Inviting friends over to watch the Oscars? Make it a theme night…as in Cocktails.

2018 marks ninety years of Oscars and this year’s show will be one of the most-watched in the program’s history due to an excess of outstanding nominations including The Darkest Hour, Lady Bird, and Get Out.

Piper Heidsieck Cuvee Brut is the official Champagne this year, and while we’ll recommend a glass of Piper any day of the week, you might want to peruse your other beverage options while watching at home, or in a bar. Ask your mixologist to whip up one of these scrumptious concoctions or make it yourself at home. Either way, the prize goes to the person holding the tastiest cocktail.

The Red Carpet

Created by Josh at Bathtub, Seattle, Washington

Ingredients:
1 oz. Templeton Rye 6 Year
1 oz. PAMA
1 oz. Maple, Tamarind, Sumac Syrup
1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1 Dash Scrappy’s Cardamom Bitters

Method:
Shake hard & double-strain into a rocks glass. Top off with fresh ice and garnish with a small section of pomegranate.

Call Me By Your Bellini

Created by Whitney Adams, actor and former sommelier

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz white peach puree
1 1/2 Lillet rosé
4 1/2 oz chilled Prosecco

Method:
Stir in mixing glass. Pour in juice glass a la Harry’s Bar in Venice and add a twist of lemon.

And The Oscar Goes To (Mocktail)

Ingredients:
2 oz. Seedlip Garden 108
1 oz. cloudy apple juice
1/4 oz. simple syrup
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
Dash of apple cider vinegar
Drop of egg white

Method:
Dry shake all ingredients, add ice, strain, pour into a coupe glass and garnish with a sprig of rosemary.

The Churchill

 Ingredients:
3/4 oz. Silent Pool Gin
4 oz. Sparkling Wine
1/8 oz. Chamomile Tea
A dash of Elderflower cordial
A sugar cube doused with Angostura bitters

Method:
Add all ingredients into a champagne flute, squeeze lemon peel over the top.

Fame

Created by Tyler Levey, Manager at Avion in Los Angeles, California

Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Avion silver
1 Fresh carrot juice
½ oz. Ginger syrup
¼ oz. Simple
½ oz. Fresh Orange
½ oz. Fresh lemon

Red Carpet Mule (Mocktail)

Ingredients:
2 oz. Seedlip Spice 94
3/4 oz. Fresh ginger syrup
1/2 oz. Fresh lime juice
4 oz. Club soda

Method:
Shake all ingredients (except the soda), strain over fresh ice and pour into a highball glass, top with soda and garnish with fresh lime.

The Bourbon Age

Ingredients:
4 oz. Four Roses Bourbon
4 oz. Ginger beer

Garnish:
Lime wedge

All The Roses In The World

Ingredients:
2 oz. Silent Pool Gin
8 oz. Fever Tree Tonic
1 dash of rose water
1 dash rhubarb extract

Method:
Add all ingredients to an ice filled shaker, shake, strain and pour into glass and garnish with a rose petal.

The Silverscreen

Ingredients:
4 oz. Nemiroff Original Vodka
4 oz. Tonic water
1 lemon slice
1 sprig of rosemary

Garnish:
Juniper berries

Who Are You Wearing (Mocktail)?

Ingredients:
2 oz. Seedlip Garden 108
4 oz. Elderflower Tonic

Method:
Build in a highball glass and garnish with a cucumber ribbon.

Oscar’s 90^th

Created by Matt at Bathtub, Seattle, Washington

Ingredients:
2 ounces Zaya Rum
3/4 ounce Bonal Gentiane-Quina
1/4 ounce Fernet-Branca
2 Dashes Scrappy’s Chocolate Bitters
1 Dash Scrappy’s Lavender Bitters

Method:
Stir, strain, & serve up in a martini glass. Finish with ground black pepper to garnish.

Phantom Spritz

Created by Whitney Adams, actor and former sommelier

Ingredients:
3 oz. Lillet Blanc
1/2 oz. Lemon juice
1 tsp Raspberry jam
3 oz. Club Soda

Method:
Add the Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, and jam into your glass. Stir to combine. Add ice and the club soda. Finish with lemon garnish and sprigs of marjoram (or mint works too!).

Garnish:
Lemon and marjoram