In our #ThirstyThursday series, TIPSY AND TAN, we ask consummate mixologists from New York City’s white-hot new restaurants and bars to create OC-exclusive drinks for our readers. Drinking on the job? Don't mind if we do...
The Clam is a sunny neighborhood haunt in the West Village that specializes in—you guessed it—clams. In creating our OC-exclusive cocktail, The Clam’s beverage director David Giuliano challenged himself to create a drink using a relatively staid liquor: Bourbon. His final creation, cheekily titled the “Blushing Cowboy,” is a uniquely seasonal and fruity thirst-quencher made using muddled cherries. We’ll let you decipher the meaning behind the name for yourself.
From behind the bar…
Name: David Giuliano
If this drink had a soundtrack what would it be? “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” by Waylon Jennings
Best place to get day drunk: I like to go to the Boat Basin on 79th Street to drink beers and watch the boats.
Hangover cure: Chef Mike’s Clam Fried Rice
Summer getaway: Every summer I go up to Lake George.
What are some red-light signs that someone’s been overserved? People who have had too much to drink tend to want to buy other people too much to drink.
Exclusive Recipe: The Blushing Cowboy
OC Alcohol Scale*: 5/6
“The only liquor is the bourbon, but it’s 2 ounces.”
4 muddled cherries
2 oz. four roses bourbon
1 oz. lemon juice
12 oz. mint simple syrup
3 dashes of cherry bark bitters
1. Shake and pour into a Collins glass.
2. Freshen ice.
3. Finish a soda water float.
*OC's Alcohol Scale ranges from 1 ("like sippin' from a juice box") to 10 ("take me home—right now").
Want a second round? See more Tipsy and Tan HERE
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The Clam is a sunny neighborhood haunt in the West Village that specializes in—you guessed it—clams. In creating our OC-exclusive cocktail, The Clam’s beverage director David Giuliano challenged himself to create a drink using a relatively staid liquor: Bourbon. His final creation, cheekily titled the “Blushing Cowboy,” is a uniquely seasonal and fruity thirst-quencher made using muddled cherries. We’ll let you decipher the meaning behind the name for yourself.
From behind the bar…
Name: David Giuliano
If this drink had a soundtrack what would it be? “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” by Waylon Jennings
Best place to get day drunk: I like to go to the Boat Basin on 79th Street to drink beers and watch the boats.
Hangover cure: Chef Mike’s Clam Fried Rice
Summer getaway: Every summer I go up to Lake George.
What are some red-light signs that someone’s been overserved? People who have had too much to drink tend to want to buy other people too much to drink.
Exclusive Recipe: The Blushing Cowboy
OC Alcohol Scale*: 5/6
“The only liquor is the bourbon, but it’s 2 ounces.”
4 muddled cherries
2 oz. four roses bourbon
1 oz. lemon juice
12 oz. mint simple syrup
3 dashes of cherry bark bitters
1. Shake and pour into a Collins glass.
2. Freshen ice.
3. Finish a soda water float.
*OC's Alcohol Scale ranges from 1 ("like sippin' from a juice box") to 10 ("take me home—right now").
Want a second round? See more Tipsy and Tan HERE
Photos by Jessica Chou.
