A Guide to Civilized Drinking

Canton Citron

2 oz Buddha's Hand-infused Tito's Handmade Vodka

1/2 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur

1/2 oz sweet lime juice*

2 dashes Jamaican #2 Bitters (Bittercube)

sweet lime peel and kumquat for garnish


Mix all ingredients in a shaker and shake with ice until well-chilled. Strain into a coupe or martini glass. Garnish with sweet lime peel and kumquat. Drink!


*Sweet lime (Citrus limetta) is a species of citrus native to Southeast Asia. Available through speciality citrus growers.

Ball Drop

1 oz bourbon

1/2 oz Cointreau

sparkling wine

maraschino cherry and orange twist for garnish


Combine bourbon and Cointreau in a flute. Slowly fill with sparkling wine. Add cherry and orange peel garnish. Drink!

Whiskey Sour

2 oz bourbon

2/3 oz lemon juice (about 1/2 half lemon)



Mix all ingredients in a shaker and shake with ice. Strain into chilled Delmonico glasses and garnish with lemon peel and cherry. Drink!

Lucques Jasmine

1 oz Brokers Gin

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

1 1/2 tsp Grand Marnier

1 1/2 tsp simple syrup

1 1/2 tsp Campari

lemon peel garnish


Mix all ingredients in a shaker and stir well  with ice. Strain into chilled coupe or martini glass and garnish with lemon peel. Drink!

Hendrick's Martini

4 oz Hendrick's Gin

1/2 oz fresh lemon juice (or more to taste)


Mix lemon juice and gin in a shaker and shake over ice. Strain into chilled martini glass and garnish with lemon peel. Drink!

Cooper's Cocktail

2 oz rye whiskey

3/4 oz St Germain Elderflower Liqueur

1/4 oz Fernet Branca

Orange twist  for garnish


Mix all ingredients in a shaker and stir well with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass and garnish with orange peel. Drink!

Negroni (my way)

2.5 oz London Dry Gin

1 oz Carpano Antica Formula

1 oz Campari

splash of fresh orange juice

Orange twist for garnish


Mix all ingredients in a shaker and stir well with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass and garnish with orange peel. Drink!

Holiday Manhattan

1 teaspoon pomegranate arils

2 oz good Bourbon

1 oz dry vermouth

1 teaspoon pomegranate molasses

3 drops Bittercube Jamaican #1 bitters

lemon twist for garnish


Muddle arils in a shaker. Add bourbon, vermouth, pomegranate molasses and bitters and shake with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with lemon twist. Drink!

Old Cuban

2 oz aged rum

3/4 oz lime juice

1/2 oz simple syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

2 oz sparkling wine

6 mint leaves (plus more for garnish)


Add the mint leaves and simple syrup to the bottom of your mixing glass.Lightly muddle the mint in the simple syrup.Add the lime juice, bitters and rum.Fill with ice and shake for 10 seconds.Strain into a chilled coupe glass.Top with sparkling wine.Garnish with a couple fresh mint leaves. Drink!

The Catcher

1.5 oz rye whiskey

1/2 oz maraschino liqueur

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1/4oz simple syrup

dash grapefruit bitters

lime wedge for garnish


Shake all ingredients except the lime wedge in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into an old fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge. Drink!


Muddled Mission

1 strawberry

1 1/2 oz Anchor Junipero Gin

1 oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

1/4 oz Yellow Chartreuse

3/4 oz lemon juice

strawberry for garnish


In a shaker, gently muddle the strawberry. Add the remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into a coupe. Garnish with the strawberry. Drink!


(recipe from Death & Co. Modern Classic Cocktails)


Billion Dollar Dream

2 oz rye whiskey

1/2 oz Shrub & Co. Blood Orange Cardamom Shrub

1/2 oz lemon juice

1/2 oz simple syrup (or less to taste)

absinthe

Lemon peel for garnish


Rinse coupe glass with absinthe. Shake remaining ingredients except the lemon peel in a cocktail shaker with ice,. Strain into coupe glass and garnish with lemon peel.  Drink!


Citrus Scandi

2 oz Vodka

1/2 oz aquavit

1/2 oz Cointreau

1 oz grapefruit juice

1/4 oz simple syrup

orange wedge

orange twist for garnish


Squeeze orange wedge into shaker, add rest of ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into chilled cocktails glasses, and twist orange over drink. Drink!

The Wizard

2 oz Tito's Vodka

1 oz Punt e Mes Sweet Vermouth

1/2 oz Yellow Chartreuse

2 dashes Regan's Orange Bitters

orange twist for garnish


Mix all ingredients in a shaker and stir well with ice. Strain into chilled martini glasses and twist orange over the drink. Drink!