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It’s Been A Long Week: La Piscine’s Sunsetchill

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, La Piscine.

As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.

WHAT

La Piscine’s Sunsetchill
Record highs call for record-making beverages, and La Piscine‘s new summer drink menu includes a round of heavy-hitters sure to cool down any fiery day. Don’t be discouraged by its name though, the NYC rooftop spot’s Sunsetchill delivers its relaxing promise—with sweet fruit and warm whisky—no matter the hour.

HOW

Ingredients:

  • 1.75 oz. George Dickle Rye
  • 4.5 cups Passion fruit puree
  • 2.25 cups Sugar
  • 1.25 cups Fresh lime juice
  • 1 Red Thai chili
  • Splash of Ginger ale

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Seagram’s, George Dickel Rye, Domino.

THEN

In a blender, puree lime juice, chili, sugar, and frozen passion fruit. Strain through a chinois. Combine rye and 2 oz. of passion chili puree into a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into glass with a splash of ginger ale and serve with lime garnish.

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It’s Been A Long Week: Arriba Margarita

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Arriba.

As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.

WHAT

Hotel Americano’s Arriba Margarita
What was once SNOBHotel Americano‘s rooftop restaurant with high-expectations in New York—is now Arriba. A concept lounge for the winter, the venue extends over its predecessor’s baby blue for a sky-high joint with a downtown feel. For those missing the heat (and on a day like today, how could you not?) this ginger margarita with its host’s name is generously recommended.

HOW

Ingredients:

  • 1.75 oz. Jose Cuervo Tequila Tradicional
  • 1.75 oz. Ginger lime puree
  • 0.5 oz. Cointreau
  • Hibiscus chili

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Cointreau, Jose Cuevero.

THEN

In a small saucepan, combine ginger, lime juice, and a pinch of sugar and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes. Let cool to warm, then puree in a blender. Combine 1.75 oz. of puree with the Cointreau and tequila. Shake and server over ice in a glass with a chili rim.

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It’s Been a Long Week: La Piscine’s Peligrosa

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Image: Essential Homme, La Piscine

As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.

WHAT

La Piscine’s Peligrosa
Post-Frieze drinks go-to (and rest-of-the-year hotspot) in New York City, Hotel Americano recently opened its sexy rooftop restaurant and poolside bar, La Piscine. As our own personal sort of cheers, we’re saying welcome back to the neighborhood with a full glass pitcher of La Piscine’s Peligrosa, a refreshing resurrection from the sweltering sun with its own tease of heat.

HOW

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Citadelle Gin
  • 0.5 oz. Simple syrup
  • 1 oz. Lime juice
  • 0.5 oz. Cucumber juice
  • 1 Slice of jalapeño
  • 1 Slice of cucumber

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Image: Essential Homme, Stirrings, Citadelle, The Body Deli

THEN

Muddle jalapeño and cucumber and then add remaining ingredients. Shake vigorously and double strain over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

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It’s Been a Long Week: SNOB’s 30 Day Aged Rock & Rye From Hotel Americano

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Image: Essential Homme, Paul Wagtouicz courtesy of SNOB at The Americano.

As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.

WHAT

SNOB’s 30 Day Aged Rock & Rye
You’ve heard the words “good things take time,” but never has the phrase been so teasingly appropriate as SNOB’s 30 Day Aged Rock & Rye. Straight from the newly opened rooftop restaurant atop Hotel Americano in New York City, the classic rock and rye cocktail drink gets a holiday twist with essentials spices that—after almost a month of marinating with the drink’s other goodies—perfectly balance out the rye whiskey, citrus, sugar, and bitters.

HOW

Batched ingredients (to be placed a large mason jar for 30 days)

  • 1.25 liters of Rittenhouse Rye whiskey
  • 5 oz. of Luxardo Cherry Sangue Morlacco liqueur
  • 10 oz. of pure rock candy sugar
  • 3 meyer lemons sliced in wheels
  • 3 blood oranges sliced in wheels
  • 9 cloves
  • 5 whole star anise
  • 7 all spice
  • 3 whole cinnamon sticks

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Image: Essential Homme, Rittenhouse, Luxardo, Frontier, Nettleton Hollow, Fluster Buster, Wise Geek, 

THEN

Place all of the ingredients in a mason jar for 30 days. After this period has ended, strain out all raw items. To serve, pour 3.5 oz. of the recipe into a mixing glass with ice and stir for 30 seconds. Strain over rocks glass with one large ice block. Add two dashes of angostura bitters and garnish with fresh orange wheel and a maraschino cherry.