The 2015 Film Festival Cocktail Collection

The Toronto International Film Festival is just around the corner and GREY GOOSE, the World’s Best Tasting Vodka, plays a starring role during the highly anticipated film festival season.

During the festival, GREY GOOSE vodka will be host to a series of exclusive movie premiere parties honouring those within the film industry who strive to Fly Beyond with a collection of custom, handcrafted GREY GOOSE cocktails available for the world’s top celebrities and film studio executives to celebrate!

Created by GREY GOOSE Global Brand Ambassador, Joe McCanta, the 2015 Film Festival Cocktail Collection features the celebratory GREY GOOSE Le Fizz cocktail and three elevated twists on classics. Using GREY GOOSE vodka, GREY GOOSE® L’Orange flavoured vodka and the newly launched (in Ontario) GREY GOOSE Le Citron flavoured vodka made with the finest lemons from the Menton region of France, the Collection refreshes classic cocktails including the Sea Breeze, Negroni, and Gimlet.

See below for four delicious cocktails that will get you feeling like you belong on the TIFF red carpet:

GREY GOOSE LE FIZZ

A sparklingly elegant cocktail, the GREY GOOSE Le Fizz is the perfect cocktail for raising a toast to the world’s best in film.

INGREDIENTS

• 1+ 1⁄2 parts GREY GOOSE vodka
• 1 part ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur
• 3⁄4 part fresh lime juice
• Top with soda water

METHOD

Pour first three ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and double strain into a chilled flute glass. Top with cold soda water.

GREY GOOSE OPENING SCENE

This twist on a classic Sea Breeze mixes crisp pomegranate, luxurious lychee and slightly bittersweet grapefruit with GREY GOOSE Le Citron for the perfect start to any night.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 part GREY GOOSE Le Citron flavoured vodka
• 1 part grapefruit juice
• 1 part lychee juice
• 1⁄2 part pomegranate juice
• Fresh basil leaf to garnish METHOD

Build GREY GOOSE Le Citron, grapefruit and lychee juice in a highball glass filled with ice and stir. Add the pomegranate juice. Garnish with fresh basil.

GREY GOOSE AU CINEMA

Inspired by the best of Mediterranean cinema and one of the most popular drinks for modern cocktail lovers, this twist on the classic Negroni highlights key flavours of the Mediterranean Riviera.

INGREDIENTS

• 1+ 1⁄2 parts GREY GOOSE L’Orange flavoured vodka
• 1 part MARTINI® Rosso vermouth
• 3⁄4 part Aperol®
• 1 dash of grapefruit bitters (optional)

Grapefruit zest twist and sprig of lemon thyme to garnish METHOD

Build ingredients in a rocks glass. Add cubed ice and stir. Garnish with a grapefruit zest and a fresh sprig of lemon thyme.

GREY GOOSE LEADING LADY

Seductive and sublime, this twist on a classic Gimlet is a refreshing mix of GREY GOOSE, soft chamomile and fresh lime.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 parts GREY GOOSE vodka
• 3⁄4 part fresh lime juice
• 1⁄2 part homemade chamomile syrup
• Lime zest spiral to garnish

METHOD

Add ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and double strain into a coupe and garnish with lime spiral.