PEPPERED BRIGADE
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Knob Creek bourbon
½ oz (15 ml) Disaronno Originale Amaretto
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake for 10 seconds, then double strain into a Collins glass. Fill with crushed ice. Garnish with lime hair (finely grated lime zest).
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REKINDLED FRIENDSHIPS
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Woodfood Reserve bourbon
¾ oz (22 ml) Barbieri Aperol Aperitivo
½ oz (15 ml) Gonzalez Byass VORS 30-Year-Old Noé Pedro Ximénez Sherry
2 dashes Bittered Sling Kensington Dry Aromatic bitters
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, stir for 15 to 20 seconds. Strain, serve neat in a cocktail coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.
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FAIR HAIR CHILD
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 egg white
1½ oz (45 ml) Bulleit bourbon
½ oz (15 ml) Giffard ginger syrup
1½ oz (45 ml) grapefruit juice
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) honey syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake without ice. Add ice, shake again and strain into an Old-Fashioned glass and garnish with a couple of dashes of Angostura bitters or a grapefruit twist.
- To make HONEY SYRUP: Mix 2 parts honey in 1 part hot water.
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OMA'S APFEL PIE
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 egg white
1 oz (30 ml) Broker’s Premium London Dry gin
1 oz (30 ml) Berentzen Apfel Korn Apple Liquor
½ oz (15 ml) brown sugar simple syrup
1 oz (30 ml) lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake without ice. Add ice, shake again, strain into an old-fashioned glass and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
- To make SIMPLE SYRUP: Mix equal parts brown sugar and water
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ST. ALSACE
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) St-Germain Elderflower liqueur
4 oz (125 ml) Pfaffenheim Pfaff Pinot Gris
1 oz (30 ml) fresh lime juice
fresh dill sprigs, for muddling, plus extra for garnish
lemon and orange peel, plus extra zest for garnish
crushed ice
Instructions
- Gently muddle 4 to 6 sprigs of dill in a mixing tin with orange and lemon peel. Add St-Germain liqueur, Pinot Gris and lime juice. Add ice and shake hard until cold. Gently bruise 4 sprigs of dill while making it into a nest and drop into a Collins glass. Fine strain cocktail into a Collins glass over ice. Crown cocktail with crushed ice. Garnish with dill leaves and lemon and orange zest.
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YEAR OF THE PULSE
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Alvear Medium Dry sherry
½ oz (15 ml) Averna Amaro Siciliano
1 oz (30 ml) Aquafaba (chickpea brine)
½ oz (15 ml) fresh lime juice
½ oz (15 ml) Simple Syrup
orange wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a shaker. Add ice and shake hard until cold. Fine-strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange wheel.
- To make SIMPLE SYRUP: Take equal parts sugar and dissolve in water.
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THE MARY PICKFORD COCKTAIL
This Prohibition-era cocktail was created for the Canadian-American film star known as “America’s Sweetheart” by a bartender at the Hotel Nacional in Cuba during the actress’s visit to Cuba in the 1920s.Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) white rum
1½ oz (45 ml) pineapple juice
1 tsp (5 ml) grenadine
½ tsp (2 ml) maraschino liqueur
Instructions
- Place ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, if desired.
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RED SANGRIA
Ingredients
Serves 8
1 red apple, cored
1 pear, cored
1 orange, peeled and seeds removed
1 bottle (750 ml) Rioja wine
½ cup (125 ml) brandy
½ cup (125 ml) orange liqueur
2 cups (500 ml) orange juice, freshly squeezed and strained
½ cup (125 ml) fresh lemon juice, strained
ice cubes
2 cups (500 ml) plain soda water
Instructions
- Chop fruit into bite-sized pieces and place in a three-quart (3 L), non-reactive pitcher. Add all the liquid except for soda water. Stir well, cover and refrigerate overnight so the flavours have a chance to marry*. When ready to serve, pour into large wine glasses, filling each about halfway with liquid and fruit. Then add ice and top with soda.
- Sangria should sit overnight or for at least six hours to infuse flavours.
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WHITE LADY
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Broker’s Premium London Dry gin
¾ oz (22 ml) Cointreau
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice; shake well and fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
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HANKY PANKY
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Beefeater London Dry gin
1½ oz (45 ml) Cinzano Rosso
2 dashes Fernet-Branca bitters
orange peel, for garnish
Instructions
- Place gin, vermouth and Fernet-Branca in a mixing glass with ice and stir well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a slice of orange peel over the surface of the drink, then pop the peel in to garnish.