Recipes

Cocktail & Punch Recipes from the 2012 Holiday Spirits Bazaar!

 

Bourbon Renewal
2 oz Four Roses Yellow Label
1 oz fresh lemon juice
½ ozMerlet Crème de Cassis
½ oz simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
Shake ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge, or, if in season, fresh currants.

Harsenville Cooler Punch                             
1 ¼ oz Four Roses Yellow Label Bourbon
¾ oz honey syrup (1 oz honey : 1 oz water)
½ oz lemon juice
½ oz grapefruit juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Shake ingredients together over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with a lemon twist and fresh mint.

The Night Owl
2 oz  ElBuhoMezcal
4 oz Picket Bros. Ginger Beer
squeeze of lime

I Cover the Waterfront
1 1/2oz Brooklyn Gin
3/4oz elderflower cordial (Bottlegreen)
3/4oz fresh grapefruit
1/4oz fresh lime
Served in a coupe or champagne flute, and garnished with an edible pansy.

Planter’s Punch

Rhum Clement VSOP
Rhum Clement Creole Shrubb
Hibiscus Grenadine
grapefruit juice

‘Ti Punch
Rhum Clement Premiere Canne
Rhum Clement Canne Syrup
lime disc

Oh Peaty Night
2 ozBalvenie 17 Year Peated Cask
1/2 ozAmaro Montenegro
1/2 ozCarpanoAntica Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Aphrodite Bitters
Combine all ingredients in mixing glass. Stir with Ice. Strain into Coupe.

MacGregor’s Bitter Revenge
2oz Balvenie 12 Year Doublewood
1/2oz  CarpanoAntica Sweet Vermouth
1/2 ozAperol
2 Dashes  BittermensXocaltl Mole Bitters
Combine all ingredients in mixing glass. Stir with Ice. Strain into Coupe.

There Can Only Be One
2 oz Monkey Shoulder Whisky
1/2 oz  Cocchi Americano
1/2 oz Benedictine
Combine all ingredients in mixing glass. Stir with Ice. Strain into Coupe.

Conquistador
Don Esteban Cacao Liqueur
5 year old Madeira
Curaçao
Orange twist

Hot Buttered Bourbon
1 1/2 tbsp butter batter
2 ozTuthilltown Spirits Four Grain Bourbon
hot water
In an 8 oz mug combine butter batter, bourbon and hot water. Stir and enjoy.
To make butter batter:unsalted butter,white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove, salt, pure vanilla extract, cardamom and orange zest.

Czech Cider
2 ozBecherovka
.5ozSandeman Reserve Ruby Port
1 oz apple cider
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
.5 oz simple syrup
1 dash lemon bitters
Add all ingredients to shaker with ice and fine strain into chilled cocktail glass and serve.  Garnish with a lemon twist

Czech Maple Harvest
1.5 ozBecherovka
¼ oz maple syrup
1 oz fresh orange juice
¼ oz fresh lemon juice
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters
Add all ingredients and shake really hard.  Strain into chilled cocktail glass and serve

Ginger Bell Rock
2 oz. Iceberg Vodka
.5 oz. cinnamon syrup
.5 oz. fresh lime juice
ginger beer
Combine first three ingredients in an ice filled highball glass. Top off with ginger beer.  Garnish with a lime.

Little Rummer Boy
1.5 oz. Cockspur Fine Rum.25 oz. maraschino liqueur
.75 oz. earl grey tea
.75 oz. hibiscus grenadine
.75 oz. pineapple juice
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Optional sugar rim coat.

Kansas Pear Affair
1 1/2 oz. Kansas Clean Distilled Whiskey
1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
3/4 oz. pear puree
1/4 oz. fresh lime juice
Shake well with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with ground cinnamon

Capra’s Smoked Punch
by Jonathan Pogash, The Cocktail Guru
2 parts Ardbeg 10 year old
1 1/2 part apple cider
1/4 part maple syrup
1/2 part fresh lemon juice
dash pumpkin pie spice
Prosecco
Add ingredients to a punch bowl with ice and stir to dilute and chill.  Ladle out into glass with ice and top w/ prosecco and pie spice.Garnish: fresh apples and lemons.

