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It’s Been A long Week: La Vanille Espresso Martini

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 yourself a glass or two, on us — you deserve it.

It’s that point in the month when you absolutely need something stronger, and that’s where an espresso martini comes in. A metropolitan legacy and simply a yummy drink, it’s sure to start off your night with a buzz. Grey Goose offers a vanilla take on the classic cocktail at The Sportsman’s Club in Chicago. But in case you’re not able to make it, we’ve got you covered with the recipe you can easily repeat yourself:

Ingredients:

1.5 parts Grey Goose La Vanille
1 part single origin espresso
3/4 parts premium coffee liqueur
optional Fleur de Sel and vanilla bean

Method:

Add all ingredients together in a shaker and shake vigorously
Strain and serve in a chilled martini glass
Optional garnish of vanilla bean resting on the rim

Cheers!

It’s Been A Long Week: Honey Deuce

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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 yourself a glass or two, on us — you deserve it.

The US Open helps ease the pain of that bittersweet end-of-summer time. World class tennis and cocktails? With Serena William’s fairytale comeback and Roger Federer’s stunning performance, you absolutely need the official vodka cocktail of tennis week. Grey Goose offers the perfect remedy: refreshing and equipped with tennis balls and all. The Grandstand bar will even serve frozen cocktails beyond the Grey Goose stands at the stadium. But no matter whether your best seats are in house or on your couch, the Honey Deuce is a must and we have an insider tip on how to make one. Three simple steps and voila!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 oz Grey Goose Vodka
3 oz fresh lemonade
1/2 oz raspberry liqueur
1 or more honeydew melon balls

Method:

Fill a chilled Collins glass with ice
Add vodka
Top with fresh lemonade and raspberry liqueur
Garnish with a skewer of 1 or multiple frozen honeydew melon balls (** Place honeydew melon in freezer beforehand, then scoop out with melon baller to create melon balls)

Cheers!

It’s Been a Long Week: Blueberry Ginger Mule

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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 yourself a glass or two, on us— you deserve it.

It’s officially the month of long weekends, sweltering weekdays, music festivals, and vodka boozin’! And we don’t mind a single bit. With a little extra time on our hands, for our happy hours we’re going to try extra hard to recreate the ultimate berry-mule, courtesy of Deep Eddy Vodka. Deep Eddy Vodka can be found in bars across festival grounds and in VIP at their signature Dive In Trailer — a retro-stylish, refurbished 1940s Spartan Trailer featuring A/C, a full bar and lounge and custom sound system. Pst, we’ve also heard that Deep Eddy Vodka is hosting a VIP Experience at Panorama Music Festival at the end of July!

Ingredients:

(By Laurie Harvey, Beverage Director of Cherry Pie Hospitality)

1 oz Deep Eddy Lemon Vodka
1 oz Deep Eddy Original Vodka
2 oz Blueberry cordial*
Goya Ginger Beer

Method:

Combine all ingredients with in a copper mug filled with crushed ice.

*Blueberry Cordial:

1 lb. frozen blueberries

Zest and juice of 1 lemon and 1 orange

2 cups sugar

1 tsp vanilla

¼ cup white vinegar

Directions: Combine all ingredients in saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and blueberries burst. Cool and strain.

Cheers!

Cîroc Launches Cîroc VS Brandy for Summer

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Just in time for summer, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs releases CÎROC VS Fine French Brandy, the latest addition to the premium vodka empire. The new brandy is a modern take on a French classic using some of the best southern French grapes, copper pot stills for distillation, and French oak barrels for maturation, all under the direction of Master Distiller Jean-Sébastien Robicquet. The result is a very special (the VS part of the name, clever right?) blend with notes of fresh fruit, vanilla, and a hint of the oak. The brandy can be enjoyed on the rocks or to add some flavor to a signature cocktail. Sip and enjoy~

CÎROC VS Fine French Brandy is be available for $35.99 at select retailers in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Detroit and Las Vegas and on reservebar.com.

It’s Been A Long Week: Invision

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As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we (once again) 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

Who said you can’t drink vodka with your dinner? Specially approved by Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse, the newest in the Grey Goose family—Vodka Gastronomique celebrates that exact notion that vodka can and should be enjoyed alongside a hearty meal. Blacktail’s head bartender Jesse Vida whipped up a special vodka cocktail that perfectly pairs with a light appetizer en lieu of a traditional aperitivo. It’s the perfectly spicy spring cocktail sprinkled with pepper on top.

Chef Roxanne Spruance at Kingsley in Alphabet City worked alongside Vida to pair his exquisite cocktails with a perfect meal. Spruance suggests amuse pairing Invision with light appetizers like oysters or cured duck on rye cracker.

Photo by Sofia Corti Maderna

HOW

Ingredients:

2 Dashes Smoked Black Peppercorn Tincture
.5oz Lemon
.25oz Rich Cane Syrup
1oz Grey Goose Interpreted by Ducasse vodka

Smoked Black Pepper Tincture Recipe

Mix 3 tbls of ground pepper and 500 mls of Everclear (or another high proof neutral spirit) in an air tight container and let sit at room temp. for 72 hours. Strain through cheese cloth or coffee filter, mix with 500 mls of water, bottle and store at room temp.

THEN

Build all ingredients into a shaker tin. Shake, double strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with fresh cracked black pepper

Cheers!

It’s Been a Long Week: Les Visionnaires

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Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Grey Goose La Poire.

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

Les Visionnaires

Whether rooting for “Moonlight” to snatch Best Picture away from “La La Land,” or for Viola Davis to finally grab her long-awaited gold, this year’s Oscars are sure to give you all the nail-biting anxiety of a brooding David Fincher flick. Ease your way into film’s cutthroat season with Les Visionnaires from Grey Goose, inspired by the allure of the Hollywood Hills themselves and guaranteed to have you seeing stars.

