Ingredients:
2 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
3/4 parts Heering Cherry Liqueur
1 dash Fee Brothers Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters
2 parts Milk Stout Beer
Fresh nutmeg
Directions:
Combine Basil Hayden’s, cherry liqueur and bitters in a mixing glass.Add ice and shake.Roll in the milk stout beer. Strain into an old fashioned glass with ice. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and cherry on top.
Created by Charles Joly. Courtesy Basil Hayden’s Bourbon.… Read more
Ingredients:
1 oz Moon Mountain Organic Vodka
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz Zwack
5 dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Pour Ketel One Oranje, sweet vermouth, Zwack and 5 dashes of Angostura Bitters into a rocks glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with lime.
Courtesy of Moon Mountain Organic Vodka.… Read more
This drink comes to us from our friend Daniel A. Godinez of Rosewood Cocktail Development Consulting and Pasta Moon, Half Moon Bay CA. With the Bourbon, pear and apple, it’s perfect for Fall!
Ingredients:
4 slices Bosc Pear
2 oz Angel’s Envy Bourbon
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz unfiltered apple cider
1/4 oz Sonoma Walnut Liqueur
1 splash Old Fashioned Bitters
1 splash fresh lemon juice
Directions:
Muddle the Bosc pear and add remaining … Read more
This cocktail is usually made with clear vodka. But its Halloween-appropriate name just screams out for black vodka to make the spooky even spookier.
Ingredients:
2 oz black vodka
3 dashes bitters
Ginger ale
Directions:
Pour the vodka and bitters into a Collins glass. Fill the glass with ice, then pour in ginger ale.
Garnish with a slice of blood orange.
Ingredients:
2 oz The Glenlivet Scotch Whiskey
1/2 oz Hiram Walker Caramel Apple Liqueur
2 dashes orange bitters
Directions:
Fill a large rocks glass with a large ice cube. Add each ingredient and stir gently.
Courtesy of Hiram Walker.… Read more
This Halloween Basil Hayden’s teamed up with Daniel Hyatt, one of San Francisco’s top mixologists, to create the ultimate Halloween treat. Daniel’s Bloody Sunday combines zesty orange juice, the floral aromas of crème de violette, and Basil Hayden’s Bourbon to create an enchanting cocktail that is bursting with flavor.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
1/2 part orange juice
1/2 part grenadine
1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters
1 barspoon of Crème de Violette
1/2 vanilla … Read more
Inspired by a delicious rum that brings to mind a scotch, today’s drink is a Rum Old Fashioned. We’ve reviewed Brugal 1888 and found it to be a sipping rum complex enough to please whiskey aficionados. So why not try it in the ultimate whiskey drink?
Adding a little sugar and bitters to Brugal 1888 draws out the sweet notes while maintaining the rum’s deep smoky and spicy flavors. I highly recommend you get your … Read more
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz scotch
1 oz sweet vermouth
Dashes Angostura Bitters
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake and strain into a chilled martini or cocktail glass.… Read more
Created by Brandon Josie (15 Romolo) and Susan Eggett (Forbidden Island) for the Effen Vodka Art of Design Mixologist Contest. The Little Briar Rose was the winner in San Francisco, 2011.
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz EFFEN® Vodka Black Cherry
½ oz Gran Classico
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz Limoncello
¾ simple syrup
1 dash of black walnut bitters
1 Pinch of Rosemary
Directions:
Slap rosemary and add to shaker with all of the ingredients. … Read more
Inspired by HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and the Lucky Luciano character played by Vincent Piazza. The cocktail combines Basil Hayden’s warm and spicy Super-Premium bourbon with sweet maple syrup and a cherry for a wonderful libation to enjoy during the show!
Ingredients:
1½ parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
½ part sweet vermouth
½ part dry vermouth
½ part maple syrup
2 dashes of bitters
Directions:
Stir together the bourbon, vermouths, maple syrup and bitters over ice in … Read more