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luxe team • November 21, 2020
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The Willcox Smoked Manhattan

Brought into being by our Restaurant Manager and Sommelier Mathew Sayer this beautiful cocktail is to be enjoyed in our warm lobby in front of a roaring fire, remanence of a by-gone era. We age bourbon in new American oak mini barrels for 6 months, put the cocktail together then smoke it with hickory chips and serve it in a glass dome.

Ingredients: 2 oz House aged bourbon, 1oz Cocchi, 5 dash angostura bitters, lemon peel garnish

Method - pour all ingredients into the serving glass, add ice, stir well with a bar spoon, garnish with lemon peel, place in a cocktail smoke and smoke.

A martini glass with a lime wedge in it on a table.

Yoga-Tini

Created by a local Yoga Instructor to increase flexibility, energy, and vitality…especially enjoyed in the rocking chairs, on the porch at dusk.

Ingredients: 3oz Hendrix gin, 2 oz St Germain and 1 1/2 oz of lime juice

Method: Shake with ice, strain, and serve in chilled martini glass. (Chill martini glass with ice)

A martini with flames coming out of it is on a table.

The Polo Parisian

Created by John "Goose" a decade ago, this cocktail has become a favorite between the locals before and after Sunday Polo Matches.

Ingredients: 2oz vodka, 1oz St Germain, 1oz cranberry juice, 1/2 lime juiced

Method - pour all ingredients into a mixing glass, fill glass with ice, shake well, strain into a chilled martini glass & garnish with a flaming orange peel.

A glass of champagne is sitting on a table in front of a couch.

Chukker Classic

The perfect cocktail for divot stomping between chukkers and tailgating while watching the King of Sports.

Ingredients: 6 oz. Champagne, 3 dashes of House made bitters, Sugar cube

Method: Place sugar cube and bitters into champagne flute, slowly fill glass with champagne.

Fresh Drink

Bless The Hounds Bloody Mary

Enjoy one of Aiken’s longstanding Thanksgiving traditions, with the Blessing of The Hounds in Hitchcock Woods. The ceremony brings to light Aiken’s oldest foxhunting traditions. No better way to enjoy than with one of the Willcox’s signature bloody Mary’s.

Ingredients: 2oz vodka, 3/4 cup tomato juice, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp horseradish, 1 dash tabasco, salt & pepper to taste, 3 olives, 1 lemon wedge . celery stalk

Method: Shake all ingredients with ice, pour into glass, garnish with olives and lemon wedge.

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