The Crescent Caesar
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Cocktail by Ryan Reynolds, Co-owner, Aviation American Gin
“To me, the taste of a Caesar is the taste of home. It’s the quintessential Canadian cocktail and one of the first drinks I ever had. We lived on Crescent Drive, hence the name,” Vancouver native Ryan Reynolds tells us. “My recipe is a Caesar Gin Martini, made dirty. My lawyers said I am contractually obliged to make it with Aviation gin so I did but—don’t tell them—I would make it with Aviation regardless because it’s delicious. The citrus and floral notes of Aviation balance the savoury flavour of Walter and keep the salty olive brine in check. Enjoy!” – Ceasar Country by Aaron Harowitz & Zack Silverman, Appetite by Random House
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The Crescent Caesar
Ingredients
Glassware
- 1 coupe chilled
Cocktail
- 21/2 oz (75 ml) Aviation American Gin
- 1/2 oz (15 ml) dry (white) vermouth
- 1/2 oz (15 ml) Caesar mix, Mild
- 1/4 oz (7.5 ml) lemon juice, finely strained
- 1 tsp olive brine
Garnish
- 1 lemon peel 1 to 2 inches/2.5 to 5 cm long
- 2 or 3 olives on a skewer
Instructions
- Pour the gin, vermouth, Caesar mix, lemon juice, and olive brine into a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with ice to just above the top of the liquid and stir with a bar spoon until the outside of the shaker is very cold to the touch.
- Strain the contents of the shaker into the chilled glass and garnish with the lemon peel and olive skewer.
Notes
Excerpted from Ceasar Country by Aaron Harowitz & Zack Silverman Copyright © 2022 Aaron Harowitz & Zack Silverman. Photography by Tanya Pilgrim. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
