The Douglas Club crafts McQueen-inspired menu
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen is the inspiration for four new cocktails at The Douglas Club.
The Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street has partnered with the National Gallery of Victoria to celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse”.
The Hilton’s Douglas Club tasked Australian bartender of the year Nick Tesar to make four cocktails inspired by the work of Alexander McQueen. The cocktails will be available for the duration of the exhibition.
The Deliverance is a bitter and sweet whiskey-based creation. The Evolution & Existence is styled after the gin sour, and has a non-alcoholic counterpart in the Mythos. The low-alcohol option is the Muse, a whiskey-based spritz featuring Gospel Solera Rye and Marionette Orange Curaçao.
Find three of the recipes below.
Deliverance
Ingredients:
- 60ml Starward Nova
- 10ml honey syrup
- 10ml sweet wine
- 15ml filtered water
- 2 dash orange bitters
Directions:
- Combine in batch
- Pour over ice to serve
Evolution & Existence
Ingredients:
- 35ml Melbourne Gin Company Gin
- 15ml Marionette Peach Liqueur
- 10ml dry vermouth (Tesar recommends Maidenii)
- 15ml raspberry verjus
- 10ml lemon juice
- 4 drops Wonderfoam
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients in tins and shake with ice
- Strain into glass and garnish with a dusting of crystalised rose over a butterfly stencil
Mythos
Ingredients:
- 30ml Seedlip Grove
- 15ml The Curious Cabinet White Peach Shrub
- 10ml Lyre’s Dry Vermouth
- 20ml raspberry verjus
- 10ml lemon juice
- 4 drops Wonderfoam
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients in tins and shake with ice
- Strain into a Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a dusting of crystalised rose over a butterfly stencil
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