HOW

Ingredients:

1.5 parts Grey Goose La Poire
0.75 parts Fresh lemon juice
0.5 parts Sage simple syrup
2 parts Cedron Tea
1 spritz Fresh cut grass essence

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Supremo, P&J Trading, and Grey Goose La Poire.

THEN

Combine ingredients, shake, and strain over fresh ice cubes into a Collins glass. Spritz the cut grass essence overtop before garnishing with a stirrer and wheatgrass.

It’s Been a Long Week: Ketel One Vodka Spiced Winter Cider

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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

Ketel One Vodka Spiced Winter Cider

An icy cocktail with a crisp bite, Ketel One Vodka‘s Spiced Winter Cider is a refreshingly sweet treat that’ll take the edge off any family gathering this holiday season.

HOW

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. Ketel One Vodka
1 oz. Fresh pressed apple cider
0.5 oz. Fresh lemon juice
0.75 oz. Cinnamon simple syrup
2-3 dashes Aromatic bitters
Ginger beer

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Ketel One, Keep It Simple, White House, Kosher Select, Angostura, and Bickford’s.

THEN

Combine first six ingredients in a mixing glass and dry shake for 30 seconds. Add ice and shake again. Strain into a Mason jar filled with ice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and a red apple slice.

It’s Been a Long Week: Snowball Fight

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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

Snowball Fight

Hot chocolate may be delicious, but if you really want to warm up this holiday season sip on a Snowball Fight from Absolut—it’s a minty refresher that is sure to get your fingers tingling.

HOW

Ingredients:

2 parts Absolut
0.5 oz. Almond milk
0.5 oz. Lemon juice
0.5 oz. Lime juice
0.5 oz. Peppermint syrup
1.5 oz. Club soda

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME,, Absolut, Le Sirop de Monin, Canada Dry, and Blue Diamond Almonds.

THEN

Combine all ingredients, except soda, in a cocktail shaker. Dry shake until emulsified, then add ice and shake until cold. Coat the outside of a globe with a lemon wedge and then coat overtop with superfine sugar. Strain cocktail into the globe and top with soda.

It’s Been A Long Week: Hangar 1 Honey Dew + Mint

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Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Hangar 1.

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

Hangar 1 Honey Dew + Mint
Fire up the BBQ and open the picnic basket: Summer comes a-knocking in this delightfully refreshing, fruit-based cocktail from Hangar 1 Vodka.

HOW

Ingredients:

12 cups Honeydew
1.5 c. Simple syrup
1.5 oz. Hangar 1 Straight Vodka
1 oz. Sparkling water
0.5 oz. Lime juice
5 Mint sprigs

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Hangar 1 Vodka. Stirrings, San Pellegrino.

THEN

Cut 12 cups of honeydew into 1-inch cubes to puree. Seperately, heat mint sprigs with simple syrup (in a 1:1, water to sugar ratio) for mint syrup. Combine 2 oz. of honeydew puree with 0.5 oz. of finished syrup with lime, water, and vodka and serve over ice. Garnish with additional mint and lime wedge as needed.

It’s Been A Long Week: Grey Goose Bitter Revenge

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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

Grey Goose Bitter Revenge
Ready for the 88th Academy Awards, this vengeful Grey Goose cocktail is inspired by the TV show “Revenge” and film “The Revenant” and—with its rouge color and bitter finish—will have any and every critic in full applause.

HOW

Ingredients:

2 parts Grey Goose vodka
2 parts Fresh pomegranate juice
2 parts Fresh blood orange juice
0.3 parts Fresh lemon juice
0.3 parts Martini Bitter

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Grey Goose, Martini Bitter.

THEN

Shake and double strain into coupe. Garnish with a blood orange wheel floating within drink.

It’s Been A Long Week: Pear Madcap

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Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Four Seasons The Biltmore Santa Barbara.

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

Pear Madcap from the Four Seasons The Biltmore Santa Barbara
Straight from the Four Seasons The Biltmore Santa Barbara‘s seaside hotspot, Ty Lounge, mixologist Joshua Burrey couples quirky cocktails with the watering hole’s well-known Spanish tapas. Refreshingly simple, Burrey’s Pear Madcap is a light concoction that will have you scrolling back up—or, even better, making a trip out west—for a refill.

HOW

Ingredients:

2 oz. St. George Green Chile vodka
1 oz. Lime juice
1 sprig rosemary
1 sliced pear
0.5 oz. Simple syrup
Rekorderlig pear cider to top

Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Stirrings, Rekorderlig, St. George.

THEN

Muddle rosemary with simple syrup and then add green chile vodka and lime juice. Shake all ingredients and strain into a stemmed cider glass. Top with Rekorderlig pear cider and a pear slice to garnish.

It’s Been A Long Week: Mr. Purple’s Bottled Moscow Mule

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Image: Essential Homme, Mr. Purple.

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

Mr. Purple’s Bottled Moscow Mule
It’s been said that good things take time. Point and case? Mr. Purple, the long-awaited, pool-equipped, bar and restaurant that sits sexily smack in the middle of the brand new Hotel Indigo Lower East Side in New York. Proof with even more fun: the trendy spot’s Bottled Moscow Mule, an infectious and fresh citrus update on the classic vodka cocktail, given just a bit more time to percolate.

HOW

Ingredients:

3 oz. Water
1.75 oz. Stolichnaya Vodka
0.75oz. Simple syrup
0.5 oz. Fresh ginger juice
3/8 oz. Fresh lime juice

Image: Essential Homme, Boxed Water Is Better, STIRRINGS, Stolichnaya Vodka.

THEN

Combine ingredients, chill, and carbonate. Bottle in 187ml glass bottles. Cap and refrigerate.