LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2020

BASICS

SHAKEN OR STIRRED? There’s an easy rule for that. Straight spirit cocktails like Martinis and Manhattans are always stirred. Got juice, eggs or dairy? Get shaking.

Cocktail classics + Brush up on the basics for making classic cocktails, then experiment with fresh summery flavour twists—you’ll be whipping up drinks like a pro before you know it.

Classics never get old. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be updated. Even the most tried-and-true recipes can be tweaked to include new ingredients and flavours that suit the summer season a little better. Bartenders riff off classic cocktails all the time because they’re made according to well-tested formulas and have “good bones,” making them the perfect foundation for creative expression. Here are six essentials from the cocktail canon, offered up two ways—in their traditional form and with a fresh and contemporary twist.

By Christine Sismondo | photography by darren kemper

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FOOD & DRINK SUMMER 2020