PURPLE POISON
Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) The Botanist Gin
¼ oz (7 ml) Bols Blue Curaçao
1 oz (30 ml) raspberry juice
¼ oz (7 ml) lemon juice
blackberry, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients. Fill with ice and shake vigorously until well chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a blackberry.
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AMARETTO & APRICOT BRANDY SOUR
Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) St. Rémy XO Brandy
1 oz (30 ml) Disaronno Amaretto
¾ oz (22 ml) lemon juice
1 tbsp (15 ml) Apricot Jam *
1 egg white
freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish
* APRICOT JAM (or store bought):
2 cups (500 ml) apricots, peeled, pitted and crushed
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
1½ cups (375 ml) sugar
In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Slowly bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring continuously, until mixture thickens, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat and skim off any foam, if necessary. Ladle jam into a sterilized glass jar with a lid and store in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients. Fill shaker with ice and shake vigorously until well chilled. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a coupe or sour glass and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
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CARROT, MARMALADE & GINGER COLLINS
Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) Tanqueray No. Ten Gin
1½ oz (45 ml) carrot juice
1 tbsp (15 ml) Orange Marmalade *
1 tsp (5 ml) freshly grated ginger
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
2 oz (60 ml) sparkling apple juice
parsley sprig, for garnish (optional)
* ORANGE MARMALADE (or store bought):
1 medium navel orange (with thin peel)
2 tbsp (30 ml) water
½ cup (125 ml) sugar
Wash orange thoroughly. Cut off both ends, halve orange and cut each half into 8 sections. Using a food processor, pulse orange sections until peel is in tiny pieces. In a medium saucepan, combine processed orange, water and sugar. Bring to a gentle boil over medium-high heat for 15 minutes, stirring often, until thickened. Allow to cool slightly, then transfer to a sterilized glass jar with a lid and store in refrigerator for up to 1 month.
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine gin, carrot juice, marmalade, ginger and lemon juice. Gently shake and strain into a Collins glass over cubed ice. Top with sparkling apple juice and garnish with a sprig of parsley to make it look like a carrot, if desired.
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SNAPSVISA
Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) Aalborg Taffel Akvavit
½ oz (15 ml) Averna Siciliano Amaro
½ oz (15 ml) Alvear Medium Dry Sherry
2 tsp (10 ml) tamarind syrup* (or substitute simple syrup**)
3 dashes chocolate or Angostura Bitters (optional)
1 strip orange zest and star anise, for garnish
* In a small saucepan, combine 2 tbsp (30 ml) tamarind paste and 2/3 cup (150 ml) water. Whisk to dissolve and incorporate paste and bring to a light simmer. Strain through a coffee filter to remove any remaining solids. Add 6 tbsp (75 g) white sugar and stir until dissolved. Store in refrigerator for up to 1 week.
** 1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except for garnishes in a mixing glass, add ice and stir for 10 to 15 seconds, until well chilled and diluted. Pour into a chilled coupe glass, twist orange zest over drink to expel oils and garnish with star anise.
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RICKHOUSE TAMBER
Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) Buffalo Trace Bourbon
½ oz (15 ml) Taylor Fladgate
10-Year-Old Tawny Port
2 tsp (10 ml) Licor 43 Liqueur
2 dashes coffee bitters (or substitute 2 coffee beans)
orange twist, for garnish
grated tonka bean*, for garnish (optional)
* An aromatic seed, grown mostly in Central and northern South America, with vanilla, almond and cinnamon flavours. Available online or at specialty grocery stores.
Instructions
- If using coffee beans, gently crush beans with a muddler, then combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice and stir for 7 to 10 seconds. Finestrain into a tumbler glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist and grated tonka bean, if using.
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APPLE & THE RYE
Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) Belvedere Vodka
½ oz (15 ml) Berentzen Apfelkorn
½ oz (15 ml) Cardamom Peppercorn Syrup*
¾ oz (22 ml) lemon juice
2 dashes lemon bitters or substitute 1 strip lemon zest
lemon twist and apple fan, for garnish
* In a small saucepan, toast 10 green cardamom pods over medium heat until fragrant, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add ½ tbsp (7 ml) whole Szechuan or black peppercorns and toast until fragrant, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add 6¾ oz (200 ml) water, carefully, as some of it will steam instantly. Bring to a light simmer for 5 minutes to extract flavour. Add ¾ cup (150 g) sugar and stir to dissolve. Allow to cool, strain and store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients except for garnish, add ice and shake vigorously for 7 to 10 seconds. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice and garnish with a lemon twist and an apple fan.
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WHISKEY CHAI
Ingredients
Serves 4
2 cinnamon sticks, broken into smallish pieces
15 whole black peppercorns
12 whole cloves
seeds from 6 cardamom pods
¾ tsp (4 ml) ground ginger
1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
3 cups (750 ml) whole milk
3 tbsp (45 ml) dark brown sugar
½ tbsp (22 ml) loose black tea, or 3 teabags
ƒ cup (75 ml) Irish whiskey
Instructions
- Combine all spices in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle. Grind mixture to a fine powder.
- In a medium saucepan, combine spices, milk, sugar and tea. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Strain into a pitcher, discarding solids. Rinse out saucepan and pour chai back in. Stir in whiskey. Slowly warm over low to medium heat until just steaming. Divide between 4 mugs, top with a grating of nutmeg and serve immediately.
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Classic Daiquiri
Ingredients
Serves 1
Classically a neat cocktail, the Daiquiri can be blended with fruit; or add mint and soda water for a Mojito.
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lime juice
1½ tsp (7 ml) superfine sugar
1½ oz (45 ml) Bacardi Superior Rum
lime peel or wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine lime juice and sugar and stir to dissolve. Add rum and cubed ice then shake vigorously. Strain neat into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lime peel or wheel.
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Negroni
Ingredients
Serves 1
Legend tells that Count Camillo Negroni asked his friend, bartender Forsco Scarselli, to strengthen his favourite cocktail – the Americano – by replacing the soda water with gin.
1 oz (30 ml) Bombay Sapphire Gin
1 oz (30 ml) Cinzano Rosso Sweet Vermouth
1 oz (30 ml) Campari
orange peel or wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine gin, vermouth and Campari. Stir for approximately 30 seconds to both chill and dilute. Strain into a rocks glass over new ice and garnish with an orange peel or wheel.
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Rob Roy (Scotch Manhattan)
Ingredients
Serves 1
The Manhattan is classically made with rye whisky, but any whisky will work.
2 oz (60 ml) Famous Grouse Scotch
1 oz (30 ml) Cinzano Rosso Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
cherry, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine ingredients. Stir for about 30 seconds to chill and dilute. Strain neat into a chilled martini glass or coupe, and garnish with a cherry.