Featured Mixologist Peter Nguyen
By Chilled Magazine
Name: Peter Nguyen
Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD
Nationality: Vietnamese
Birthday: 12/27/81
Sign: Capricorn
Where You Bartend: Taste Gastropub
How Many Years Bartending: 6 Years
Favorite Cocktail: Margarita
Favorite Beer: Gordon Biersch Marzen
Favorite Shot: Grand Marnier
Favorite Bar In The World To Have A Drink: Clydes Tower Oaks Lodge – Rockville MD
Peter’s Own Signature Cocktail: Ginger and the Florist
- 1 1/2 oz. Ketel One Vodka
- 1/2 oz. St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
- 1/2 oz. Fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz. House Made Raspberry Syrup (Fresh Raspberries/Sugar/Cognac)
- 2 slices of Ginger
- 1 tsp “Sugar in the Raw”
Preparation: Muddle the Ginger, “Sugar in the Raw”, and lime juice, then add the other ingredients, shake and double strain into a coupe glass if served up or in a skinny-highball on the rocks. Garnish with a torched lemon twist and two raspberries.