{"id":2764,"date":"2022-08-18T15:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2022-08-18T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T01:06:14","slug":"a-light-refreshing-fresh-start-cocktail-might-be-just-what-you-need-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"A Light, Refreshing Fresh Start Cocktail Might Be Just What You Need"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fresh Start cocktail<\/span>
Porcelain “Hoofer Cup”<\/span>
by Brooke Cashion<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has been a stubbornly hot summer during which national and global affairs have been completely depressing. And although we thought we were being fastidiously careful, I came down with Covid just after moving to a summer rental and spent 3 weeks in isolation drinking water and soup and trying to get well while feeling pretty depressed. I recovered (so, so grateful for vaccines), realized how lucky I was and longed for an actual cocktail. Although a temporary reprieve, a fizzy iced drink, like a cold swim or an air conditioned movie, can take the edge off the heat and the news. Fortunately, while browsing the new cookbooks at the local library (don\u2019t you always browse the cookbooks?), I came across a drink recipe called a White Noise<\/i><\/a> I thought might do the trick.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Choose the Elderflower liqueur<\/span>
of your preference<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Choose either Lillet Blanc or<\/span>
Cocchi Americano Bianco<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Found in a fun-to-read book called Northern Hospitality<\/a> by Andrew and Briana Volk<\/a>, owners of a Portland, Maine cocktail bar<\/a>, the White Noise <\/i>combines two of my favorite summer liquors – elderflower liqueur (I love St Germain<\/a> in hot weather cocktails)) and Cocchi Americano Bianco<\/a> (a citrusy fortified wine simultaneously sweet and bitter) – with bubbly water and a twist. I used Lillet Blanc<\/a> because we had it and we were out of Cocchi (I didn\u2019t want to overstock our temporary bar), added bitters and both fresh lime and grapefruit juice, not just a twist. This combination ticked all the boxes: light, refreshing and easy drinking. The bitters, lime and grapefruit cut the sweetness and added freshness. And, as the Volks suggest, this is a drink which is easily scaled up to a pitcherful to serve at a gathering; You just multiply by 6. I will call my version a Fresh Start. A bonus\u2014the Start <\/i>is low alcohol so it is easy sipping during the dog days.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fresh Start cocktail<\/span>
Porcelain “Hoofer Cup”<\/span>
by Brooke Cashion<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FRESH START COCKTAIL<\/span><\/p>\n

Stir together:<\/span><\/p>\n