Sip and See with Play Into It Movie Edition: “Casablanca”

For our first Sip and See Movie Edition, we revisit Rick’s Café Americain where the bubbly flows and Sam (Dooley Wilson) plays As Time Goes By as we sip on champagne cocktails.

If you’re thinking of Casablanca, then you’re correct.
Nicole and I wanted to pick a classic for our very first Sip and See film; that way, we can honor lost lovers Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) with champagne cocktails and watch it all unfold.

The film still holds up, even seventy-eight years later, as one of the greatest of all time. Rick’s too-cool for feelings demeanor and tough-guy exterior is hiding a secret sweet side due to heartache; “of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”
For this reason, we channeled our inner Rick and paired our cocktails (and an accompanying curated playlist) below.

Last but certainly not least, is the recipe we used is via Turner Classic Movies. The champagne cocktail is a play on the French 75 and you can find it HERE.
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