Green Gold
Ingredients
Serves 1
black salt, for garnish (optional)
1½ oz (45 ml) Los Siete Misterios Doba-yej Mezcal
¾ oz (22 ml) lime juice
½ oz (15 ml) Chartreuse Green Liqueur
¼ oz (7 ml) agave nectar
¾ tsp (4 ml) yuzu kosho*
1 dash Bittered Sling Cascade Celery Bitters
shiso leaf, for garnish
Instructions
- Rim a rocks glass with salt, if using: sprinkle a handful of black salt on a small plate. Moisten rim of glass and dip into salt. Combine remaining ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice and shake. Fine strain through a mesh strainer into prepared glass, fill with ice and garnish with a shiso leaf.
- *A type of citrusy Japanese chili paste. Available at most Asian grocery stores.
Drink Pairings
Que Padre
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) cranberry-infused Don Julio Blanco Tequila*
¾ oz (22 ml) Aperol Aperitivo
¾ oz (22 ml) Martini Bianco Vermouth
2 dashes orange blossom water
grapefruit zest, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, and stir until chilled and diluted. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an expressed grapefruit zest.
- *Combine 1 cup (250 ml) Don Julio Blanco Tequila and a heaping 1/3 cup (about 75 ml) cranberries in a non-reactive container. Break up cranberries using a muddler or spoon. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 24 hours, then strain out cranberries. Store in refrigerator in a sealed container for up to 1 year.
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Meadowland Tonic
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Noilly Prat Extra Dry Vermouth
½ oz (15 ml) St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
¼ oz (7 ml) cherry blossom tea syrup*
2½ oz (75 ml) craft tonic water, such as Fever Tree
rose water and lemon wheel, for garnish
thyme sprigs, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine vermouth, St-Germain and tea syrup in a wine glass, add ice and stir to combine. Add tonic and garnish with a spray or drop of rose water, a lemon wheel and thyme sprigs.
- *In a saucepan, heat 1 cup (250 ml) water almost to a boil and add 1 cherry blossom green tea bag. Keep over heat for 20 minutes, being sure not to let it come to a boil. Add 2 cups (500 ml) sugar and stir well to fully dissolve. Remove tea bag and transfer syrup to a sealed container. Syrup will keep, refrigerated, for up to 6 weeks.
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Rosita
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Camarena Reposado Tequila
½ oz (15 ml) Campari
½ oz (15 ml) Martini Rosso Vermouth
½ oz (15 ml) Noilly Prat Extra Dry Vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
grapefruit twist, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine all ingredients. Stir to chill and dilute, then strain into a rocks glass over new cubed ice. Express oils from grapefruit twist over surface, then use twist for garnish.
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Manhattan
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Canadian Club Chairman’s Select 100% Rye Whisky
1 oz (30 ml) Cinzano Rosso Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
coin-sized round of orange zest
all-natural maraschino cherry, for garnish
Instructions
- Place a Martini or stemmed cocktail glass in the freezer. In a mixing glass, combine rye, vermouth and bitters with cubed ice. Stir until well chilled and strain into chilled glass. Express oils of orange zest over surface and discard, then garnish with a cherry.
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Reginald
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Lot No. 40 Canadian Rye Whisky
¾ oz (22 ml) Taylor Fladgate Fine White Port
½ oz (15 ml) Alvear Medium Dry Sherry
1 tsp (5 ml) demerara syrup*
2 dashes orange bitters
lemon twist, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a chilled small coupe or stemmed cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
- * 1:1 ratio of demerara (brown) sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.
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Martini
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Bombay Sapphire Gin* (Can substitute with vodka.)
½ oz (15 ml) Noilly Prat Extra Dry Vermouth
1 dash orange bitters (optional, but recommended)
pimento-stuffed olive and/or lemon twist, for garnish
Instructions
- Place a martini glass in the freezer. In a mixing glass, combine gin, vermouth and bitters with cubed ice. Stir until well chilled and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with either a pimento-stuffed olive or a lemon twist…or both.
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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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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.