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GENEVER INSPIRED GIN
DESCRIPTION
Distilled from malted rye, malted barley, and cane spirit then vapor infused with juniper, angelica root, orris root, cardamom, elderflower, ginger root, persimmon, chicory root and orange peel.
TASTING NOTES
A nice hit of juniper on the front that transitions into subtle earthy notes with a burst of citrus. Finishes with uncompromising notes of malt, rye and chicory.
AWARDS
The Gin is In: Best of the Year, 2020
The Gin is In: Double Gold/5 Stars, 2020
San Francisco World Spirits Competition: Bronze, 2020
New York International Spirits Competition: Bronze, 2020
Recommended Cocktails
GIN & JUICE
1.5 oz Genever Inspired Gin
4 oz grapefruit juice
0.25 oz lime juice
3 dashes lavender bitters
REVENANT
1.5 oz Genever Style Gin
1 oz orange liqueur
1 oz Cocchi Americano
1 oz. lemon juice
0.25 oz Absinthe Nouvelle
Lemon peel twist for garnish
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well, and then double-strain into a chilled coupe and garnish.
NEGRONI
1 oz Genever Inspired Gin
1 oz amaro
1 oz rouge
Orange twist garnish
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice and stir until chilled. Strain over a large ice cube in a rocks glass. Garnish by twisting an orange peel over the glass. Then run the peel along the rim and drop it in the glass.
GIN FIZZ
1.5 oz Genever Inspired Gin
1.5 oz Aquafaba (or 1 egg white)
0.75 oz simple syrup
0.5 oz lime juice
3 dashed orange bitters
Club soda
Lime wheel garnish
Add all ingredients to a shaker, dry shake vigorously. Add ice and shake again. Strain into a highball, fill with ice and tip with club soda. Garnish with lime wheel.
FRENCH 75
1.5 oz Genever Inspired Gin
0.5 oz simple syrup
0.75 oz lemon juice
Ginger beer
Lemon spiral garnish
Chill coupe. Add all ingredients to a shaker, add ice and shake. Double strain into coupe glass. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lemon spiral.
SMOKED CORN WHISKEY
DESCRIPTION
TASTING NOTES
Mezcal and scotch like notes, butter, sweet corn, and then a packed punch of smoke, campfire and wood on the finish
Recommended Cocktails
JALAPENO MARGARITA
1.5 oz Smoked Corn Whiskey
1 muddled jalapeño slice
1 oz orange liqueur
1 oz lime juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
Serve over ice. Garnish with salt rim, lime and jalapeño.
WHISKEY SOUR
2 oz Smoked Corn Whiskey
1.5 oz aquafaba (or 1 egg white)
0.75 oz lemon juice
0.75 oz simple syrup
Lemon and/or cherry garnish
Chill a coupe glass. To a shaker, add all ingredients and dry shake vigorously. Add ice and shake again. Double strain into chilled coupe. Garnish.
NAKED & FAMOUS
0.75 oz Smoked Corn Whiskey
0.75 oz yellow Chartreuse
0.75 oz Aperol
0.75 oz lime juice
Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe.
RUSTY NAIL
1.5 oz Smoked Corn Whiskey
0.75 oz Drambuie
Pour all ingredients directly into old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with a lemon twist. Serve.
ROB ROY
1.5 oz Smoked Corn Whisky
0.75 oz Sweet Vermouth
Dash Angostura Bitters
Add ingredients to a mixing glass and stir over ice, strain into a chilled glass, garnish and serve straight up, or mix in rocks glass, filled with ice.
CARAWAY RYE
DESCRIPTION
A whiskey style spirit distilled from a mash bill of malted rye, malted barley and caraway seed.
TASTING NOTES
A mouthful of aquavit-like notes, malty tones, pops of chocolate, anise, and stone fruit
Recommended Cocktails
RYE MULE
1.5 oz Caraway Rye
Ginger beer
Orange bitters
Pour whiskey and dash of orange bitters over ice, top with ginger beer, garnish with lime.
BLOODY MANHATTAN
1.5 oz Caraway Rye
0.5 oz blood orange liqueur
0.5 oz sweet vermouth
Dash orange bitters
Cherry garnish
Chill a coupe glass. To a cocktail shaker, add all ingredients with ice and shake. Double strain into coupe. Garnish with cherry.
BOULEVARDIER
1 oz Caraway Rye
1 oz amaro
1 oz rouge
Flamed orange twist garnish
Chill a coupe glass. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice and stir. Strain into chilled coupe. Garnish by flaming an orange twist over the glass then running the peel on the rim. Discard peel.
ABSINTHE NOUVELLE
DESCRIPTION
This is Maryland’s first absinthe! Distilled with anise, fennel, grand wormwood, star anise, chrysanthemum and mace. Naturally colored with petite wormwood, lemon balm, hyssop, and bergamot orange.
TASTING NOTES
A punch of rich licorice, complex herbal notes, and floral fairy dust.
AWARDS
New York International Spirits Competition, Gold, 2020
New York International Spirits Competition, Absinthe Distillery of the Year, 2020
San Francisco World Spirits Competition: Silver, 2020
American Craft Spirits Association: Bronze, Specialty Spirits, 2020
Recommended Cocktails
ABSINTHE FRAPPE
1 oz Absinthe Nouvelle
6-8 mint leaves
simple syrup
soda water
lemon wedge
Muddle mint, lemon wedge and simple syrup in shaker, add ice and absinthe, shake. Strain over a glass with crushed ice, top with soda water, garnish with lemon wedge and mint leaves.
SAZERAC
2 oz Caraway Rye
Sprit of Absinthe Nouvelle
1 sugar cube
3 dashes aromatic bitters
3 dashes lavender bitters
Lemon peel garnish
Spritz a rocks glass with absinthe. In a mixing glass, soak a sugar cube with aromatic and lavender bitters, muddle. Add Caraway Rye and ice, stir. Strain into prepared rocks glass. Garnish by expressing a lemon peel over the glass and rubbing it along the rim. Discard lemon peel.
DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON
1.5 oz Absinthe Nouvelle
4.5 oz champagne
Pour the absinthe into a coupe glass. Top with the champagne.
ABSINTHE LOUCHE
1 oz Absinthe Nouvelle
3 oz ice water
Sugar cube (optional)
Pour absinthe in goblet. If you choose to add sugar, place a slotted spoon over the rim of your goblet, place a sugar cube on the spoon. Slowly pour water over sugar cube until it dissolves. Stir.