Luxury Hoteliers Magazine 2nd Quarter 2016 | Page 37

Favoring Lillet The InterContinental Bordeaux Le Grand Hotel have created the Madeleine de Proust to showcase Lillet, an aromatized wine and French aperitif wine from Podensac, a small village south of Bordeaux. Accompanying cocktail ingredients include Par Sarah, Gagnante Les Trophéesdu Bar, Mai 2015 Cognac Rémy Martin, liqueur de thym et d’abricot, bitter orange, écume au thym Rémy Martin brandy, thyme and apricot liqueur, bitter orange, and thyme foam. Bespoke Artisan Pastis Signature artistry Cuvée spécial Hôtel-Dieu by La Maison du Pastis is an artisan pastis based cocktail designed for the InterContinental Marseille Hotel Dieu for their Capian bar. It is combined with Champagne, lychee liqueur, strawberry juice and spicy syrup and honors the life of Provence and the iconic aperitif of Marseille. To celebrate well-known Dutch painter, Rembrandt van Rijn, the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam invented a cocktail served in different layers, in an ode to the use of color in the great artist’s paintings. The Dutch gin Dutch Courage is the basis for the cocktail, with pimento dram, a liqueur made of spices well known in the 17th century and considered quite costly, followed by a gunpowder green tea foam in a smoked presentation inspired by the muskets and contributing to the military ambiance. Homemade Jams InterContinental David Tel Aviv has crafted the Tel Aviv Twist cocktail using their homemade cherry tomato jam as a base, carefully blended with a mix of Vodka, lemon juice and a special twist of Israeli spices. ILHA 37