Join us on Opening Night to celebrate the start of the Cinema Cocktail 2020 Virtual Film Festival!
Because we’re united through cinema from all across the country – and possibly from various corners of the world – we’ll be experimenting with ways to hold virtual galas and celebrations throughout the festival. We’ll hold our first gala as a kick-off to the festival on May 15 at 8:30pm (PST). Some of you may have had a chance to see our Opening Night Film, some of you might be getting ready to watch it. Either way, join us for a brief time of snacks and cocktails as we start to form community around this celebration of film. Email josh@cinemacocktail.com for the Zoom invitation to join the party!
Cocktails of Choice: The Highbury Bramble and the Woodhouse Manhattan
The Highbury Bramble captures the quaint charm of the village where Emma stirs up so much trouble. Stir up some of your own with gin and blackberry liqueur.
Ingredients:
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- 2 oz. gin
- 1 oz. lemon juice
- 1/2 oz. simple syrup
- 1/2 oz. blackberry liqueur
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Add the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass with ice, and pour the blackberry liqueur over the top. Garnish with the lemon slice and blackberry.
The Woodhouse Manhattan is mixed with blackberry liqueur rather than vermouth to capture the picturesque countryside of Emma’s estate, where there was “very little to distress or vex her.”
Ingredients:
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- 2-1/2 oz. whiskey
- 1/2 oz. blackberry liqueur
- 2 dashes bitters
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Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a blackberry or a cherry – or both!
Gala Gourmet
It’s not your birthday, but who cares? Gift yourself this pack of 15 chocolate-covered cookies in the spirit of our fearless, if clueless, heroine. After all, she said it herself: “I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other.” And if 15 cookies won’t be enough, it also comes with 20. ($25)
Wanting something dairy and nut-free? Look no further than these fruit tarts, shortbread cookies with raspberry, apricot, or prune filling. Put on a pot of tea for the complete Highbury experience. ($20)