Strawberry Mint Moscow Mule

Strawberry Mint Moscow Mule

Ingredients: 2 oz. Up North Honey Spirits 3 strawberries 4 mint leaves ginger beer lime juice ice mule cup Instructions: Muddle strawberries and mint leaves. Pour contents in mule cup with ice. Add Up North Honey Spirits. Top with ginger beer and a splash of lime...
Blood In, Blood Out

Blood In, Blood Out

by Amanda Colom & Cody Cox Lock & Key Social Drinkery 1.5 oz mezcal 1/2 oz Bonal 3/4 oz blood orange syrup 2 drops saline orange essence IPA bubbles   photo credit: Craft Spirits...
Summer Thyme Fine

Summer Thyme Fine

3oz Thyme Infused Watermelon Juice * 2oz Jos A Magnus Navy Strength Gin (114 proof) 1oz Chartreuse   Combine and serve over a large block of ice. * Thyme Infused Watermelon Juice Make a small amount (2oz) of simple syrup: 2 parts water to 1 part sugar. Add about...
The Pear Pair

The Pear Pair

Our friend Matthew Wyne of Letters & Liquor is not just a fantastic lettering artist.  Nay, he is also an artiste when it comes to adult beverages.  He worked up a custom cocktail recipe just for Craft Spirits Week, which features a bounty of Cali-centric spirits....
Nopalitan

Nopalitan

1 oz. Opuntia prickly pear 1 oz. mescal 3/4 oz. lime juice 3/4 oz. agave nectar 1/4 oz. prickly pear syrup or 3-4 muddled prickly pear slices Combine and shake over ice. Strain over ice in a mason Jar rimmed with Tajin sea­soning. recipe & photo via Ventura...
Pink Moon

Pink Moon

by Koire Rogers 1.5 oz Blinking Owl Aquavit or Blinking Owl Vodka 0.5 oz Lemon juice 0.5 oz Falernum, we suggest Snug Harbor brand 1-2 dashes Angostura bitters. Dry shake the cocktail, pour in glass and then add ice. Garnish with mint. Enjoy! via Blinking...
Didn’t He Bramble

Didn’t He Bramble

Ingredients: 2 Oz Copper & Kings Vapor-Distilled Citrus Absinthe .75 Oz Lemon Juice .75 Oz Simple Syrup .25 Oz Giffard Creme De Mure Tool’s You’ll Need: Jigger Lewis Bag & Mallet Shaker Tin Hawthorne Strainer Bar Spoon Combine everything but the...
Classic Mint Julep

Classic Mint Julep

2 oz Belle Meade Bourbon 1/4 oz Demerara Syrup* 2 Sprigs of Mint Drop the mint sprigs into the julep cup and lightly bruise them with a muddler. Using the muddler, pull the leaves up the inside walls of the cup so that the essential oils from the mint coat the...