many people try to cut calories so what
do you do when it comes to cocktailing
our friends at Pernod Ricard and
southern Glaser's have sent us an expert
to help us out his name is joel baron
and he's the bar manager of the meeting
house in Rochester thanks for having me
thank you being here guy is always the
man when he comes into the station
I've got booze but you're gonna create
some skinny cocktails for us correct
let's get started what is a skinny
cocktail exactly some people know to me
a skinny cocktail is going to minimize
the amount of sugar that has in it and
it's really going to highlight the
spirit so that's what we're gonna be
doing today Plus that sugar is the
hangover the source right yeah
absolutely so for the today we're gonna
start with a very quick easy go-to drink
very similar to a highball so we've got
three dashes of orange bitters there and
we are also going to just do two ounces
of this Beefeater pink gin it's very
nice vibrant with strawberry a little
bit of lassic brand absolutely and then
we are going to go ahead and add our ice
they're very fancy
absolutely and don't need much more than
that a little bit of soda I can't wait
to see there any spirit and then we're
gonna just go ahead and throw in some
lemon zest for that aroma and call it a
day
there you go so I think I should just
take a little taste well I think
somebody's got to test it out absolutely
okay well she's doing that what's next
on your agenda so next on the agenda I'm
just gonna sneak through here we are
gonna do a quick easy skinny margarita
so we're gonna start with a pinch of
salt because I like it in the glass not
on the rib and we're gonna do some fresh
lime juice here okay everybody's
favorite a little bit of triple sec or
orange liqueur and we're gonna do just a
dash of agave nectar in there nice raw
natural sugar easy to digest and then
some delicious Avion tequila silver and
we're gonna pop some ice into this bad
boy
low glycemic index with that agave Jason
absolutely good absolutely we're just
gonna throw a nice fresh ice cube in
there should with clear alcohol you know
it's it's debatable I tend to lean that
way when I know I want to clean things
up but I don't think it hurts to have a
nice little sip of bourbon at the end of
a long day either mm-hmm
but for the new year I'm gonna stick
with those freeze-dried lime serve so
these are just dehydrated limes we pop
them in a nice dehydrator at the end of
a night and come back in about 18 hours
and pull them out thank you very much do
you have another one you're gonna make
her does that we've got time for more
yeah absolutely yeah we're talking about
alcohol we've got time for more so let
me grab another glass here this will be
for producer Jay so this is gonna be
very simple as well we're gonna do a
little bit of grapefruit juice I think
mentally when on vacation it's all
perfect I'm in Playa del Carmen right
now sorry for the rest of the broadcast
over okay and then we've got just a
little bit of elderflower liqueur and if
you don't mind handing me that
grapefruit vodka all the way on the left
where's that right all the way so the
world boom that left that's the one so
this is all-natural no added sugar then
we're gonna do an ounce a half of this
grapefruit vodka well I'll say this
after sipping mine it's like less sugar
but still all the fun yeah absolutely
and that's what it's all about and I
don't like like sweet wine or cocktails
that are too sweet so this is right up
my alley
not on purpose you know what I mean
right and then just a little bit of
bubbles over the top so you got juice
liqueur spirit soda water done deal all
right so tell us about the meeting house
the meeting house is nice chef driven
restaurant we're in downtown Rochester
we like to focus on seasonality and just
employing all of our passions so you can
find us Tuesday through Sunday we open
the doors at 4:00 or 10:00 on the
weekends
all right so to find out more about
Pernod Ricard their supplier Southern
Blazers and get more creative cocktail
recipes visit the website her note -
what card - usa.com you see it on your
screen right there so a joel is going to
advise me as we reopen the home bar
let's add a car bar it's this close to
being done oh yeah complete restoration
from the floor up so you're gonna help
me pick out all this stuff out I'm
busting at the seams already alright man