To accompany the May 10th release of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” I wanted to share a few related cocktail recipes, paired with characters and themes from the movie/novel, your way. I’ve included recipes, pictures and character descriptions below.
In Manhattan, all of these recipes can be found by visiting Whiskey Park (100 Central Park South/in Trump's Parc); Koi SoHo (246 Spring Street in Trump SoHo); Pig and Khao (68 Clinton Street); Havana Central (Four restaurants in NYC); Steve Rose Lounge (10 Columbus Circle in Time Warner Building); Lilium (201 Park Avenue South@17th Street) and The LCL Bar & Kitchen (the Westin in Grand Central)
 
 

 
 
Opulent and alluring, Baz Luhrmann’s big-screen interpretation of “The Great American novel” cites F. Scott Fitzgerald’s written manifesto of the Jazz Age.  The romanticized stills of wild automobiles, flapper and dapper outfits and prohibition cocktails capture the essence of an era while embracing the modernity of today’s cinematography. Below are a few recipes, in tribute to the movie’s characters and themes:
 
JAY GATSBY
JUICE BOX – Whiskey Park
Ingredients:
1 ½ ounces Voli Orange Vanilla
2 ounces Lemonade
½ ounce Agave Nectar
½ ounce Pineapple Juice
Instructions:
In a mixing glass, add all ingredients & shake over ice. Strain into rocks glass over ice. Garnish w/ orange wheel.
While Gatsby doesn’t drink, some speculate that he’s a bootlegger. Keep your consumption under wraps with this unassuming speakeasy cocktail.
 
 
 
NICK CARROWAY
YAMAZAKI SPICY GINGER SIDECAR – Koi SoHo
Ingredients:
2 ounces Yamazaki 12 year whiskey
1 ounce Cointreau
3 squeezed lemon segments
1 piece charred jalapeño
Instructions:
Shake ingredients and strain over fresh ice. 
This wild, exuberant potion –characterized  by dignified Yamazaki whiskey and spicy charred jalapeño – lets you take narrator Nick Carroway’s unassuming place in the passenger seat of Gatsby’s yellow Rolls-Royce. 
 
 
TOM BUCHANAN
MICHELADA – Pig and Khao
16 ounce pint glass
Ingredients:
1 ounce P & K Sangrita
½ ounce lime juice
1 Singha Lager
1 lime wedge
Adobo rim       
Kalamansi
Thai chili salt
Instructions:
Using lime juice, rim the pint glass with adobo. Fill glass ¾ of the way with ice.  Add sangrita and lime juice.  Add beer until ¾ up the glass.  Stir briefly to incorporate all ingredients.  Add more ice and more beer making sure not to disturb the adobo. Garnish with a lime wedge and straw for drinking/stirring.
Daisy’s reluctant, arrogant East Egg husband drinks ale, making him diametrically opposed to his West Egg neighbor from across the bay.
 
 
MYRTLE WILSON
DAY IN CAPRI – A DISARONNO original recipe
Ingredients:
1 ounce DISARONNO®
1 bar spoon apricot preserves
½ ounce BACARDI® 8 Rum
¾ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
Instructions:
Shake ingredients and strain over ice in a rocks glass; garnish with fresh thyme.
Sweet, tart and vibrant, Tom Buchanan’s sensuous, smoldering mistress Myrtle Wilson imagines an exotic getaway which removes her far from her discontentment in the “Valley of Ashes.”
 
 
DAISY BUCHANAN
GUAVA PINEAPPLE LEMONADE – Havana Central
Ingredients:
Fresh squeezed Lemonade
Fresh guava
Fresh pineapple
Agave to taste
Instructions:
Gently muddle guava and pineapple in agave. Add fresh lemonade, shake to combine and pour into glass. Garnish with a fresh pineapple slice and a mint leaf.
The last time Daisy had a drink was the night of her unhappy wedding to Tom.  True to form, gorgeous socialite Daisy Buchanan’s forgoes alcoholic beverages and instead chooses this citrusy-sweet elixir.
 
 
JORDAN BAKER
THE STONE ROSE – Stone Rose Lounge
1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve
1 ounce Grand Marnier
½ ounce White Cranberry Juice
Splash of fresh lime juice
Splash of simple syrup
Instructions:
Served up or on the rocks. Garnish with a stemless cherry.
Attractive and funny golf-aficionado Jordan Baker defines the “new woman” and epitomizes the progressive movement by opting for something other than a stereotypically sweet and fruity beverage.
 
 
GRASSY KROLL – Lilium
Ingredients:
2 ounces Bison Grass vodka
5 cubes of Lemongrass
5 cubes of Ginger
½ ounce simple syrup
Squeeze of lemon
Instructions:
Build in a mixing glass. Muddle the lemongrass, ginger and simple syrup. Add the vodka and ice, shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass, then top with a splash of club soda (don’t fill to the top of the glass). Garnish with a 6 inch long piece of lemon grass.
Gatsby’s guests dance in a ceremonious uproar with this lemongrass and ginger treat which the newly rich West-Egg socialite serves at his outrageous parties.
 
 
GREEN DREAM – The LCL: Bar & Kitchen
Ingredients:
1 ounce Organic Avenue Giving Green juice
2 ounces Organic Avenue apple juice
½ ounce Organic Avenue lemon juice
1 ½ ounces Crop Harvest Organic Cucumber vodka
Instructions:
Combine ingredients, shake, strain over ice and garnish with cucumber fans
The color of the light at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s waterside dock, this green concoction invigorates Jay Gatsby’s lovesick yearning and leaves you in anticipation for more.
 
 
 
GATSBY 7 – The LCL: Bar & Kitchen
Ingredients:
½ ounce lime juice
½ ounce Simple Syrup
1 ½ ounces Organic Avenue apple juice
½ ounce Lairds Apple Brandy
1 ½ ounces Tanqueray
Instructions:
Shake well and strain into a chilled Collins glass. Top with soda water to taste.