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Here’s A Cocktail Named After A 1960s-Era Sculpture In Flushing Meadows Corona Park

So Jen wanted a rum cocktail this evening and I was flipping through the Jones’ Complete Barguide, going back and forth between the index and names of things that didn’t sound too ridiculous (you assume “Goat’s Delight” will be heinous but it’s actually much less bizarre than the “Mae West,” which is brandy, sugar, cayenne pepper and an egg folk — no, seriously) and I stumbled — not “literally” but out of nowhere just alighted on it — on the Unisphere cocktail: six parts rum, one part grenadine, two parts lime juice, one part Benedictine and one part Pernod (I used a pastis substitute, full disclosure). As you might expect, the anise flavor is present, though it kind of recedes after a while. Why it’s the Unisphere, I have no earthly idea: that said, they made them during a ’64-’65 World’s Fair commemoration in 2008.

We both thought the taste seemed a little thin, and wondered if a little simple syrup would help sort of fill out the texture. It’s a strange combination but even so, we both liked it . . . maybe tweak, who knows.

Posted: June 14th, 2015 | Author: Scott | Filed under: Cocktails | Tags: Benedictine, I Don't Want To Go To School I Just Want To Break The Rules, Jones' Complete Barguide

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