THE WEEKLY STANDARD and Bar Pilar have created a contest to find the best drinks for this presidential election season. The bartenders of Bar Pilar and the cocktail editors of THE WEEKLY STANDARD will try original drinks submitted by you and we will pick the best drink in honor of Hillary and the best in honor of Trump. The two winners will each receive a Campaign Cocktails poster, and their creations will be featured at Bar Pilar. More on the contest later.
All but lost to history are the Taft Cocktails, one of which was described in its day as a Creole Cocktail served in a glass with a sugar-frosted rim. Another was made of gin and Dubonnet, garnished with an olive. (An olive?)
Cocktail recipe by Brian Kavanagh of Bar Pilar
To win, create an original cocktail for your candidate—complete with a catchy name, which will of course be one of the judges’ criteria—and send it to us at [email protected] by October 14. The winners will be announced by November 1, just in time for these new drinks to fuel the homestretch of the campaign.
This video is the second in a series that will feature cocktails celebrating Presidents Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Bull Moose Party. Be sure to check back for new episodes here. You can watch the first episode here, the third episode here, and the fourth here.
