COMPAÑEROS
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Sombra Mezcal
1 oz (30 ml) Aperol
1 oz (30 ml) grapefruit juice
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
1 dash Bittered Sling Moondog bitters
2 dashes Salt Water**
3 oz (90 ml) non-alcoholic ginger beer
Dehydrated lime wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients, except for the ginger beer, into a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake gently. Double strain into a tall glass, add ginger beer, ice and garnish.
- **Salt Water: In a small bowl, add 1¾ oz (50 g) of Vancouver Island Sea Salt and ½ cup + 1/3 cup (200 ml) water, mix well to dissolve salt and put into a dasher bottle.
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LILLET SPRITZ
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Lillet
2 oz (60 ml) La Vieille Ferme Rosé
2 tsp (10 ml) Chambord
1 oz (30 ml) fresh grapefruit juice
1 dash Bittered Sling Orange & Juniper Bitters*
2 oz (60 ml) club soda
Dehydrated orange wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into a wine glass, stir gently, add ice and garnish.
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CHERRY RYE COCKTAIL
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Canadian Club 100% Rye
2 oz (60 ml) organic sour cherry juice (unsweetened, not from concentrate)
¾ oz (22 ml) orgeat – almond syrup
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine rye, cherry juice, orgeat, lemon juice and bitters. Stir and strain into a rocks glass over cubed ice. Garnish with a cherry.
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ENTER THE DRAGON
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 cup (250 ml) thickly cut
strips of peeled ginger
2 cups (500 ml) rose syrup
½ cup (125 ml) peeled and chopped ginger
2½ cups (625 ml) warm water, divided
½ cup (125 ml) liquid honey
1¾ oz (52 ml) Sombra Mezcal
¼ oz (7 ml) Averna Amaro Siciliano
¾ oz (22 ml) lemon juice
Candied Rose Ginger, for garnish
Instructions
- In a small saucepan filled halfway with water, simmer ginger strips until tender. Drain water, add rose syrup and simmer rose-syrup ginger another 10 minutes. Reserve 5 strips for garnish. In a blender, add remaining rose-syrup ginger, chopped ginger and 2 cups (500 ml) warm water. Blend for 2 minutes. Strain and discard solids and store blended rose ginger syrup in a resealable container. Mix together honey and ½ cup (125 ml) warm water until honey is dissolved. Mix in 2 cups (500 ml) blended rose-ginger syrup. Cool rose-ginger mix before using. Add remaining ingredients and 2 oz (60 ml) rose-ginger mix to a cocktail shaker, shake and double strain over ice. Garnish with Candied Rose Ginger.
- To make CANDIED ROSE GINGER: Toss reserved rose-syrup ginger pieces in sugar.
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Appleton Estate Rum
½ oz (15 ml) Bols Blue Curaçao
1 oz (30 ml) Chrysanthemum Tea
1 oz (30 ml) pineapple juice
¾ oz (22 ml) lime juice
½ oz (15 ml) orgeat syrup
pineapple fronds, for garnish
dehydrated orange wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a blender, add ingredients and blend for 10 seconds. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with pineapple fronds and a dehydrated orange wheel.
- To make CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA: Add 6 tbsp (90 ml) Chrysanthemum buds to 4 cups (1 L) hot water. Let sit for 10 minutes, strain into a resealable container and allow to cool. Can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
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DRAMA QUY
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Cazadores Reposado Tequila
1½ oz (45 ml) lemon juice
1 oz (30 ml) Lavender-Infused Honey
banana leaf strip, for garnish
1 sprig lavender, for garnish
Instructions
- Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker, shake and double strain into a Champagne flute. Garnish with a banana leaf strip and lavender sprig.
- To make LAVENDER-INFUSED HONEY: Combine 1 cup (250 ml) each hot water and honey and add ¼ cup (60 ml) dehydrated lavender. Stir to combine. Let lavender infuse for 24 hours then strain into a resealable container. Can be refrigerated for up to 3 months.
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SHISO SOUR
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Żubrówka Bison Grass Vodka
1 oz (30 ml) lemon juice
1 oz (30 ml) grapefruit juice
1 oz (30 ml) Shiso Syrup
1 egg white
2 dashes Fee Brothers Plum Bitters
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake. Add cubed ice then shake again, double strain and garnish with bitters.
- To make SHISO SYRUP: Simmer 4 cups (1 L) water with 12 large shiso leaves until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add 4 cups (1 L) sugar, stir to dissolve. Strain out leaves and let cool. Can be refrigerated for up to 3 weeks.
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THE NGUYEN
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Long Table London Dry Gin
1½ oz (45 ml) Lemongrass- Infused Vermouth
2 dashes Bittered Sling Cascade Celery Bitters
lime zest, for garnish
Instructions
- Add ingredients to a mixing glass, stir and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with lime zest.
- To make LEMONGRASS-INFUSED VERMOUTH: In a saucepan over low heat, simmer 1 chopped stock of lemongrass and 1 cup (250 ml) dry vermouth for 5 minutes, until fragrant. Strain into resealable container and let cool. Can be refrigerated for up to 1 month.
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FULL BLOOM
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Capel Premium Pisco
½ oz (15 ml) Aperol Aperitivo
1 oz (30 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Simple Syrup
Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters
Bokbunja-Um Black Raspberry, to float
Instructions
- Add first 5 ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain over ice in a cocktail glass. Using a large spoon, slowly drizzle Bokbunja-Um Black Raspberry over back of spoon, creating a float.
- To make SIMPLE SYRUP: 1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.
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PEACHY KEEN
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Cîroc Peach Vodka
2 oz (60 ml) peach nectar
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Simple Syrup
2 oz (60 ml) Bottega Moscato
sliced peach or nectarine, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with ice, combine peach vodka, peach nectar and lemon juice then stir to chill. Strain into a glass, top with Moscato and garnish with a slice of peach or nectarine.
- To make SIMPLE SYRUP: 1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.