Aperol Holiday Spritz
3 parts LunettaProsecco
2 parts Aperol
Splash of Perrier Sparkling Water
Garnish with a small candy cane

General Harrison’sNogg
A personal favorite of Dale DeGroff, adapted from a recipe from Jerry Thomas’s 1862 edition of How to Mix Drinks: a totally different take on eggnog- made as a single-serve drink and includes a raw egg, so you need to shake it very well. The bourbon and bitters are his addition.

1.5 oz Makers Mark Bourbon
4 oz fresh apple cider
1 egg
1.5 tsp sugar
Dash of Dale DeGroff’s Pimento Bitters™
Assemble the bourbon, cider, egg, and sugar in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake very well to completely emulsify the egg. Strain into a 8 ounce tumbler and top with the pinch of ground cinnamon.

Half Moon Gin Punch
Half Moon Gin
Oranges
Lemons
Grenadine
Basement Bitters – Bitter Frost
In a large punch bowl, combine juices of oranges & lemons, 2 quarts of Half Moon, 4 jiggers of Grenadine, & 6 dashes of Bitter Frost. Add a block of ice and stir in 2 quarts chilled Perrier Sparkling Water.

Starr Cider
2 oz Starr African Rum
4 oz fresh apple cider (hot or cold)
Pre-heat apple cider (if desired).  Add Starr African Rum.  Stir and serve.  If you want to be fancy, garnish with a cinnamon stick and top with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg.

The Smoked Maple Leaf
The Black Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky
Brugal Extra Dry Rum
Canadian Maple Syrup
Whole Milk
Shaken & garnished with nutmeg and fresh mint.

Peet’s Punch
The Black Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky
Fresh Apple Cider
Fresh Lemon Juice
Organic Honey
Lemon Peel
Cinnamon Stick
Star Anise
May be served Hot or Cold.

Jackson Punch
1.5 oz Plantation Grande Reserve Barbados Rum
1.5 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840 Original Formula Cognac
¾ oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice

½ oz simple syrup
½ ozMathilde Raspberry liquor
2 oz water
Fill with ice. Ornament with raspberries and half an orange wheel.

Molinari Yuletide Sour
2 oz. Molinari Extra Sambuca
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. agave nectar
1 oz. Perfect Puree of Napa Valley cranberry puree
freshly grated nutmeg
Shake well with ice and strain over ice into rocks glass.Garnish: freshly grated nutmeg

21^st Century Punch

Bluecoat Gin
TizianoProsecco
Grapefruit juice
Dash of Vieux Carre absinthe

Gianni Apple Cat
By Tad Carducci, Tippling Bros.
2 oz. AvernaAmaro
1 oz. local apple cider
.5 oz. lemon juice
Pinch cayenne powder
FrantinelProsecco to fill

G’Vine® Basil Smash
2 oz. G’Vine® Nouaison®
Half a lemon, cut in triangles
¾ shot simple syrup
1  handful basil
Muddle the lemon triangles with the basil. Add G’Vine®, simple syrup and ice, and shake. Double-strain into an ice-filled short glass. Garnish with a basil leaf.

June Margarita
2 ozExcellia Blanco Tequila
1 oz Esprit de June
1 ozlime juice
Dash of simple syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a margarita glass rimed with lime juice and salt.

Calyer Royale
1.5 ozGreenhook American Dry Gin
.5oz Lairds Bonded Applejack
.5 oz vanilla syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Build in a double rocks glass and serve with an orange twist.

Cali Libre
Caliche Rum
Coke
lime

Don Q Cristal Rum
passion fruit juice

Death’s Door Gin & Tonic
lime