Bartenders use the new production of “Tales of Hoffman” for inspiration

On Wednesday myself and some local bartenders took part in a fun collaboration with NYC’s Metropolitan Opera to present cocktails to their Young Donors prior to the opening on the booze-fueled opera “Tales of Hoffman”. Bartenders from Ryehouse, Eleven Madison Park, Death & Co, Clover Club, Flatiron Lounge, and Porterhouse presented cocktails inspired by the opera. A team of four esteemed judges, Peter Gelb (Managing Director of The Metropolitan Opera)
Mariusz Kwiecien (starring in Carmen at the Met), Allen Katz (Southern Wine & Spirits and mastermind of the cocktail challenge) and Gary Regan (Ardent Spirits/ cocktail author). Lynnette Marrero, beverage consultant for Ryehouse took home the prize in this friendly challenge and will get to see much more opera in 2010 for her hard work. Here’s the recipes from the event. (Thanks to Selena from the Dizzy Fizz for snapping pics, you can read her roundup from the other side of the bar here)

KLEINZACH PUNCH (Ryehouse)
1 oz soda
4 sugarcubes
1/2 oz Carpano Antica
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Cherry Heering
1/4 oz ginger syrup
1 oz Cognac
1 oz Bols Genever
1/2 tsp All-spice Dram
2 dash angostura bitters
champagne
Combine all ingredients over ice and top with champagne

FRANTZ’S MOMENT (Raines Law Room)
2 dash orange bitters
1/2 oz fresh lemon
1/2 oz Licor 43
3/4 oz Dolin dry vermouth
1 1/2 oz Plymouth gin
Combine all ingredients in a shakers, shake with ice, strain into rosewater rinsed chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon and orange zest.

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