Menage a XXX
1 oz. XXX Shine salted caramel whiskey
1 oz. Tres Leches cream liqueur
½ oz. Dark or White Crème de Cacao
Combine into an ice-filled shaker and shake. Strain into a chocolate-rimmed glass.
This drink comes to us from the Philadelphia Distilling Company.
French American 75
1 ¼ oz. Bluecoat gin
¼ oz. Lavender simple syrup (½ oz. lavender flower per 3 quarts simple syrup, steeped)
¼ oz. Lemon juice
Top with Prosecco and garnish with a lavender sprig.
Paramour Cocktail
1 ½ oz. Penn vodka
1 oz. Lillet
½ oz. Aperol
Garnish with orange peel and brandied cherries.
This drink was created by Katie Loeb.
Salted Caramel Manhattan
2 ½ oz. Shine salted caramel whiskey
1 oz. Carpano antica
2 Dashes Fee brothers whiskey barrel-aged bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a cherry.
This drink comes to us from the Philadelphia Distilling Company.
The Sophisticate
5 oz. Ruffino Prosecco
5 drops Orange flower water
Lemon rind
Slice a small lemon rind and place in the glass. Pour glass ¾ full of Prosecco, add orange flower water and serve. Best in a Champagne flute.
The Sardinian
3 oz. Ruffino Prosecco
2 oz. Mirto (pure myrtle berry liqueur from Sardinia)
Fresh grapefruit skin
2 Large ice cubes
Circle the rim of the glass with a long, peeled grapefruit skin before twisting the skin over the drink and placing into the glass. Add Mirto, Prosecco and ice. Stir, do not shake.
These two recipes were sent to us from the mixologists at Ruffino.
Bombay Rose
1 ½ oz. Bombay Sapphire East
¾ oz. Perfect Puree lychee puree
¼ oz. Rose water
¼ oz. Hand-press lime juice
½ oz. Turbinado sugar syrup
Combine ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Shake and serve up in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a rose petal and a lime twist.
This drink was created by Manny Hinojosa.
Cupid’s Caipiroska
2 oz. Smirnoff iced cake vodka
1 oz. Perfect puree strawberry puree
1 Tbsp. Cinnamon sugar
1 Lemon wedge, quartered
Strawberry for garnish
Combine ingredients into mixing glass with ice. Shake with Boston shaker and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a strawberry.
Lover’s Lemonade
1 ½ oz. Hennessy Cognac VS
½ oz Perfect Puree mango puree
¾ oz. DeKuyper Triple Sec
½ oz. Simple syrup
1 ½ oz. Lemon juice
Lemon wheel for garnish
Combine ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Shake with a boston shaker and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel.
XO Café Colada
1 ½ oz. Patron XO Café
1 ½ oz. Perfect Puree coconut puree
2 oz. Pineapple juice
Whipped cream
Combine ingredients except whipped cream into a mixing glass with ice. Shake with a Boston shaker and strain into a glass. Top with whipped cream.
Sensual Swizzle
1 ½ oz. Pyrat XO Reserve rum
½ oz. Perfect Puree blueberry puree
1 oz. Lime juice
½ oz. Simple syrup
Dash of Rhubarb bitters
Club soda
Lime wedge for garnish
Combine ingredients except club soda into a mixing glass with ice. Shake with a Boston shaker and strain into a glass over ice. Top with club soda and garnish with a lime wedge.
These four drinks were created by Caterina Miltenberger.
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