twist.
Midnight White Russian
1/2 oz Kahlua Midnight
1 oz heavy cream
Pour vodka, coffee liqueur, and heavy cream into cocktail glass over ice. Stir well.
Pumped Up Pina Colada
1 oz coconut milk
1 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz Kahlua Midnight
4 tablespoon white sugar
8 cubes ice
In a blender, combine coconut milk, pineapple juice, Kahlua Midnight, sugar and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into Tiki glass, and serve immediately. Garnish with umbrella.
Classic Negroni
1 oz Beefeater Gin
1 oz Campari
1 oz sweet vermouth
Pour all ingredients into a rocks glass over ice, stir and garnish with an orange wedge.
Mad Men Midnight
2 oz Kahlua Midnight
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
Top with Coca-Cola
1 lime
Fill a Collins glass with ice. Add Kahlua Midnight and lime juice, and top off with Coca-Cola and stir. Rub rim of glass with lime wedge, and garnish drink with a lime wedge.
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