Ross Collins

Just because this is a fall menu item doesn’t mean we can’t have a little summer in our glass! This is a rare highball cocktail for the Runaway Anchor and does another unique thing; it has us shaking fruit slices in the shaker!

No need to muddle the orange slices; just make sure you shake really hard for 15 seconds or until you feel the ice is sufficiently broken up (you get a feel for it over time).

Top this with some form of soda water (Topo Chico is a nice option), and enjoy a little drop of sunshine before the colder months of the year are upon us!

Cheers!

2 oz Rye Whiskey

0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

0.75 oz Simple Syrup

3 dashes Angostura Bitters

Sparkling Water (top it off)

3 Orange Slices (two for shaker, one for garnish)

Garnish: Orange Slice and Cherry

Add all ingredients to a Cocktail Shaker

Add ice and shake for 15 seconds

Strain over cubed ice into a Highball glass

Top off with Sparkling Water

Garnish with Orange slice and cocktail cherry

Source: Regarding Cocktails by Sasha Petraske

The Genovia Mocktail (Original Recipe)

Another mocktail with a movie tie-in. This riff on the Ramona was created while watching “The Princess Diaries”, so it gets it’s name from the fictional country presided over by Julie Andrews (or Queen Clarisse Rinaldi).

This mocktail can use bottled orange juice in a pinch, but if you have the time, we recommend juicing the oranges for maximum flavor! The blueberry, on the other hand, need not be juiced. There is a great line of fruit syrups at most liquor stores (links provided in the recipe below) that are good for both the blueberry and passion fruit syrups.

Make sure to double strain this mocktail to remove any un-wanted ice chips and keep it smooth as silk!

Cheers!

4oz Fresh Orange Juice

4oz Pineapple Juice

1.5oz Blueberry Syrup

1.0oz Passion Fruit Syrup

All all ingredients to a cocktail shaker

Add ice and shake for 8-10 seconds

Double strain into a chilled low ball glass (no ice)

Garnish with three cocktail cherries

The Ramona – Original Mocktail

We’ve spent many hours introducing our daughter to movies we love, from Empire Records to Serendipity. But this drink was created one evening when she was introducing us to one her favorite movies. Namely, “Scott Pilgrim vs the World”. I created this mocktail for her that evening and empowered her to name it. You don’t have to fight the “seven evil exes” to drink this one though! Cheers!

4oz Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice (do the work, it’s worth it)

0.25oz Passion Fruit Syrup

0.25oz Orgeat

0.5oz Cream of Coconut

Garnish with cocktail cherry

Glassware: Low ball

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker

Add ice and shake for 15 seconds

Option 1: strain over low ball glass filled with crushed ice

Option 2: double strain into low ball glass with no ice

Garnish with cocktail cherry (or two)

Source: Runaway Anchor Original Recipe