74 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • MAY 2019
SAGAMORE’S REX
CHEERS TO TEDDY
By CJ ARLOTTA
To celebrate the life of one of Oyster
Bay’s most prominent residents,
Mill Creek Tavern developed its Sagamore’s
Rex cocktail with the area’s
history in mind.
“The cocktail was created after a
meeting with the team at Mill Creek
Tavern and researching the history
of the area,” says Nolan Studley, an
artisanal spirit specialist at Lauber
Imports, a division of Southern Glazer’s
Wine & Spirits, who works as a
consultant for Mill Creek Tavern, an
American bar and grill in Bayville,
right on Long Island Sound.
“They related a funny story about
making a cocktail with maca root for
a regular and his very excitable reaction
to this particularly energizing
drink,” he says. “They wanted to take
on the challenge of introducing more
cocktails with unexpected modifiers
and ingredients. They specifically
mentioned beet juice as an ingredient
that would be fun to show guests how
‘healthy’ beet juice can be part of a
delicious cocktail.”
Made famous in recent times by
Long Island native Billy Joel’s “The
Ballad of Billy the Kid,” Oyster Bay
is also known to be the late home of
one of the country's better-known
commander-in-chiefs, President
Theodore Roosevelt.
“Roosevelt was well known to be a
staunch teetotaler,” Studley says.
“Because of that aversion to drinking
— it’s a version of a sour and a tonguein
cheek nod to his nickname from his
biography by Edmund Morris — that
he would be quick to sue and be ‘sour’
about having a cocktail named for him.”
R o o s e v e l t
spent his childhood
at Sagamore
Hill, which served
as the Summer
White House
during the seven
summers he spent
there as the country’s
president.
The cocktail includes
Sagamore Spirit Signature
Rye Whiskey,
lemon juice, beet juice
and thyme-infused simple
syrup.
“After reading more about Theodore
Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, and his relationship
to drinking, the idea for
the cocktail emerged naturally, and
the riff on a sour seemed like a fun
way to pay homage to such a historic
Mill Creek Tavern in
Bayville mixed Sagamore’s
Rex cocktail
with Teddy Roosevelt
in mind.
figure from the area,”
Studley says.
To make Sagamore’s
Rex, simply add all the
ingredients to a shaker
and shake well over ice.
Then, strain over a large
ice cube and express a
lemon peel for garnish.
“It’s tart, savory, slightly boozy
and fresh — a refreshing spring/
summer rye drink,” he says.
Mill Creek Tavern is located at
275 Bayville Ave., Bayville. It can
be reached at 516-289-9489 or
millcreekny.com
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