Bubbly Party

Anita and Cameron over at Married...With Dinner had a neat idea for a party:

We’re having a few friends over for cocktails and canapés tomorrow night, and one of the ways we’re planning to keep things simple is by setting up a do-it-yourself Champagne bar. We’ll put a case of bubbly on ice, line up a couple dozen flutes, and gather a gaggle of colorful liqueurs — cassis, St-Germain, absinthe, violette, Chartreuse — for guests to customize their drinks. We’ll have syrups, garnishes, and bitters, too, plus a sheet with ideas on how to mix and match. It’ll be fun to see an assortment of pastel sparklers in the hands of our pals; I can’t wait to see what our clever friends concoct.

I requested a peek at their cheat sheet, and they've posted it on Flickr.

Comments

[Kosmonaut]

Mmmm, violet syrup ...

[Vidiot]

Have you had Creme de Violette? Interesting stuff. (I've only had the Rothman & Winter bottling once, in an Aviation at the Pegu Club, but I picked up a bottle of no-name Violette in France earlier this year.)