Betty Cocktail - Recipes

El Jazmin

9/30/2020

If you're a classically trained mixologist, you're not going to like this next part so close your ears! After pouring this riff on The Jasmine over ice, top it with grapefruit White Claw. Don't forget to put your sunglasses to hide from all the glaring looks you're about to receive.

El Jazmin
1.5 ounces Patron Silver
.25 ounce Campari
.75 ounce Cointreau
.25 ounce fresh lemon juice
Shake. Strain. (Shown here over fresh ice although the classic rendition is served up in a coupe.)
Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Sunset Cafe

9/30/2020

Health nuts can rest easy while sipping on this beautiful concoction. Ingredients promote healthy skin and hair, inspire mental connectivity, and reduce stress.

Sunset Cafe
2 ounces Van Gogh Espresso Vodka
1 ounce hibiscus tea
2 ounces Milkadamia (nut milk)
1/2 teaspoon butterfly pea flower powder
1 dash of rosewater
1 dash of lavender bitters
Shake. Strain into a coupe.
Garnish by swirling a toothpick or the tip of a barspoon to create cocktail art with the foam.

Wake Up

9/30/2020

With no caffeine (unless you want to add a shot of cold brew) this is a perfect guilt free after dinner sipper!

Wake Up
2 ounces Van Gogh Espresso Vodka
1 ounce Cointreau
.25 ounce Dissent Aromatics by Betty Cocktail
Stir.
Strain into a coupe.
Garnish with cinnamon.

Balcones Whisky Smash

3/7/2020

Blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries give this vibrant smash it's bright hue. The garnish lets the consumer know what to expect before the first sip!

Balcones Whisky Smash
1.25 ounces Balcones Pot Still
1 ounce seasonal marmalade
1 ounce lemon juice
.5 ounce honey syrup
Shake vigorously! Pour into rocks glass.
Garnish with fresh seasonal fruit.

Balcones Rye Old Fashioned

3/7/2020

Balcones Rye challenges our palates with delicious notes of coffee and chocolate. Orange challenges those flavors and is a welcome brightness to the syrup's richness.

Balcones Rye Old Fashioned
1.5 ounces Balcones Rye
.5 ounce Toffee Syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Stir. Strain over fresh ice.
Atomize Reagan's orange bitters atop cocktail.
Garnish with dehydrated orange wheel.

Balcones Blue Buck

3/7/2020

A gentle stir is a great way to incorporate ingredients without compromising the integrity of your effervescent component.

Balcones Blue Buck
1.5 ounces Balcones Baby Blue
.25 ounce lemon juice
4 ounces ginger ale
Build in glass. Gentle stir.
Top with Angostura bitters.
Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Balcones Gold Rush

3/7/2020

Vanilla tincture plays on the sweetness of the honey while helping to open up the aromas of dehydrated lemon, giving the consumer a taste (through smell) before their first taste.

Balcones Gold Rush
1.5 ounces Balcones Baby Blue
.5 ounce lemon juice
.75 ounce honey simple (1:1)
Shake. Strain into coupe.
Garnish with lemon wheel & a single drop of vanilla tincture placed atop the wheel.

Champagne Cocktail

12/30/2019

For an extra fun look to this cocktail, try rimming your flute with gold sugar before assembling it.

Champagne Cocktail
you'll need 1 sugar cube, bitters, chilled cognac, and champagne...
In your flute, place one sugar cube and drench it with Angostura bitters.
Add 1 ounce chilled Cognac (this may be kept in a cold place like a cooler, or chilled per cocktail).
Top with champagne.

Classic Old Fashioned

12/30/2019

Most people believe an old fashioned is a bourbon drink, however the most rudimentary definition states it must contain spirit, bitters, and sugar. That adds up to A LOT of possibilities!

Classic Old Fashioned
2 ounces bourbon or rye
.25 ounces simple syrup (1:1)
1-2 dashes Angostura bitters
1-2 dashes Regan's orange bitters
Stir. Strain over large format ice.
Express oils from lemon across the top of the cocktail, making sure to rub oils around the rim and down the entire glass.

The Chareau-Off

11/13/2019

Sage, shown here, helps to bring out the botanical elements of the Chareau while allowing the consumer to enjoy the rich mouthfeel of Absolut Elyx by not adding complexity to the liquid.

The Chareau-Off
1.5 ounces Absolut Elyx
.25 ounce Chareau Aloe Liqueur
2 ounces Topo Chico Mineral Water
2 ounces Prosecco
Add ingredients to mixing glass filled with ice. Turn ice 2-4 revolutions. Strain chilled ingredients into coupe. Using a long handled barspoon, pour 2 ounces of prosecco into the cocktail. Garnish with any fresh herb or dehydrated citrus wheel.

New Mexico Sour

11/13/2019

The New Mexico Sour is a riff on the very popular New York Sour but the change from bourbon tequila allows the spirit and the wine to shine in a completely new way!

New Mexico Sour
2 ounces Milagro reposado
1 ounce lemon juice
.75 ounce agave syrup
Shake. Strain over fresh ice.
Use barspoon to float .25 ounce red wine. Garnish with torched rosemary.

Carajillo Gold

7/31/2019

The spices sprinkled atop this cocktail lend a wild taste experience at first sip, and after allowed to resonate in the glass, give this beverage a more mature, spiced profile.

Carajillo Gold
1 oz Patron Reposado
1 oz Patron Citronge Pineapple
3 oz Parks Coffee Cold Brew
Two Methods:
for froth as shown in photo, shake ingredients and pour directly into glass.
for a more classic approach, simply pour the ingredients into a rocks glass over ice
Either way: top with Spaulding's Specialty Spices Calabrian Chile Sugar. Garnish with fresh pineapple, or dehydrated wheel as shown here.

