Cocktail recipe: The Full Moon Fever

Finding a decent martini outside the city center can be an arduous pursuit, which was something co-owners Isaac and Adam bore in mind when opening Dirty Dog Bar in Prague 3 about a year and a half ago.

Hailing from New York City and California, respectively, Isaac Starobin and Adam Sweet set about writing a cocktail list that incorporated both the classics and their own house blends. The bar's tongue-in-cheek menu boasts some fabulous modern inventions, including the Red-Headed Slut, a shooter comprising Jagermeister, peach liqueur and cranberry juice. The next step up from this is a shooter called the Lindsay Lohan, which is a Red-Headed Slut with coke.

The Full Moon Fever takes a new twist on a classic rum cocktail and is one of the bar's most popular tipples, ironically perhaps since it's the kind of drink you'd expect to sip out of a coconut on a tropical island, not nurse in the freezing Czech winter.

Named after the Tom Petty album, this cocktail is rock 'n' roll with a mellow twist. "We wanted to mix a drink that evokes those feelings of carefree times that we all have while paying homage to one of the rock 'n' roll greats," Isaac Starobin says.

- Isaac Starobin is owner of the Dirty Dog Bar at Vinohradská 102, Prague 3-Žižkov. Tel. 774 532 542

Full Moon Fever

Serves one

Ingredients:

4 cl Havana Club Anejo Blanco

2 cl dark rum

2 cl Malibu Coconut Rum

2 cl Midori (Japanese melon liquor)

Splash of pineapple juice

Preparation:

Fill a large Collins glass with ice.

Add all the alcohol, then fill to the rim with pineapple juice.

In a Boston shaker, shake for about 10 to 12 seconds to chill and aerate the drink until there is a 1 cm head of foam on top.

Garnish with pineapple and melon slices, and serve.

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