(aka The Bourbon Slushy) Great for really hot days on the porch. Put a few mint leaves in a julep cup with a 1/2 oz of simple syrup and muddle well. Pack cup with crushed ice and add 2 oz of bourbon. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Category: Cocktails
Mint Julep
Death in the Gulf Stream
I haven’t tried this one yet, but I hear it’s a favourite of Hemmingway and is supposedly good when it’s hot out. Requires lime juice and dutch gin (genever). Fill a tall glass with crushed ice. Juice a lime into it and add 4 dashes of bitters. Fill with genever.
Side Car
This is good with bourbon, not sure about the rest. Makes 2: Mix in a shaker, pour into a martini glass or small rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon or orange twist. If you’re feeling fancy, you cant try a caramelized orange wheel, see recipe here: Carmelized Orange Slices.
Boulevardier
Makes 2: Mix in a jug over ice, stir, pour over ice in a rocks glass. Twist of lemon or a twist of orange for garnish.
Suffering Bastard
It’s pretty good on a hot day on the porch. Makes 1: Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour bourbon and gin over the ice, add the lime juice and a couple of dashes of bitters. Top with ginger beer.
Moscow Mule
This is a summer fave. You need a fancy mule glass for it, though, if you want to be extra obnoxious. Makes 1: Fill mule glass with ice cubes. Pour in vodka. Add 1/2 Lime Juice and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Jam Jam Martini
This is yet another twist on the martini, but with a more Newfoundland twist since it relies on garnish from Purity Factories in Newfoundland for the full experience. Makes 2: Mix together in a shaker and pour into a martini glass. For the full effect, crush up some Purity Peppermint knobs and rim the glasses […]
Rosemary Bourbon Maple Sour
This is a favourite. It’s the closest that I’ve been able to come to a cocktail that one of the local restaurants had that has unfortunately gone away. It’s good. Makes 2: Add all ingredients (except the garnish) to a mixing jug and stir well to mix. Pour over ice (a single large cube if […]
Paper Plane
This is a favourite. Makes 2: Mix in a shaker, then pour into a martini glass. So good. It’s equal parts of each ingredient, so you can scale this up to however many you want to make at once.
Lemon Drop Martini
These are a standard. Another twist on a Martini that were all the rage that time. Makes 2: Mix vodka, orange liquor, and limoncello in a shaker and shake it. Garnish rim of martini glasses with granulated sugar. Pour the drink into the martini glasses, and add a twist of lemon for a garnish if […]