A Few of Our Favorite Cocktails

TIDEWALKER BOURBON

Maple Julep

  • 3 oz Tidewalker Bourbon

  • 1-3 tsp maple syrup

  • Mint sprig

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

Muddle mint leaves until they’re fully broken down. Fill a glass with crushed ice and pour the bourbon and syrup over it. Give the mint sprig a good hard slap, and tuck it into the ice.

Suggested glassware: pewter cup or old fashioned glass

Pick Me Up

  • 1 oz Tidewalker Bourbon

  • 3 oz cold-brew coffee

  • ½ oz orgeat

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a shaker full of ice. Shake well and pour into a chilled glass.

This recipe also works great with Gunpowder Rye in place of the bourbon!

Suggested glassware: old fashioned glass

Bring Back Summer

  • 1 oz Tidewalker Bourbon

  • 1 oz semi-sweet black tea

  • 1 oz lemonade

  • Several dashes of orange bitters

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a shaker full of ice. Shake well and serve in an ice-filled old fashioned glass.

Suggested glassware: old fashioned glass

Whiskey Sour

  • 2 oz Tidewalker Bourbon

  • ¾ oz lemon juice

  • ¾ oz simple syrup

  • Egg white (skip, if you prefer)

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a shaker without ice (dry shake) and shake 10-12 times. Add ice to shaker, shake again, strain, and serve.

Or make it a Gold Rush! Swap the simple syrup for honey syrup (see the Bebbo Cocktail in the gin section), skip the egg white, and dry shake.

Suggested glassware: old fashioned glass

GUNPOWDER RYE WHISKEY

Boulevardier (whiskey negroni)

  • 1 ½ oz Gunpowder Rye Whiskey

  • 1 oz good quality sweet vermouth

  • 1 oz Campari

  • Orange peel garnish

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass or pour into an old fashioned glass over ice. Garnish with a twist of orange peel.

Suggested glassware: old fashioned glass

Manhattan

INGREDIENTS

  • 2-3 oz Gunpowder Rye Whiskey

  • 1 oz good quality sweet vermouth

  • 4-6 dashes Vena’s Garam Masala or Aromatic Bitters

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a mixing glass with ice. Stir, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: cocktail glass or old fashioned glass

Remember The Maine

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Gunpowder Rye Whiskey

  • ¾ oz good quality sweet vermouth

  • ¼ oz Cherry Heering

  • Dash Absinthe

  • 4-6 dashes Vena’s Aromatic Bitters

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a mixing glass with ice. Stir, strain, and serve. Garnish with a cherry, if you like.

Suggested glassware: cocktail or old fashioned glass

Ward Eight

  • 2 oz Gunpowder Rye Whiskey

  • ½ oz orange juice

  • ½ oz lemon juice

  • ½ oz grenadine

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

Mix together in a shaker with ice. Stir, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: cocktail glass or old fashioned glass

Diamondback

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ oz Gunpowder Rye Whiskey

  • ¾ oz Laird’s Applejack

  • ¾ oz yellow Chartreuse (can sub Genepy)

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a mixing glass with ice. Stir, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: cocktail glass or old fashioned glass

Vieux Carre

INGREDIENTS

  • ¾ oz Gunpowder Rye Whiskey

  • ¾ oz Cognac

  • ¾ oz sweet vermouth

  • 1 bar spoon Benedictine

  • 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

  • Cherry

DIRECTIONS

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir well, strain into an ice-filled old fashioned glass, and garnish with a cherry.

Suggested glassware: old fashioned glass

INGENIUM GIN

Rolls Royce

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Ingenium Gin

  • ½ oz dry vermouth

  • ½ oz sweet vermouth

  • 1 tsp Benedictine

DIRECTIONS

Stir together with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Suggested glassware: coupe or cocktail glass

Major Bailey (a spin on the gin julep)

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Ingenium Gin

  • 6 or so mint leaves + mint sprig for garnish

  • 1-2 tsp granulated sugar

  • ¼ oz fresh lime juice

  • ¼ oz fresh lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

Muddle mint leaves and sugar in the bottom of an old fashioned glass or julep cup and fill it with crushed ice. Add the lime and lemon juices and then the gin and give it a stir. Smack the mint sprig and pop it in for garnish. Add lime garnish as well, if you’d like.

Suggested glassware: old fashioned glass or julep cup

We recommend playing around with this one— leave out the lemon and double the lime, replace the mint with Thai basil, add soda water— go nuts!

