Monday, August 25, 2014

The Plague

Essentially a Walnut Boulevardier: 2 oz bourbon 1 oz aperol. 1 oz sweet vermouth. 1/2 oz walnut liquor. Walnut bitters

Leaves of Grass

1/4 oz Ricard pastis 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz simple 2 oz rum muddle strawberries. Pour into absinthe soaked glass. Top with pebble ice and prosecco. Garnish mint sprig

Smaug's breath

3/4 oz agave syrup 3/4 oz dark cherry purée 1/2 oz Cointreau 1 oz lime juice 1 1/2 oz cachaca. Shake and strain over ice

Hester Prynne

AKA the Sea Mystery 2 oz cognac. 1 oz cocchi sweet vermouth. Muddled strawberries. 1 oz pomegranate. 1/2 oz lemon. Vigorous shake pour into coup. Garnish with candied lemon peel.

Sultan of Brunei

Chilled beer stein. Pounded mint on bottom. Fill with pebble ice. 2 oz Bourbon. 3/4 oz st Germain elderflower. 1/2 oz ginger syrup. 1/4 oz Cointreau. Shake, strain over ice. Top with prosecco. Drizzle cocchi sweet vermouth around top. Mint sprig garnish.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Potion of Sleepy Hollow

1/2 oz walnut liquor 1/2 oz licor 43. 1/2 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz Cinnamon syrup. 1 tablespoon purée pumpkin. 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 1/2 ozs rum or capt Morgan. Shake hard and double strain through mesh. Serve on rocks. Garnish with Cinnamon.

Pumpkin Pie Martini

2 oz Vodka 1 oz heavy cream 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp pumpkin puree 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp simple syrup 1/3 oz cointreau Shake ingredients. Pour into coup or martini glass, rimmed with oreo crumbs.