Thirsty for Oscar? Watch the 88th Academy Awards go down in history – and hashtags (#becausesomebodyshadworkdone) – with these quenching cocktail recipes inspired by this year’s nominees and Hollywood’s biggest night.

Red Carpet Ready

 

4 cups apple cider, chilled

2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, chilled

2 cups SPARKLING ICE Crisp Apple, chilled

1 can (12 oz) frozen orange juice concentrate

Apple slices for garnish

Rosemary cranberry sprig for individual garnish, or float fresh or frozen cranberries in punch bowl

 

In a large bowl, mix all ingredients and let sit overnight. Serve chilled, garnish with rosemary cranberry sprig. Add a splash of vodka or Prosecco for a cocktail modification.

 

Winter Vengeance – inspired by The Revenant

 

Created at the oceanfront resort Terranea in Los Angeles.

 

3/4 oz Baileys

3/4 oz Averna Amaro

3/4 oz Cointreau Noir

Egg white

1 oz coconut milk

 

Garnish with coconut snow and rosemary.

 

Life on Mars – inspired by The Martian

 

1 1/2 oz Ketel One Citroen

1/2 oz Suze liqueur

1/2 oz Carpano Antica Sweet vermouth

3/4 oz fresh squeezed blood orange

2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

 

Garnish with blood orange slice and mint.

 

*created at Terranea

 

Fury Road – inspired by Mad Max

 

2 oz Pelligroso Silver Tequila

3/4 oz Heering Cherry liqueur

1/2 oz lemon juice

1/2 oz lime juice

1/2 oz agave nectar

2 dashes angostura bitters

1 bar spoon harissa chili paste 

Muddled grilled pineapple that has been soaked in mezcal

Pinch of salt

 

Garnish with grilled pineapple slices/cayenne pepper/salt

 

*created at Terranea

 

The Irish Goodbye – inspired by Brooklyn

 

Created by Keith Villanueva, bartender at Seattle’s Sazerac restaurant.

 

2 oz Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey

1/2 oz dry vermouth

1/2 oz sweet vermouth

1/2 oz maraschino

1/4 oz Amer Picon

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Stir, strain and serve up. Garnish with lemon peel.

 

Spotlight

 

Created by Andrew Call, bartender at Portland’s Bacchus Bar.

 

1/2 oz Angostura bitters

1/2 oz Soldera sherry

1 oz lime juice

3/4 oz rosemary simple syrup

 

Combine and shake over ice. Strain into a wide coupe glass and top with “creamed wine” (Oregon pinot, lemon and egg whites in a whipped cream canister). Notes: wine and rosemary are both used in religious ceremonies, so this is like an amped up version of holy wine, served in a glass with a spotlight-like rim.

 

The Big Short

 

Created by Bryan Galligos, bartender at Portland’s Bacchus Bar.

 

1 oz Templeton Rye

1/2 oz Campari

1/2 oz dry Curacao

1 bar spoon Fernet Branca

2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

1 dash Angostura bitters

 

Combine and shake over ice. Strain into Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a large orange wheel. This packs big flavor into a small glass, hence “The Big Short.”

 

Luck in East Berlin – inspired by Bridge of Spies

 

1 oz Luksusowa Vodka

1/4 oz Lemon Juice

1/4 oz Crème de Cassis

 

Shake and strain into a flute. Top with Prosecco. Garnish with a lemon peel.

 

*created by Keith Villanueva

 

Something Wicked This Way Comes – inspired by Room

 

Created by Chad Phillips, head bartender at Seattle’s Pennyroyal bar.

 

1 1/2 oz Four Roses Yellow Label Bourbon

1/2 oz Green Chartreuse

1/4 oz Fernet Branca

3/4 oz Lemon Juice

1/4 oz Simple Syrup

8 Arugula Leaves

 

Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake. Strain over rocks. Garnish with an arugula leaf.

 

The Old Hollywood

 

1 oz Amaro Lucano 

1/2 oz fresh lemon juice

2 oz San Pellegrino Limonata

Bisol Jeio Prosecco

Lemon wheel for garnish

Ice

 

Mix Lucano, fresh lemon and San Pellegrino. Add 3 1/2-ounce mix to wine glass, fill with ice, top with Prosecco, and garnish with two lemon wheels.