Here’s a refreshing summer cooler I picked up at Germantown Café, one of my go-to places here in Nashvegas for decades. If you Google Cat’s Pajamas cocktail, you’ll come up with at least a dozen recipes – all different from each other and different from this one.
This version, invented by the Café bar staff, is the only one I’ve tried, and it’s delicious – so we’re going with it. Maybe we’ll sample the others later.
The base, a refreshing combo of gin (always a great place to start!), Campari and lime, is made fizzy and fun by the addition of bubbly. The gin, Campari, and lime combination always reminds me of grapefruit – as it does in the Act III a creation of my own (under the cocktails tab right here at davidpainerealtor.com). The addition of the bubbly adds lightness and a perfect summertime fizz.
Guaranteed to put you right after a long hot day of toil. Or a long hot day of sitting on the deck. Whatever. It’s delicious however your day plays out.
Cat’s Pajamas
.5 oz gin
.5 oz Campari
.5 oz lime juice (fresh, as always!)
2 oz bubbly – can be cava, prosecco, champagne as long as it’s dry.
Combine the first three ingredients in a beaker and shake with ice. Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice and top with the bubbly. One quick stir with a bar spoon (or any long-handled implement) and you are ready to sip.