Nitro Neopolitan

7/31/2019

Flower-Girl syrup is the magic ingredient lending a bright flavor, as well as this eye-catching color. Click the photo or the link to find the recipe.

Nitro Neopolitan
2 ounces Reyka Vodka
2 ounces Parks Coffee Draught Nitro
.75 ounce Flower-Girl Syrup
.25 ounce Hershey's Syrup
Vigorously shake ingredients and strain into a coupe. Use a barspoon to scoop the foam onto the cocktail. Top with just a pinch of Spaulding's Specialty Spices Hickory Smoked Sea Salt.

Berries and Basil Collins

5/17/2019

Fresh berries and herbs make this an ideal sipping cocktail.

Berries & Basil Collins
2 oz Square One Organic Vodka
1 oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz agave syrup (1:1)
.5 oz raspberry puree
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain over fresh ice. Top with sparkling water. Garnish with expressed basil leaf.

Let Me Radish You All Over

2/27/2019

Part of the series: Spice Up Your Fucking Life *an alternative approach to spicy cocktails The real enjoyment of this cocktail is the quick 'pickling' radishes are so adept at!

Let Me Radish You All Over
2 oz Square One Organics Bergamot Vodka
.5 oz Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur
.5 oz Lustau Fino Sherry
Stir. Strain into chilled coupe.
Garnish thinly sliced radishes. Gradually consume radishes while sipping cocktail.

St~Fleur de Lis

2/27/2019

Amping up for Mardi Gras and it only seemed natural to incorporate fun color and 'fleur'

St~Fleur de Lis
1.5 oz Square One Organic Vodka
.75 oz St~Germain Elderflower Liqueur
.75 oz Giffard Creme de Violette
.5 oz fresh pressed lemon juice
Shake. Strain over fresh ice. Top with Topo Chico. Garnish with citrus twist.

Morning Dose of Vitamin C

2/16/2019

Breakfast - the most important meal of the day! Now combined with the most important spirit of the day! What could be better?

Morning Dose of Vitamin C
2 ounces Roxor gin
2 ounces orange juice
2 dollops blueberry yogurt
Shake. Shake. Shake!! Strain into chilled coupe. Garnish with your choice of berry.

Nasturtium Fizz

2/16/2019

Nasturtium Fizz
2 ounces S quare One Organic Spirits B ergamot vodka
1 ounce cream
.5 ounce lemon juice
.5 ounce simple syrup
a few nasturtium leaves
Shake. Double strain into collins glass over fresh ice. Top with Topo Chico
Garnish orange peel (expressed) and nasturtium leaf.

Vesperado

7/8/2018

The Vesperado riffs on the classic ratio of a Vesper while imparting the high octane flavor of agave spirits. Here it's rimmed with spruce tip salt to bring out the salinity and minerality of the agave spirits.

Vesperado
1 oz Lillet
.5 oz El Silencio Joven
1.5 oz Don Julio Blanco
1 dash Reagans Orange Bitters
Stir.
Strain into chilled coupe. Express orange peel atop cocktail.

Basil Vodka Cooler

3/20/2018

Sure, you could muddle basil into another vodka, but why waste time and risk consistency, when Square One offers a clean, flavorful, organic solution?

Basil Vodka Cooler
1.5 ounces Square One Basil Vodka
.5 ounce fresh pressed lemon juice
.5 ounce fresh pressed lime juice
.75 ounce simple syrup
Shake. Strain over fresh ice.
Top with Seltzer
Garnish fresh herb

Lights On

3/9/2018

Lights On
1.5 ounces Reyka Vodka
.5 Giffard Creme de Violette
.5 St~Germain
.75 fresh pressed lemon juice
Stir. Strain into chilled Nick & Nora. Garnish thinly sliced cranberries.

Ruby Slipper

2/22/2018

Ruby Slipper
1 oz chilled vodka
.5 oz PAMA
.5 oz Black Peppercorn, Turkish Fig, Hibiscus Syrup
Stir. Strain into sugar-rimmed flute
Top with Sparkling Wine

Pamplemousse Rose Sparkle

11/30/2017

Caution! Any time you add sparkling wine to sugar, there is potential for a very fizzy reaction!

Pamplemousse Rose Sparkle
Build in flute
1 ounce Giffard creme de Pamplemousse Rose
1 ounce Reyka Vodka
1 dash Betty's grapefruit tincture
1 dash Angostura bitters
top sparkling wine

Airfare

11/21/2017

The garnish MAKES this drink. The surprising combination of fresh pink grapefruit, Spaulding's Calabrian Chile Sugar, and Deavas Belgian Thins adds innumerable layers of flavor.

Airfare
1.5 ounces Xicaru Mezcal
1.5 ounces Glenmorangie Nector D'or
1 ounce pink grapefruit juice
.5 ounce Betty's turkish fig cordial
1-2 dashes Betty's habanero tincture
Stir. Strain into chilled glass. Garnish fresh pink grapefruit dusted with SSS Calabrian Chile Sugar and serve with chocolate pieces.

Graspin' Aspen

11/20/2017

1.5 ounces Betty Cocktail's rosemary-infused bourbon
.5 ounces Betty's Cocktail's juniper-clove cordial
barspoon Art in the Age SNAP
barspoon Domaine de Canton
barspoon Simple Syrup
barspoon Copper & Kings American Craft Brandy
1-2 dashes aromatic bitters
1-2 dashes orange bitters
Stir. Strain over fresh ice. Garnish torched rosemary or cinnamon.