Elle_Australia_Sep_2019

I’LL

H AV E

WHAT

THEY’RE

HAVING

THECOSMOIS

SHEDDINGITSNAFF

CONNOTATIONS

ATTHEHANDS

OFSOMETALENTED

BARTENDERS

WHILETHEcosmopolitanas

weknowit wasthoughtupin

Manhattaninthe’80s,theoft-

saccharinecocktailreached

peakpopularityat– orrather,

in – the hand of Carrie

Bradshaw. But in the years

sinceSexAndTheCity, theoversaturationtheshowtriggered,

coupled withamoveawayfromoverlysugarytipplesin

manybars,causedit tovirtuallydisappearoffmostdrinkslists.

However,thecosmoisfindingitswaybackfromnear-

extinction,largelythankstonewSydneybarDoubleDeuce

Lounge, from the team behind Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern.

Owner Charlie Lehmann concedes the cocktail copped

abadrapthankstothe“SexAndTheCityeffect”,butsays

“we’reheretomakeit coolagain”.AtDDL,thefocusison

classic/retro’60sand’70sstaples,butwitha moderntwist.

InLehmann’swords:“Funkybutwithseriouscocktailnous.”

Astandardcosmotypicallycontainsvodka,lime,cranberry

and an orange-tinged sweetener such as triple sec or

Cointreau.TheDeucecrewhavereimaginedtheirs(named

theCozmo)toincludeAperol,rosella(hibiscus)syrup,apricot

brandyliqueurfromlocalsmall-batchproducerMarionette,

lemonandpomegranate.Whatsetsagoodcosmoapart

fromashittyone?“It’swell-balancedandnotsickly sweet,”

saysLehmann.“Somany[are]poorlymade.”

No matter the bar you find yourself in, unashamedly

reclaiminga long-forgottenfavourite– andnotbeingjudged

forit –issomethingtotoastto. Now if only someone would

bring back the shandy.E

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Additional

words:

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McClure.

Photography: Christopher Ferguson;

Kelia Anne MacCluskey; Getty Images