GEISHA MARTINI

GEISHA MARTINI

Grey Goose Pear Vodka

PAMA Pomegranate liquor

7-Up

Splash of sour mix

I found myself at Billy’s Martini Bar in Mentor, Ohio, again tonight. It’s about the third time I’ve had a cocktail there this year, but I could go there for a month straight and not drink all the cocktails on their extensive list. The place also has great service and every cocktail they make uses a fresh shaker. They measure their cocktail ingredients so precisely that when they pour their mixtures, it fills both a martini glass and a shot glass for the side, making it easy to keep to the party going.

I ordered the GEISHA MARTINI at the suggestion of the bartender and she used the ingredients above, and, of course, a fresh shaker to make it. PAMA Pomegranate liquor is a premium pomegranate-flavored spirit. It costs about $24 for a 750 ml bottle and tastes like the POM juice you find in the grocery store, with just a kick of alcohol. It would be great on its own, chilled and over ice. It worked well in the GEISHA MARTINI too, giving the cocktail a pretty pink color and a sweet, tart flavor. The cocktail combined it with one of the best flavored vodkas out there — Grey Goose Pear — leading me to believe in the power of the pear/pomegranate combination. I could have done without the splash of sour mix though, it made the GEISHA a little too bitter. Such is the life of a Geisha — pretty, powerful, entertaining, slant eyes and a little bit of bitterness.

Drink Up^

Cocktail Connie