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
Featuring
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.
Featuring
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.
Featuring
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.
Featuring
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.
Featuring
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.
Featuring
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.
Featuring
PIMM’S CUP
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Pimm’s No.1 Cup
4 oz (120 ml) lemon-lime soda or ginger ale
1 wheel cucumber, for garnish
1 wheel lemon, for garnish
1 wheel orange, for garnish
mint sprig, for garnish
Instructions
- Add Pimm’s and soda to a chilled highball glass and fill with ice. Garnish with a slice of cucumber, lemon, orange (or fruit of your choosing) and a sprig of mint. If desired, gently muddle ingredients to release essences.
Featuring
CHAMPAGNE PUNCH
Ingredients
Serves 20
2 cups (500 ml) St-Rémy VSOP brandy
1 cup (250 ml) fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup (180 ml) Sugar Syrup
1 tsp (5 ml) orange bitters
6 cups (1.5 L or 2 bottles)
Veuve Du Vernay brut, chilled
lemon wheels, for garnish
ice, preferable a large block
Instructions
- In a pitcher or large glass jar, combine brandy, lemon juice, Sugar Syrup and bitters. Stir until blended. Chill for a couple of hours or overnight.
- When ready to serve, pour the gin base into a large, non-reactive punch bowl. Add the bubble and stir gently. Add ice, then garnish with lemon wheels. To serve, ladle into punch glasses. Makes 20 servings (10 cups or 2.5 L).
- To make SUGAR SYRUP: Bring 1 cup (250 ml) sugar and ½ cup (125 ml) water just to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved. Will keep, refrigerated, for a week or two.
Featuring
ROYAL MANDATE
Ingredients
Serves 1
granulated sugar
1 lemon slice
3 tbsp (45 ml) Havana Club 7 rum
1½ tsp (7 ml) Crème de Cassis
1½ tsp (7 ml) Fernet Branca
4 tsp (20 ml) lemon juice
2 tsp (10 ml) honey syrup
ice cubes
orange zest, for garnish
Instructions
- Run a cut lemon along one half of the rim of a glass. Dip in sugar to coat half the rim. Combine remaining ingredients except for orange zest in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into tall sugar-rimmed glass. Garnish and serve immediately.
- To make HONEY SYRUP: Combine 2⅓ cups (590 ml) honey and 1⅔ cups (400 ml) hot water in a glass container large enough to hold contents. Stir until dissolved. Can be refrigerated for up to 6 weeks.