Cocktail Recipes!

It's Friday - yay!

What's your go-to beverage of choice that you can make better than anyone else?

I know you've all done virtual cocktail mixing zoom calls - so you gotta have something!

My top 2:

Old Fashioned:

• 1/2 oz simple syrup (make this myself - 2:1 ratio of sugar:water and toss in some aromatics, like a cinnamon stick, orange rind, whatever suits your fancy! Set over medium heat and stir well until all the sugar is disolved and *just* about to boil. Turn off heat and allow to cool).
• 3/4 oz water
• Dash of bitters
• Hefty orange rind (about the 2"x1")
• 3 oz Whiskey (I use Buffalo Trace)
• Bourbon soaked cherry
• Large ice cube from those special trays (yes it makes a difference)

Start by placing your orange rind in a chilled glass. Add the simple syrup and water, bitters, whiskey in that order. Stir. Drop in the large ice cube. Stir. Add cherry, Stir. Finit!

Mint Gimlet:

• 3/4 oz lime juice
• 3/4 oz simple syrup
• Mint tea bag
• 1.5 oz Gin

Take the glass you're gonna use (can be a fancy Martini glass) and pour in the Gin. Place the tea bag in the Gin while you prepare the other ingredients (at least two minutes). Take out a cocktail shaker and add the lime juice and simple syrup. Add enough ice to the shaker so it has at least 4-5 ice cubes (depends on the size of your shaker, ideally you want 1/2 - 3/4 full). Take the tea bag out of your Gin and squeeze any liquid out into the glass. Empty the glass into your shaker. Shake that motherfucker! Carefully pour just the liquid from the shaker into your fancy glass. Enjoy!

Gimmie something to try tonight!