AMPR invites you to celebrate a colorful journey around the world with 13 AMPR favorites and easy-to-replicate recipes from the Caribbean, Central America and Europe!
Celebrate World Cocktail Day With AMPR’s Favorite Cocktail And Mocktail Recipes
World Cocktail Day on May 13 has us cheering for handcrafted cocktails and mocktails around the globe. We invite you to celebrate a colorful journey around the world with 13 AMPR favorites and easy-to-replicate recipes brought to you by some of our clients in Jamaica, Antigua, Costa Rica and Greece, plus a special toast goes out to the newly renovated, iconic Bar Fitzgerald in France. À votre santé! Cheers!
CHEERS FROM THE CARIBBEAN
Choose from a range of rum-based cocktails to mocktails and blended fruit juices at S Hotel Jamaica, the all-inclusive 120-room boutique hotel located on famed Doctor’s Cave Beach in Montego Bay. The inspiration for the contemporary property is as cosmopolitan as it comes, but the feeling is notably Jamaican, balancing a cozy atmosphere with its purposeful design and sophisticated amenities.
Kiss from S
2 oz Finest call Strawberry purée
1½ oz. Monte Silver Tequila
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. lime Juice
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a blender with two cups of ice. Rim tall glass with sugar, then pour frozen drink into glass and garnish it with a pineapple slice and cherry.
Sunset Cooler Mocktail
Preparation: Fill hurricane glass with crushed ice. Pour all ingredients into the glass and top with soda water. Garnish with orange slice and cherry.
Elevator
Preparation: Pour all ingredients in a shaker. Shake 4 times. Serve over ice. Garnish glass with lime or pineapple wedge.
Available at Spanish Court Hotel in Jamaica, where the 125-room property serves as hub for Kingston’s movers and shakers flocking to the hotel’s buzzy cafe culture at The Gallery Café, chill vibes around the Cabana Pool and hot pool as well as the happening nightlife scene at The Sky Terrace complete with a 50-foot water and fire feature.
Tropics Cooler Mocktail
Preparation: Fill hurricane glass with crushed ice. Pour orange juice, pineapple juice and mango purée into the shaker and shake well. Pour mixture over ice and top with a splash of ginger beer. Garnish with a pineapple slice.
Available at Spanish Court Hotel in Jamaica.
Rasta Colada
Preparation: Pour rum, pineapple juice and coconut cream into a blender with one cup of crushed ice. Blend until smooth, and pour into a tall glass. Pour grenadine and blue curacao as layers.
Available at The Verandah Resort & Spa in Antigua where there’s an assortment of tropical themed bars at the all-inclusive resort, including the Rasta Bar. This popular daytime hang-out for friends and family is located on Rasta Beach, and is the perfect place to unwind with toes in the sand and a drink in hand — the Caribbean way.
Piña Cooler Mocktail
Preparation: Fill glass with crushed ice. Pour pineapple juice, coconut cream and pineapple purée into the shaker and shake well. Pour mixture over ice.. Garnish with a pineapple slice.
Available at The Verandah Resort & Spa in Antigua.
CHEERS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
Put the Lime in the Coconut
Mocktail version: Substitute the rum with a little more coconut water.
Preparation: acerate the avocado. Add all the ingredients to a mixer and blend for 20 seconds. Serve in a chilled glass.
Available at El Mangroove, Autograph Collection on the prestigious Gulf of Papagayo on the northern Pacific Coastline of Guanacaste. The property features a contemporary, eco-conscious design blending with the surrounding natural environment in 121 suites and throughout the public spaces including three restaurants, a spa, and a luscious pool area, and is the perfect spot to explore the region’s natural bounty, rich flora and fauna, marine panoramas and exciting eco-adventure activities.
Pluma Salvaje
Mocktail version: Substitute the Cacique Guaro with carbonated water to create a Spritz.
Preparation: Combine all ingredients, add ice.
Available at El Mangroove, Autograph Collection on the prestigious Gulf of Papagayo on the northern Pacific Coastline of Guanacaste. The property features a contemporary, eco-conscious design blending with the surrounding natural environment in 121 suites and throughout the public spaces including three restaurants, a spa, and a luscious pool area, and is the perfect spot to explore the region’s natural bounty, rich flora and fauna, marine panoramas and exciting eco-adventure activities.
CHEERS FROM GREECE
Mastic Spa
Preparation: Place all ingredients into the shaker with three ice cubes and shake for two minutes. Strain into the chilled glass, top up with grapefruit and rosemary soda and garnish with a lemon peel.
Available at Cretan Malia Park where the slow and soulful pace of Cretan life is celebrated every summer. Cretan Malia Park is a flora-filled retreat that augments classic Aegean hospitality with a focus on refined luxury resulting in a unique aesthetic inspired by the colors and textures of the island.
Negroni (0% Alcohol)
Preparation: In an old-fashioned glass combine all ingredients, add ice and garnish lemon peel and edible flowers.
Available at Blue Palace, A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa. An ode to nature and a stylish sanctuary, Blue Palace is where Cretan reality exceeds your dreams. Inspired architecture, expansive spa, a chic beach club, stylish shops, and sustainable local gastronomy created by Athinagoras Kostakos creates a destination within a destination.
Razu Mocktail
Preparation: Add all ingredients and shake well in a frapiera with cubed ice. Then garnish with raspberries, apple and a paper straw, topped with crushed ice to serve on a highball glass.
Available at Bostani Bar & Restaurant, perched at the edge of the cliff of Poulati, with endless panoramic views of the Aegean Sea. Located in the boutique hotel Verina Astra, offers privacy and tranquility, in one of the most idyllic locations of this unique Cycladic island of Sifnos. The cocktail perfectly captures the true essence of Sifnos: rough on its edges but pure and sweet for the soul.
Sifnean Caipirinha
Preparation: In a shaker full of ice mix cachaca, lime and honey. Pour in a double rocks glass. Garnish with dill and a lime wedge.
Available at Bostani Bar & Restaurant, perched at the edge of the cliff of Poulati, with endless panoramic views of the Aegean Sea. Located in the boutique hotel Verina Astra, offers privacy and tranquility, in one of the most idyllic locations of this unique Cycladic island of Sifnos. The cocktail perfectly captures the true essence of Sifnos: rough on its edges but pure and sweet for the soul.
Not So Bloody Mary
Preparation: Add all the ingredients in a shaker with one large ice cube to chill and then serve in a highball glass with more ice and garnish with cucumber slices and a cherry tomato.
Available at Bostani Bar & Restaurant.
SPOTLIGHT: NEWLY RENOVATED BAR FITZGERALD AT HOTEL BELLES RIVES
One of France’s Most Historic Literary Bars Just Got a Modern Makeover—Here’s a Look Inside Belles Rives Hotel’s bar, known for literary legends, has undergone a careful and extremely costly renovation.
Words by Sarah Souli for Robb Report
“In April, the family reopened the heart of the five-star hotel, Piano Bar Fitzgerald, following two years of work and an $800,000 outlay. Zelda and Scott used to listen to their gramophone in this nook of the hotel, and a countless number of celebrities have partied here over the last century. The literary and historic importance of the bar, a member of the Cafés Historiques et Patrimoniaux d’Europe, meant it was one of the last pieces of the hotel to be revamped. The renovation puts the bar in line with the rest of the refreshed 43-room hotel, known for its aforementioned Michelin-starred chef and world-class spa treatments.”
”..le cocktails favori de nos chefs is the Safran Smash with Gin Bombay, honey, thyme, saffron, lime, and pineapple.”