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2019 Oscar Cocktails

Inspired by the Academy Awards' Best Picture nominated films of 2018

2019 Oscar Cocktails

Every year Cocktail Chameleon Author and Entertaining Expert Mark Addison creates signature OSCAR COCKTAILS inspired for each of the Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominated films. This highly anticipated list of cinematic libations is a tradition that Mark has held up for almost 10 years. Mark pairs his Oscar Cocktails with Best Foreign Language Film flavored “Movie Popcorn” inspired by the countries’ food heritage and traditions. These pairings are ideal for your awards viewing party or to show support for your favorite movie in the race for the Oscar.

This year there are nine Best Picture nominated films. And, the nominees are…

Shape of Water | Darkest Hour | The Post | Call Me By Your Name | Lady Bird | Phantom Thread | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Dunkirk | Get Out

SWAMP FIZZ Inspired by Shape of WaterSWAMP FIZZ
OSCAR WINNER
Film: "Shape of Water"
Fizz cocktails were at their height of popularity in the ’50s and ’60s during which the “Shape of Water” is set. The Swamp Fizz combines green Crème De Menthe (also immensely popular in the era), citrus, sugar, and club soda in classic Fizz proportions with egg whites for added fizz and accentuates the Creatures’ favorite food, eggs!

THE CHURCHILL Inspired by Darkest HourTHE CHURCHILL
Film: "Darkest Hour"
The Churchill Champagne Cocktail is a variation of a Manhattan-style cocktail created for Winston Churchill in the 1940s at the Savoy hotel in London. This version features his beloved Scotch whiskey and champagne, which he reportedly drank almost every day from noon to night.

BLACK WHITE READ Inspired by The PostBLACK WHITE READ All OVER
Film: "The Post"
What is Black & White and Read All Over …? The most infamous newspaper, The Washington Post! Known for exposing the Watergate scandal and Pentagon Papers, the latest film The Post (and this cocktail) draws allusions to the then and current presidencies. "Black, White, and Read All Overl looks like an all-American coffee but a white Russian lurks under the surface and is stained by a red cherry syrup.

APRICOT NEGRONI Inspired by Call Me by Your NameAPRICOT NEGRONI
Film: “Call Me by Your Name”
In the Apricot Negroni, the iconic Italian Negroni is updated with apricot liqueur and French dry vermouth inspired the film’s Italian location, the apricot orchards surrounding the family’s Italian countryside villa and the French heritage of romantic lead character, Elio.

KIWI PUNCH Inspired by Lady BirdKIWI PUNCH
Film: “Lady Bird”
The Kiwi Punch represents the struggle of Lady Bird (aka Christine) who desperately wants to fly-off to an out-of-state college but feels grounded by her overprotective and critical mother. A Kiwi is a flightless bird native of New Zealand as well as a fruit also from New Zealand. Kiwifruit gives this punch it’s fruity punch and is served in a soda glass making it look unassuming while packing another punch of vodka.

DARK LOVE Inspired by Phantom ThreadDARK LOVE
Film: “Phantom Thread”
Dark Love is a champagne cocktail that embodies the volatile love affair between 50’s fashion couturier and a young waitress. Parfait Amour (or Perfect Love) is a French violet liqueur, which when combined with blue curacao takes on a blackish tone. The blend of the eau de vie (water of life), Parfait Amour, and champagne create a sweet rich libation that is impossible to resist… submit to this Dark Love.

THREE COCKTAILS INSIDE MISSOURI Inspired by Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriTHREE COCKTAILS INSIDE MISSOURI
Film: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
The themes in “Three Billboards…” are dark and horrific, which is challenging to draw inspiration from for a festive Oscar cocktail… instead, drawing inspiration from the title and the film’s location, “3 Cocktails…” features Missouri based spirits incorporated into classic cocktails with distinctively Ozark ingredients and themes.

DUNKIRK TODDY Inspired by DunkirkDUNKIRK TODDY
Film: “Dunkirk”
Inspired by the struggle of evacuating the Allied soldiers from the beaches of France under attack by German forces, the Dunkirk Toddy blends a classic English hot beverage with French cognac and Benedictine, resulting in a Franco-British hot cocktail that any of the 300,000 soldiers rescued in the operation would appreciate.

SUNKEN PLACE Inspired by Get OutSUNKEN PLACE
Film: “Get Out”
Chris agrees to be hypnotized by his girlfriend’s mother to cure his smoking addiction but instead, sinks into the “sunken place” where after an operation to transplant the mind of a white man into his body, Chris would remain in the void watching powerlessly. The Sunken Place cocktail looks innocuous on the surface but has a dark underside trapped beneath.