A Titanic Cocktail

The RMS Titanic docked at the port of Southhampton, England
just prior to her departure.

On April 10th, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic left the port of Southhampton, England on it's maiden voyage to steam steadily to New York. Sadly, four days into her voyage, the "unsinkable" ship struck an iceberg, sending the vessel nearly 12,500 feet deep to the sea-floor.  Of the 2, 224 passengers, 1,514 people lost their lives.  It remains still till this day, one of the most notable disasters in history.

April 14th will mark the ship's 100-year anniversary, and with the recently release of the famed film Titanic 3D, On The Rocks... wanted to pay hommage to a day that will live in infamy. 

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The Deadly Deep Blue Sea

Drink Type: Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 oz of dry vermouth

1 oz of gin

1.5 oz of blue curacao

.25 teaspoon of anisette

1 dash of orange bitters

Instructions:

In a cocktail shaker, mix all ingredients and shake until blended into a blue color.  In a rocks glass, add cracked ice and strain drink from shaker to glass.  Garnish with fruit if desired.

Description:

While One The Rocks... isn't much of a gin drinker, we were pleasantly surprised with this drink.  The bartender was very creative when designing the cocktail.  The blue curcacao, while providing flavor, was also chosen as a representation of the sea, and it's colored result resembles murky ocean water.  The orange bitters does a fantastic job of subduing the gin's overpowering flavor, and yet, is significant in terms of the bitter feelings families had after the ship's sinking.  All in all, the drink is slightly fruity, not overbearing, just very pleasantly flavorful.  This is a great cocktail and we definitely recommend this.