Parental Potables

In The Spirit

Mix Mom and Dad some special cocktails on their special days

By Garth Bishop

Whether you’ve already decided on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day gifts or are still grappling with ideas, CityScene can help you add an imbibeable bonus.

Mixologists at local bars and restaurants have whipped up the perfect drink for Mom and the perfect drink for Dad.

Don’t forget: Mother’s Day is May 13, and Father’s Day is June 17. p ick up your ingredients now, and have them ready to toast your parent on his or her special day.

For Mom

Mom’s drink comes to us from rachelle Chiarappa, official mixologist for ohio’s own Buckeye Vodka. If you don’t feel like making it at home, Bar@8700 – the bar at the polaris hilton, where Chiarappa works – will feature the cocktail all through the month of May.

Pink Lady

• 1 ¾ oz. Buckeye Vodka

• 1 oz. hibiscus syrup

• ½ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur

• ½ lime’s worth of juice

• 4-5 dashes lemon bitters

• ½ oz. brut sparkling wine

Combine the vodka, syrup, lime juice, st. Germain and bitters in a shaker. shake hard with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. pour the sparkling wine “float” on the top of the cocktail, and garnish with an edible flower and/or a lemon wheel.

To make the hibiscus syrup, take two tsp. hibiscus powder and whisk it into 1 ½ cups of simple syrup. Take 1 ½ cups of water and 1 ½ cups of sugar, and bring to a simmer until completely dissolved.

For Dad

Dad’s drink comes courtesy of p hil p rendeville, bar manager at Barrel 44, which has locations in the short north and in Bexley. The drink, which will be available in June as a Father’s Day special, is a tribute to prendeville’s father, who died last year.

My Father’s Eyes

• 2 oz. Jameson Irish Whisky

• ½ oz. Aperol

• 2 oz. apple juice

• A few dashes Fee Brothers Whiskey

Barrel Aged Bitters

Mix ingredients in a shaker and pour into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Garth Bishop is editor of Cityscene Magazine . Feedback welcome at gbishop@pub groupltd.com.