Belmont Stakes, June 6 2009

Experience

The Belmont Breeze

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“Toast of the Champion”

The Belmont BreezeThe Belmont Breeze is the official drink of the Belmont Stakes.

Created by Dale DeGroff – head bartender of the Rainbow Room/Windows of the World – the profile of the Belmont Breeze comes from the colonial recipe:

“One of sour, one of sweet, three of strong and four of weak.”

“I wanted to use a spirit that has significance in New York,” DeGroff said.

“I chose rye whisky because New York has always been a big rye town.

Rye was one of the first spirits to be distilled in quantity in America and by none other than George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.”

The ingredients are:
1 1/2 ounces Bourbon
3/4 ounce Dry Sack
3/4 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 ounce Simple Syrup
1 1/2 ounce Fresh Orange juice
1 1/2 ounce Ocean Spray Cranberry juice

Shake all ingredients with ice and top with half 7up and half soda, approximately one ounce of each.

Garnish with fresh strawberry, a mint sprig and a lemon wedge.