The Pendleton Cocktail

Memorial day is this Monday and if you're wondering what cocktails to serve at you're barbecue why not try  a refreshing drink called the Pendleton. It's not just a woolen jacket the Beach Boys wore on their album covers but a new, light and refreshing creation I came up with last week made in the old style as a result of a cocktail contest I was in.

It came about last Monday night at the Orange County Bartenders Cabinet meeting in Seal Beach at 320 Main where several of us bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts gather once a month to educate consumers and bartenders about using fresh ingredients and quality spirits for better tasting cocktails. There were two representatives from Infinium Spirits that were introducing some of the product line and part of the fun that night was to have a contest between the bartenders to craft his or her own specialty drink using the manufactures spirits and mixers.

Being a gin man I used the Bafferts Gin that is very tasty without a lot of flavor of the botanicals. Also since we live in the land of sunshine I decided to use fresh squeezed orange and lemon juices along with a little Cointreau and the result was eye opening. We also had to come up with a name for it so my friend Mark Barclay and I happen to be wearing Pendleton's that night and decided that's what it will be called. Sadly I didn't win the contest but you and you're guests will think it's a winner, try it and let me know what you think.

Cheers,

John Apodaca
john@daddyosmartinis.com

The Pendleton Cocktail 


1 1/2 oz of Gin
1/2 oz of fresh squeezed orange Juice
1/2 oz of fresh squeezed lemon Juice
1/2 oz of Cointreau

Shake very hard and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.