Guayaba Tequila Sour 2 oz Hornitos Reposado Tequila 0.75 oz rosemary guayaba [Mexican guava] simple syrup 0.5 oz lemon juice 3 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters 1 egg white Shake all ingredients but the egg white in an ice-filled shaker until frost forms on the outside of the shaker. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Dump ice…
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A Thanksgiving Toast
A Thanksgiving Toast 1.5 oz Bombay Dry Gin 0.75 oz Cranberry & Maple Simple Syrup (recipe below) 0.5 oz lemon juice 5 drops of Bittercube Orange Bitters 2 oz Prosecco Shake gin, simple syrup, lemon juice & bitters over ice to chill, then strain into a chilled coupe. Top with Prosecco and stir gently to…
Happy Halloween!
I’ve had a lot on my plate lately and have not been posting as regularly as usual. I’ll be back on schedule soon, but I thought I’d repost last year’s Halloween/Day of the Dead cocktail since some of you weren’t following me back then. Have a happy Halloween! El Cóctel de los Muertos 1.5 oz Espolón…
Honeysuckle Rosé
Honeysuckle Rosé 2 oz Gruet Rosé Brut sparkling wine 1 oz honeysuckle-infused vodka (recipe below) 0.5 oz lemon juice 1/2 tsp simple syrup 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters Combine vodka, syrup, lemon juice and Peychaud’s in a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into an iced champagne glass. Top with Rosé Brut and stir…
Summer’s Last Hurrah
Summer’s Last Hurrah 1.25 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin 0.75 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth 0.75 oz Plum Thyme Syrup 0.25 oz lemon juice 1/2 tsp Campari Shake and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a sprig of thyme. It’s 7:55 pm and it’s already dark. The last two peaches I ate were mealy. Yep. There’s…
The Angeleno
The Angeleno 1 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin 0.75 oz Amaro Angeleno 0.75 oz St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 0.5 oz lemon juice Shake and strain into chilled coupe. No garnish. As anyone who’s been there knows, Southern California forces an aesthetic on its landscape. It’s as if the flora are competing in a beauty contest where the…
Blackberry Mojo
Blackberry Mojo 1 oz blackberry simple syrup 8 mint leaves 2 oz Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin 0.75 oz lemon juice 2 oz prosecco Add the blackberry simple syrup and mint leaves to a mixing glass and muddle. Add the gin and lemon juice, then shake and strain into a chilled 10-oz Collins glass filled…
Easy Does It
Easy Does It 1 inch x 1/2 diameter piece of ginger, grated & juiced 1 oz Hendrick’s Gin 0.5 oz lemon juice 0.5 oz cold-infused mint simple syrup 1 can Rogue 6 Hop IPA Grate ginger onto 3″ square of cheesecloth. Wrap cheesecloth around grated ginger and squeeze the juice out into a shaker filled…
Persephone’s Ascent
Persephone’s Ascent 1.5 oz Hendrick’s Gin 1.0 oz pomegranate juice 0.75 oz Henriques & Henriques Malvasia Madeira 0.5 oz lemon juice 0.25 oz homemade grenadine (recipe below) Shake ingredients, then strain into a 10-ounce collins glass filled with crushed ice . Garnish with a lemon wheel. Spring’s welcome return has me pondering the Greek myth…
The Underdog
The Underdog 0.75 oz Four Roses Bourbon Yellow Label 0.75 oz Marie Duffau Napoléon Bas Armagnac 0.75 oz Casa Bacardi 8 years old dark rum 1 oz Ginger Peach Sweet Tea Simple Syrup (recipe below) 0.75 oz Prosecco 0.5 oz lemon juice 3 dashes Angostura Bitters Fill a mixing glass with ice, add ingredients and stir…
Sake to me Punch
Sake to me Punch: 1 cup lemon oleo saccharum (recipe below) 4 cups Matcha Tea Syrup (recipe below) 1 L + 2 cups Hendricks Gin 12 oz Stirrings Ginger Liqueur 2 cups lemon juice 720 ml bottle Nigori Sake 750 ml bottle Prosecco Garnish with lemon wheels In case any of you are looking for…
Christmas Toddy
Christmas Toddy (Makes two) 0.5 oz Pine or Douglas Fir sprigs 3 oz Bushmills Irish Whiskey 1 tbs mild honey 1 tsp lemon juice Place tree sprigs in a small saucepan with 1 cup of water, bring to a boil, remove from burner, cover with a lid, steep for 3 minutes, then strain to make a tea*….
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