Cocktail

Capri Crush with Anchorage Distillery’s Gin

Inspired by Shaker and Spoon

Yields:  1

Method: Shaken

Glass: Collins

Ingredients

1 oz gin

1 oz spiced orange-grapefruit cordial

2 dashes orange biters

3 oz sparkling water

2 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters

Instructions

Add gin, cordial, and orange bitters to the shaker. Fill with ice cubes and shake virgorously until it is ice-cold (15-30 seconds). Add the sparkling water to the shaker.

Strain over ice

For an aromatic fishing touch, top with the Peychaud’s bitters

While technically a drink to complement a summer BBQ, we stirred up this tasty cocktail while enjoying some smoked Que from our local restaurant, and it’s late October in Alaska.

The strawberry cordial achieves a pop of flavor with notes of orange peel and pink peppercorns that are perfectly complemented with a nice Scotch whiskey and a few dashes of hopped-up IPA tintcure.

Yields 1

Ingredients

2 oz Scotch

1/2 oz strawberry cordial

3 dashes hopped-up IPA tincture

Method

Stirred

Glass

Rocks glass

Instructions

Add all of the ingredients to a dry mixing glass. Fill the glass with ice and use a bar spoon to stir until the glass feels ice-cold.

Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.

Kick back and imagine the infinite with a serenity-inducing sip that thankfully eschews the herbs, seeds, and curiously named components of dreadful concoctions of yore.

Chris Elford’s old fashioned unites mezcal with a rich coffee syrup that features a simple but omnipresent mix of star anise, cardamon and clove. The spices harmonize with the bitters and a finishing touches of grapefruit aroma and soldering cinnamon fog directly target the complex fruit and char notes of the spirit.

Ingredients

2 oz mezcal espadin joven

1/2 oz spiced cold brew syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 spritz grapefruit oil

1 cinnamon stick

Method

Stirred

Glass

Rocks

Instructions

Add mezcal, syrup and bitters to a dry mixing glass. Fill the glass with ice and stir until the glass feels cold.

Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube

For the aromatic finishing touches, light the cinnamon stick with a match and blow it out when flame catches. Spray the grapefruit oil over the top and balance the burned cinnamon stick on the rim of the glass.