Specialty Cocktails
Winter Bourbon Punch
We recommend you share this 15-person batch
ingredients
- 1/2 bottles Laws San Luis Valley Rye Whiskey
- 1/4 gallon of apple cider
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 sage simple syrup
- 2 bottles spicy ginger beer
directions
Sage Simple Syrup:
1 cup granulated sugar
1cup water
1/2 cup firmly packed fresh sage leaves
Bring water to a boil. Add in sugar, stir to dissolve.
Add the sage leaves, let the infusion boil for 60 seconds.
Remove pan from heat and let steep for 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on how strong you would like it.
Pour the cooled syrup through a mesh strainer into an airtight jar or container.
This may be stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Flash In The Pants
ingredients
- 2oz San Luis Valley Rye
- 1oz Pedro Ximenez Sherry
- ¼ oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao (or other orange liquor)
- Angostura Bitters (a dash)
directions
Mix all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, stir for dilution, strain into a coupe.
The House Call
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ oz Henry Road Malt
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon
- 1 1/4 oz Apple ginger Honey syrup
- Dash Celery bitters
- Garnish with an apple slice or lemon peel
Directions
Syrup: ½ cup honey, ½ cup water, piece of ginger root, peeled and sliced, 1 apple sliced. Bring to a boil, turn off heat and cool.
Mix all ingredients into mixing glass filled with ice. Shake, pour over rocks glass filled with ice.
Apples to Apples
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Henry Road Malt
- 1/2 oz Calvados or Apple Brandy
- 1/4 oz Chamomile Simple Syrup
- Garnish with apple slice or lemon peel
Directions
Syrup: ½ cup sugar, ½ cup water, 3 bags of Chamomile tea. Bring water to a boil, add tea bags and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved, steep til cool
Mix all ingredients into mixing glass filled with ice, stir. Strain into a rocks glass with a large ice cube.
Bold Fashioned
INGREDIENTS
- 2 oz San Luis Valley Rye
- 0.25 oz rosemary simple syrup
- 1 dash of chocolate bitters
- Rosemary garnish
DIRECTIONS
Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Stir to dilute, pour over a large ice cube in a rocks glass. Garnish with rosemary sprig.
Rosemary simple: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup of water 3-4 sprigs of rosemary. Bring all contents to a boil til sugar is dissolved. Take off heat and let the herbs steep until cool. Store in the fridge.
Drink to Fall
ingredients
- 1/2 oz Four Grain Sraight Bourbon
- 1/2 oz pear brandy
- 1/2 oz lemon
- 1/4 oz rosemary simple (see below)
- 2 oz spicy ginger beer
directions
Pour all ingredients except for ginger beer, into a cocktail shaker and shake. Pour into a collins glass, then pour ginger beer on top. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.
Rosemary simple: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup of water 3-4 sprigs of rosemary. Bring all contents to a boil til sugar is dissolved. Take off heat and let the herbs steep until cool. Store in the fridge.