Negroni

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 oz Ingenium Gin

  • 1 oz Campari

  • 1 oz high-quality sweet vermouth

  • Orange peel garnish

DIRECTIONS

Mix together with ice in a mixing glass until cold. Strain into an old fashioned glass with a couple of good-sized ice cubes. Twist the orange garnish over the top to release a bit of orange essence, drop it in, and enjoy.

Suggested glassware: old-fashioned glass

Verdant Lady

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ oz Ingenium Gin

  • ½ oz lime juice

  • ¼ oz simple syrup

  • ¼ oz Chartreuse, can sub Genepy

  • 4-6 mint leaves

DIRECTIONS

Mix together in a shaker with ice. Shake, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: coupe or cocktail glass

Martinez (gin Manhattan)

DIRECTIONS

INGREDIENTS

  • 2-3 oz Ingenium Gin

  • 1 oz good quality sweet vermouth

  • 4-6 dashes Vena’s Grove Bitters or orange bitters

Mix together in a shaker with ice. Shake, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: cocktail or old-fashioned glass

Gin Julep

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Ingenium Gin

  • 6 or so mint leaves + mint sprig for garnish

  • 1-2 tsp granulated sugar

DIRECTIONS

Muddle mint leaves and sugar in the bottom of an old fashioned glass t a or julep cup and fill it with crushed ice, and then the gin. Give it a stir, smack the mint sprig, and pop it in.

Suggested glassware: old-fashioned glass or julep cup

(If you enjoy this one, check out the Major Bailey.)

The French 75

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 oz Ingenium Gin

  • ½ oz lemon juice

  • ½ oz honey syrup*

DIRECTIONS

Combine gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake well and pour into a champagne flute or other tall, stemmed glass. Top with Champagne and lemon garnish.

Suggested glassware: cocktail or coupe glass

Classic Martini

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Ingenium Gin

  • 1 oz good quality dry vermouth

DIRECTIONS

Combine in a mixing glass with ice. Stir, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: cocktail glass

Bebbo

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ oz Ingenium Gin

  • ¾ oz lemon juice

  • ½ oz blood orange juice

  • ½ oz honey syrup*

  • Dash of orange bitters

  • Lemon twist for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Combine ingredients together with ice in a cocktail shaker, give it a good long shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

*To make the honey syrup: mix together ½ c honey and ¼ c hot water until fully combined.

Low alc version: go as low as ¾ oz gin.

No alc version: increase blood oj to 1 oz and honey syrup to 1 oz. Shake, pour into a collins glass filled with ice, and top with flavored seltzer of your choice.

Suggested glassware: cocktail or old-fashioned glass

EIGHT BELLS RUM

Maine Old Fashioned

INGREDIENTS

  • 2-3 oz Eight Bells Rum

  • 1-3 tsp maple syrup (according to your taste)

  • 4-6 dashes Vena’s Coffee Bitters
    (can sub Angostura, but why would you?)

  • Slice of lemon zest

DIRECTIONS

Mix together in a mixing glass or old fashioned glass with ice. Stir, strain (or don’t!), and enjoy.

Suggested glassware: old-fashioned glass

Mai Tai

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Eight Bells Rum

  • ¾ oz orange curacao or triple sec

  • 1 oz lime juice

  • ¾ oz orgeat

  • Garnish

DIRECTIONS

Throw everything into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake it well, and strain into an old fashioned (or Tiki) glass filled with ice, and serve.

Suggested glassware: old-fashioned glass or Tiki glass

Bonus! Make your own orgeat syrup for a Mai Tai or other cocktail.

INGREDIENTS

  • ¾ c unsweetened almond milk

  • ½ c sugar

  • 1/8 tsp almond extract

  • 4 drops orange flower water
    (in the cocktail section at the liquor store)

DIRECTIONS

Mix all ingredients in a mason jar and shake until sugar is fully dissolved.

Paper Plane

INGREDIENTS

  • ¾ oz Eight Bells Rum

  • ¾ oz Aperol

  • ¾ oz Amaro Nonino or Montenegro

  • ¾ oz lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake, strain, and serve.

Suggested glassware: coupe glass

Daiquiri

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Eight Bells Rum

  • 1 oz lime juice

  • ¾ oz simple syrup

OR make it a Hemingway

  • 2 oz Eight Bells Rum

  • ¾ oz lime juice

  • ½ oz grapefruit juice

  • ½ oz Luxardo

DIRECTIONS

Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake, strain, and serve as is in a cocktail glass, or over ice in an old fashioned glass.

Suggested glassware: cocktail or old-fashioned glass

Side Car

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ oz Eight Bells Rum

  • ¾ oz Cointrreau

  • 1-1 ½ oz fresh lime juice

DIRECTIONS

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice and give it a good shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Suggested glassware: coupe glass

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