Aiming for a boozy nori-milkshake, this creation takes its name from your favourite anime, Akira. It’s a combination of some of my favourite ingredients. Rum and coconut milk make a lot of sense together. I love Lillet and its elegance. I love cardamom bitters because they’re dope and we all love nori. Its best friend…
I just love 90s country music and dropped a whole cocktail menu named after some of my favorite tunes. 2 oz Brown Butter Fat-washed Old Grand Dad Bonded Whiskey* 1/4 oz Vanilla Syrup** Barspoon Giffard Creme de Peche 5 dashes angostura Combine all ingredients in mixing glass. Fill with ice and stir for about 30…
This cocktail speaks true to Empress 1908 Gin and the botanicals & ingredients that make it so special. So, in a sense it makes the colours of the spirit shine bright in so many ways. 1.5 oz Empress 1908 Gin 0.5 oz Pineapple Syrup 0.25 oz Briottet Rose Liqueur 0.25 oz Domaine de Canton Ginger…
As I’ve hit my nine years within the hospitality community recently, I thought of things from my childhood that I still hold dear from that period of my life. For lunch for much of my elementary school years I always had an assortment of snacks, fruit roll ups, gusher and yes even Dunkaroos. But 90%…
This drink is my first ever competition cocktail for Knob Creek Kentucky Challenge 2019 (#everybitearned #knobcreekkentuckychallenge2019). It is a blend of ingredients that tried my patience and were carefully selected from assessing the base spirit nose and palate and pairing it to ingredients. The first result reminded me immediately of cups of tea at my…
Inspired by one of my favourite classics, the “Pan American Clipper”… Now with Labneh. 1.5oz Calvados Apple Brandy 0.5oz Dolin Génépy 0.5oz Grenadine 0.25 Simple Syrup 0.75 Lime Juice 2 dash Angostura 1 heaping barspoon of Labneh Shake hard. Strain. Pour over ice. Lime wheel to garnish.
This is somewhere between a Corpse Reviver #2 and The Last Word. Two of my favourite that I took to a more herbaceous heaven. 1.5 oz Temple Distilling Chapter One Navy Strength Gin 0.75 oz Cocchi Americano Bianco 0.75 oz Green Chartreuse 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice 0.25 oz Celery Tincture* 0.25 oz rich simple…
I’ve been dreaming up this drink for a while…I had to wait for the most perfect deep red rhubarb of the season and the pineapple sage in my garden had to grow. I made the rhubarb sage simple syrup yesterday and let it steep for 24hrs. I love all the steps it takes to create…
I basically wanted to come up with a pink whiskey sour that was floral and fun for our Spring menu at Pray Tell. We also had a bunch of Bergamot Liqueur lying around so I wanted to somehow add that in to the mix. Strawberry basil instantly speaks summer to me and gave me that…
The Canadian contender for Patrón Margarita of the Year! 1.5 oz Patron Silver 0.5 oz Patron Citronge 1 oz Cocchi Rosa 0.5 Bombay Sapphire 0.5 Lime Juice 0.5 Simple Syrup (1:1) 1 dash rose water Shake, serve neat in a coupe with a strawberry fan.
