Cocktail hour?
What’s happened to good old-fashioned cocktail hours? You know the kind: those idealized soirées with ice buckets,
cocktail shakers,
rolling cocktail carts,
fancy-aproned hostesses.
Since it’s now officially Spring and the weather is conducive to cocktail time on the patio, I wanted to bring back this tradition or at least this tradition with some delicious potent potables. (I probably won’t have a fancy apron on.)
Here’s one that I based on The Marilyn Monroe. I grabbed some peach brandy instead of apple brandy to whip this up. (A Marilyn has apple brandy for the base.)
Scarlett O’Hara Cocktail*
Ingredients
- 1 oz. peach brandy
- 4 oz. Champagne
- 1 dash grenadine
- 1 maraschino cherry
Instructions
- Add peach brandy and grenadine into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake well.
- Strain into a saucer glass and top with champagne. Garnish with Maraschino Cherries.
Serves 1
I originally wanted to entitle this a “Southern Belle” cocktail but after a quick search I found out there is a bourbon-fused drink by this name. So, who’s the most famous and Southern of all the Southern Belle’s? Of course, Scarlett herself.
Cheers!
Here’s to a great Spring Break!
(With the peach brandy and the grenadine, this is a very sweet drink. Add the champagne and it becomes a bit dangerous—just like Miss O’Hara.)
*OK—Just before posting, I googled “Scarlett O’Hara cocktail.” Alas, there is one of those as well.
Oh, well–maybe I will call this the “Carol Burnett Cocktail!!!!!”
Comments & Replies
12 responses to “Southern Belle*”
A beautiful cocktail. I love those old-fashioned style drinks. Cheers!
Thank you Lea Ann. Wish I had researched the name a bit better! 🙂
Not a cocktail drinker, but the shakers look fun and I like the sounding of a peach brandy based drink.
I love vintage things! 🙂
Mmmm, this looks good. Very creative and refreshing. I’m all for bringing back cocktail hour! 🙂
Yep, me too!
When Bobby and I were still working we had cocktail hour every Friday at 5. Now that we’re both retired, we have it anytime we get the craving. Love having a cocktail on a Monday at 3. 🙂 Love the Scarlet O’Hara Cocktail!
Some days do require a cocktail after work!
That’s one great cocktail! Cocktail hours most days at 5:00 here, keeping the cocktail hour alive and well, even though it seems vanished most places! 🙂 Love the Carol Burnett name too, funny!
Yep, cocktail hour must be kept alive, Pam!
That is too funny, I also did a bubbly cocktail for spring. I think we should get together and swap cocktails and try the mall, looks great.
A swapping cocktail party sounds amazing!