At 3, a 12-hole short course and community gathering place in Greenville, SC, the signature drink is a craft riff on a classic cocktail.
Tiffany Lynch
It’s always five o’clock somewhere. But favorite cocktails vary from country to country.
IN 3a 12-hole short course and community gathering place at Greenville, SC., which is anchored by a bar and “farming,” one of the most popular drinks is South 385.
I-385 is an interstate that connects Greenville to I-26, which leads to Columbia and Charleston. But this refreshing drink was not inspired by a street. It’s a riff on the French 75 (known in French as a Soixante Quinze), a classic cocktail that dates back to 1915, when an early version was created at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry’s New York Bar—using ginchampagne, lemon juice and sugar.
The 385 South has a similar profile, with a craft twist. As 3’s beloved bartender Carl Williamson points out in the accompanying video, the recipe calls for an ounce and a half of Hendricks gin, a half ounce of St. Germaine elderflower liqueur, and a quarter ounce of house-made orange blossom syrup. and two ounces of house-made hibiscus lemonade. Mix them with ice in a shaker, which you shake like a maraca to combine all the flavors, and you’re ready to go. Unlike a French 75, which is traditionally served in a champagne flute, the 385 South is poured into a more casual coupe glass, topped with a splash of bubbly and garnished with a lemon wheel.
It’s always five o’clock somewhere. But there’s no rule that says you have to wait until then.
