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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.