CHARTREUSE SOUR
Discover the diversity of liqueurs with cocktails.Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Chartreuse Green
2 oz (60 ml) freshly squeezed orange juice
¾ oz (22 ml) lime juice
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup*
1 egg white 2 drops orange flower water
lime wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine Chartreuse Green, orange juice, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white and orange flower water. Shake vigorously and fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
- * 1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.
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BLUSH
Sparkling cocktails are great for celebrating the different events and important moments in our lives. This sparkling cocktail can be served to celebrate the holidays, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, a birthday or any other reason to raise a glass to toast an occasion.Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Bombay Bramble Gin
¾ oz (22 ml) St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup*
2 oz (60 ml) Brilla Prosecco Rosé
fresh raspberries, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine gin, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup. Stir to chill and dilute. Strain over cubed ice in a Collins glass, top with sparkling wine. Garnish with fresh raspberries.
- * 1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.
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MINT GREEN TEA SPARKLE
Sparkling cocktails are great for celebrating the different events and important moments in our lives. This sparkling cocktail can be served to celebrate the holidays, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, a birthday or any other reason to raise a glass to toast an occasion.Ingredients
Serves
1 oz (30 ml) Beefeater Gin
1½ oz (45 ml) Mint Green Tea*
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup**
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
2 oz (60 ml) Freixenet Cava
fresh mint, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine gin, Mint Green Tea, simple syrup and lemon juice. Stir to chill and dilute. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe, top with sparkling wine. Garnish with fresh mint.
- * To make Mint Green Tea, add 2 tbsp (30 ml) green tea to 3 cups (750 ml) boiled water, steep for 5 minutes. Add 1 cup (250 ml) fresh mint leaves, steep for 5 more minutes. Fine strain into a glass bottle and chill.
- ** 1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
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MENTHE DE CAFÉ
This cocktail is sure to please any coffee aficionado.Ingredients
Serves
1 oz (30 ml) sweetened condensed milk
1 oz (30 ml) Crown Royal Vanilla
½ oz (15 ml) McGuinness Peppermint Schnapps
2 oz (60 ml) strong coffee
fresh mint, for garnish
Instructions
- For a layering effect, add sweetened condensed milk to an old-fashioned glass, then fill glass with cubed ice. In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine vanilla whisky, peppermint schnapps and strong coffee. Stir to chill and dilute. Strain over ice in prepared old-fashioned glass. Garnish with fresh mint.
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MOLE MOCHA
This cocktail is sure to please any coffee aficionado.Ingredients
Serves
1½ oz (45 ml) Cazadores Añejo Tequila
½ oz (15 ml) McGuinness Crème de Cacao
1 oz (30 ml) brewed espresso
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup*
1 dash Habanero Bitters
3 coffee beans, for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine tequila, espresso, crème de cacao, simple syrup and bitters. Shake vigorously and fine strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with 3 coffee beans.
- *1:1 ratio of sugar dissolved in boiling water. Allow to cool before using.
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AFFOGATO
This cocktail is sure to please any coffee aficionado.Ingredients
Serves
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
1 oz (30 ml) Lemon Hart Blackpool Spiced Rum
¾ oz (22 ml) Tia Maria Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur
1 oz (30 ml) brewed espresso
1 coffee bean, for garnish
Instructions
- Place 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream into a chilled cocktail coupe. In a cocktail shaker with cubed ice, combine spiced rum, coffee liqueur and espresso. Shake vigorously then fine strain into coupe beside scoop of ice cream. Garnish with a coffee bean.
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Gold Moon Rising
A cocktail by Barry Jackson, bar manager at Acquafarina from their fall menu.Ingredients
Serves 1
1¼ oz (37 ml) Moonlight Premium Shochu infused with toasted sesame seeds*
½ oz (15 ml) Bols Apricot Brandy
¼ oz (7 ml) Martini Bianco Vermouth
2 to 3 dashes Cardamom bitters
sour peach candy, for garnish
Instructions
- *Add 1 heaping tablespoon of toasted sesame seeds to a full 1 x 750 ml bottle of Shochu. Refrigerate overnight, then strain before serving.
- In a mixing glass over ice, stir together sesame-infused Shochu, apricot liqueur and vermouth. Strain into a small coupe or Nic & Nora glass and garnish with a skewered sour peach candy.
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Invisible Man
This milk punch recipe is inspired by the classic 1933 horror film, where Dr. Jack Griffin, a British scientist discovers the secret of invisibility, but after experimenting on himself, he goes mad and wreaks havoc on a British town. In this cocktail, the flavours are similar to a London Fog, but the milk solids are filtered out, making the cocktail in essence "invisible."Ingredients
Serves 1
15 oz (450 ml) whole milk (3.25%)
¼ cup (60 ml) granulated sugar
peel of 2 lemons, no pith
15 oz (450 ml) Earl Grey tea (steep 1 tea bag, 1 minute)
25 oz (750 ml) Aviation American Gin
7.5 oz (225 ml) Licor 43 Liqueur
7 oz (210 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) orange flower water
lemon peel, for garnish
Instructions
- Pour milk into a large container. Set aside. In a second container, combine sugar and lemon peel then gently muddle until lemon oil is released (approximately 45 to 60 seconds). Add hot tea and stir to dissolve sugar. Stir in gin, Licor 43, lemon juice and orange flower water. Pour gin mixture into milk (NEVER pour milk into gin). Gently stir curds with small spoon. Let sit for at least 30 minutes or cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. Line a fine-mesh strainer with a coffee filter and set over a large container. Gently pour the alcohol-milk mixture into coffee filter and let drain. Discard curds and coffee filter. Transfer clarified punch to a sealed container and refrigerate until ready to serve. To serve, pour 4 oz (120 ml) of chilled punch into a chilled coupe glass and express the oil from a coin-sized lemon peel over the surface, then discard peel.
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Honey Bear
The Honey Bear cocktail features the Bearface 7-Year-Old Triple Oak Canadian Whisky. This whisky starts out in used American oak, ex-bourbon casks adding notes of honey, crème brûlée and vanilla, before moving to ex-red wine French oak casks that impart flavours of dried fruit and then finally to air-dried, virgin, toasted Hungarian oak casks that bring a unique spice character and subtle smoky quality. Each of these different casks plays a role in the spirit's complexity.Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Bearface Whisky
¾ oz (22 ml) Carolans Irish Mist
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
lemon peel, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine whisky, Irish Mist and bitters. Stir to chill and dilute. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. Garnish with a lemon peel expressed over surface of the cocktail.
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Fruit & Nut
The Fruit and Nut cocktail features The Kraken Black Spiced Rum. This mythical beast of a spiced rum has been infused with a secret blend of 11 spices and a little concentration of molasses, adding to the dark, rich colour and flavour profile. Distinctive notes of caramel, toffee, cinnamon, clove, vanilla, ginger and nutmeg lead to deep and complex flavours.Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Raisin-Infused The Kraken Black Spiced Rum*
¾ oz (22 ml) Disaronno Amaretto
2 dashes Walnut Bitters
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with cubed ice, combine the raisin-infused spiced rum, Amaretto and bitters. Stir to chill and dilute. Strain into a chilled old-fashioned glass over cubed ice. Garnish with reserved rum-soaked raisins on a cocktail pick.
- *To infuse rum with raisins, combine 1 x 750 ml bottle of rum with 1 cup (250 ml) of raisins in a 1 L (4-cup) canning jar, and let sit for 12 to 24 hours. Strain rum back into bottle and reserve raisins for garnish and perhaps your favourite dessert recipe.