Bottoms up!
What's a party without drinks? Bartenders come up with cocktails to represent the different party colours. Cheers.
Name of cocktail: PAP
Colour inspiration: White for People's Action Party. By Kamil Foltan, head bartender at Tippling Club.
Ingredients
25ml lemon juice
15ml simple syrup
75ml champagne of sparkling wine, preferably Martini Brut
45ml gin, preferably Bombay Sapphire
2 pieces frozen longans, fresh or canned
Method
Pour lemon juice, simple syrup and gin into shaker and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into glass and top up with champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with frozen longans.
Name of cocktail: Triple P
Colour inspiration: Purple for People's Power Party. By Kamil Foltan, head bartender at Tippling Club.
Ingredients
45ml blended whisky, preferably Monkey Shoulder
20ml lemon juice
15ml simple syrup
15ml red wine reduction
1 egg white
Red wine reduction - ingredients
750ml Pinot Noir, or any red wine
2 pieces vanilla pod
8 pieces clove
2 pieces cinnamon stick
1 fresh orange peel
Red wine reduction method
Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to two-thirds of original volume (about 40 minutes). Strain mixture through a sieve over a bowl and discard solids. Leave red wine reduction to cool completely before refrigerating.
Method
Combine whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker without ice. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Add ice and repeat. Strain into martini glass and top up with red wine reduction.
Name of cocktail: SPP
Colour inspiration: Red and white for Singapore People's Party. By Kamil Foltan, head bartender at Tippling Club.
Ingredients
45 ml Aperol Spritz
15ml simple syrup
20ml lemon juice
1 egg white
Method
Combine lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker without ice. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Add ice and repeat. Pour Aperol Spritz into a highball glass with ice. Strain mixture in shaker over the Aperol.
Name of cocktail: Blue Singapore
Colour inspiration: Light blue for Workers' Party. By Julian Serna, Lo&Behold's group bar mentor.
Ingredients
30ml Plantation coconut washed rum
30ml Aylesbury Duck vodka
60ml pineapple juice
20ml coconut cream
20ml Blue Curacao
10ml lemon juice
Method
Pour all ingredients into a shaker and shake vigorously for about 15 seconds. Strain and pour into a highball glass. Garnish with dehydrated pineapple and cherry
Name of cocktail: Orange & Vanilla Margarita
Colour inspiration: Orange for National Solidarity Party. By Julian Serna, Lo&Behold's group bar mentor.
Ingredients
50ml Cabeza Blanco Tequila
20ml lime juice
20ml Crawley's Orange and Vanilla Syrup
5 drops orange bitters
Method
Line half the rim of a glass with salt. Pour all ingredients in a shaker, shake for 15 seconds and then strain into the salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with dehydrated orange.
Name of cocktail: Gin & Juice
Colour inspiration: Red for Singapore Democratic Party. By Julian Serna, Lo&Behold's group bar mentor.
Ingredients
30ml G' Vine Floraison
30ml Campari
90ml fresh pink grapefruit juice
Method
Build the cocktail by pouring one ingredient after the other into a highball glass. It doesn't matter which goes in first. Garnish with orange segments.
Name of cocktail: Yellow
Colour inspiration: Yellow for Reform Party. By Mark Graham Thomas, head bartender at Tapas 39.
Ingredients
45ml pisco
30ml homemade mango puree
20ml lemon
10ml spice syrup
1 egg white
Method
Pour all ingredients into a shaker and shake for 15 seconds. Strain two times before pouring in a coupe glass. Garnish with five drops of Angostura Bitters
Name of cocktail: Red and Green
Colour inspiration: Red and green for Singapore Democratic Alliance. By Mark Graham Thomas, head bartender at Tapas 39.
Ingredients
30ml gin
10ml creme de violette
10ml midori
25ml lemon juice
10ml saffron syrup
Method
Pour all ingredients into shaker and shake for 15 seconds. Strain twice before pouring into a wide fizz glass. Garnish with mint.
Name of cocktail: Royal Blue
Colour inspiration: Blue for Singaporeans First. By Mark Graham Thomas, head bartender at Tapas 39.
Ingredients
40ml gin soaked with blue pea flowers
10ml Mancino Bianco
5ml absinthe
Method
Pour all ingredients together and strain over one ice cube, before pouring into a coupe glass. No garnish needed.
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