Dagger Holiday Cocktails
A small group of creatives from the Dagger art team decided to flex our creative muscles, create unique cocktails for the agency, and photograph them. Tabletop and styling are some of my favorite things, and this project was a dream. It was a love letter to textures, lighting, and set design. (and possibly a love letter to my personal glassware collection). With an experienced mixologist on the team, we had a lot of fun crafting the recipes. Try them at your own risk.
Agency: Dagger
Art Directors/Set Designers: Melanie Malone, Brittany Lazaroff, Carmelle Kendall, Sydney Lippman, Rachel Platner
Creative Director: Melissa Withorn
Photographers: Chris Cella, Lawrence Murray
THE DIRTY DAGTINI
INGREDIENTS
Vodka of choice (I like grey goose or belvedere),
Dry vermouth,
Olive briner
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Shaken hard, served w/ blue cheese stuffed olives
FOUR KNIVES & A FUNERAL
INGREDIENTS
1-ounce Buffalo Trace Bourbon
1-ounce Monkey Shoulder scotch
1-ounce Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
1 ounce Maraschino Liqueur
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Don't drink more than two of these unless you want to wake up married to a stranger.
HOT BOURBON CIDER
INGREDIENTS
Nice Apple Cider
Lemons
Cinnamon Sticks
Clove
Bourbon
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
1) Buy the fancy-ass cider from the grocery. Like the kind in the refrigerated section
2) Heat the cider in a pot on the stove, with a couple of sticks of cinnamon & 3/4 clove. Let this get warm.
3) In a mug squeeze some fresh lemon juice, add 1.5 ounces of your favorite bourbon, and top off with some warm cider
4) Get smashed