GEISHAGAVE
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 to 3 jalapeño slices, divided
1 oz (30 ml) Don Julio Blanco
1 oz (30 ml) Gekkeikan Sake
1 oz (30 ml) lime juice
¾ oz (22 ml) Jasmine Green Tea Syrup
JASMINE GREEN TEA SYRUP:
2 tsp (10 ml) jasmine green tea
16 oz (500 ml) boiling water
4 cups (1 L) sugar
Instructions
- Muddle 1 slice of jalapeño in cocktail shaker. Combine all ingredients with ice in the shaker. Shake and strain over new ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with remaining jalapeño slices.
- To make JASMINE GREEN TEA SYRUP: Steep a very strong jasmine green tea. In a medium-sized saucepan, combine tea and sugar, simmer until dissolved. Remove from heat and cool before use. Store in a sealed bottle in refrigerator.
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BASIL PALOMA
Ingredients
Serves 1
8 basil leaves, divided
1½ oz (45 ml) Patron Silver tequila or Cazadores Blanco tequila
1½ oz (45 ml) fresh grapefruit juice
½ oz (15 ml) lime juice
1½ oz (45 ml) grapefruit soda, Pellegrino Pompelmo
grapefruit slice, for garnish
Instructions
- In a shaker, combine 7 basil leaves, tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice and ice. Shake well, fine strain over new ice in a Collins glass. Top with grapefruit soda. Garnish with basil leaf and grapefruit slice.
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OLD FASH-GIN'D
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Tanqueray No. Ten
½ oz (15 ml) Boomsma Jonge Gin
¼ oz (7 ml) Honey Syrup
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
1 dash Fee Brother's Rhubarb Bitters
grapefruit twist, for garnish
curled rhubarb, for garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a mixing vessel. Add ice and stir. Strain over large ice into an Old- Fashioned glass. Garnish with a grapefruit twist and curled rhubarb.
- To make HONEY SYRUP: Mix 2 parts honey with 1 part water.
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APPLE BUTTER GENES
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Père Magloire Calvados
½ oz (15 ml) Berentzen Apple Liqueur
¾ oz (22 ml) apple juice
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Simple Syrup
2 tsp (10 ml) apple butter
1½ oz (45 ml) Lonetree Cider
fresh nutmeg, for garnish
dried apple pieces, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients, except the Lonetree, in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake well. Strain over fresh ice into a Collins glass and top with cider. Garnish with fresh nutmeg and dried apple slices
- To make SIMPLE SYRUP: Combine equal parts sugar and water.
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CHAI ME A RIVER
Ingredients
Serves 1
½ lemon, cut into wedges
2 oz (60 ml) Courvoisier Cognac VS
¾ oz (22 ml) Chai-Demerara Syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
star anise, for garnish
cinnamon stick, for garnish
dried lemon, for garnish
Instructions
- Cut the lemon into wedges and muddle in a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients with ice and shake well. Pour entire contents into an Old- Fashioned glass. Garnish with star anise, cinnamon stick and dried lemon.
- To make CHAI-DEMERARA SYRUP: Combine equal parts demerara sugar and hot chai tea (steeped for several minutes). Stir well.
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RUPERT'S LAND
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Lot No. 40 Rye whisky
¼ oz (7 ml) Prospect Winery Vidal Icewine
1 tsp (5 ml) maple syrup
4 dashes Angostura bitters
orange zest, for garnish
fermented root vegetables (optional)
Instructions
- Combine first four ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain into a chilled coupe. Express oils from orange zest and discard. Serve with fermented root vegetables, if desired.
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JAMES FRANCO
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Jameson Crested Irish whiskey
½ oz (15 ml) Montenegro Amaro Italiano
¼ oz (7 ml) Frangelico
2 dashes Pineapple Express Bitters
pineapple fronds, for garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain over large ice into an Old- Fashioned glass. Garnish with pineapple fronds.
- To make PINEAPPLE EXPRESS BITTERS: C ombine equal parts Ms. Better Bitters Pineapple, Star Anise and The Apothecary 'The Darkness' Cacao Coffee Bitters.
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HARVEST SUN
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Suntory Toki Japanese whisky
½ oz (15 ml) Chartreuse
1 oz (30 ml) Red Capsicum Juice
½ oz (15 ml) orange juice
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Simple Syrup
edible flower, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a shaking tin. Add ice and shake well. Strain over crushed ice into a snifter glass. Garnish with an edible flower.
- To make RED CAPSICUM JUICE: Rinse and dice red bell peppers. Juice and fine strain to remove any pulp.
- To make SIMPLE SYRUP: Mix equal parts sugar and water.
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VX COBBLER
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Grey Goose VX vodka
1 oz (30 ml) fresh orange juice
4 tsp (20 ml) fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp (15 ml) Giffard gomme syrup
Instructions
- Build over crushed ice in a stemmed glass. Give mixture a stir to combine ingredients. Garnish with a fruit medley using a large assortment of berries, as desired.
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WHITE TEA PUNCH
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Beefeater London Dry gin
2 oz (30 ml) chilled sweetened tarragon white tea
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
assorted melon pieces (honeydew and cantaloupe), to taste
1 sprig tarragon, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass, combine gin, sweetened white tea and lemon juice with ice and stir until chilled. Place cubed ice and melon pieces in a rocks glass. Strain cocktail into prepared glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh tarragon.
- To make CHILLED SWEETENED TARRAGON WHITE TEA: Steep 4 white tea bags in 2 cups (500 ml) of boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes. Add ½ cup (125 ml) of sugar and 3 to 4 sprigs of fresh tarragon to hot tea while steeping. Remove tea bags and tarragon and strain. Once cool, store in a sealed container in refrigerator for up to 1 week.