Thirsty Thursday - Creative Cocktails

TRÄ•KÁL 

Patagonia, Chile

Regular price: $45

Sale price: $40

Everything that goes into a bottle of Trakal grows wild in Chilean Patagonia. Local apples, crab-apples, and pears are used to create the base distillate. During the second distillation, juices of native berries such as maqui, murta, and sauco are blended with the base spirit. A blend of herbal essential oils that includes tepa, laurel, mint, paramela, and canelo is vapor-infused in the third distillation. Trakal has herbal and berry flavors, with bright notes of golden apples and ripe pears, and an undertone of dark chocolate.

Bordiga Genepy Alpi Liqueur

Cuneo, Italy

Regular price: $45

Sale price: $40

Complex aromas of baked pear and quince. Quite full and rich. A lovely textural palate with It is the traditional liqueur of the Western Alps obtained from the infusion of the flowers of the Artemisia Mutellina, which grows on the highest rocky slopes of the Maritime and Cottian Alps and is harvested strictly by hand. . The family Bordiga is originally from Valle Grana, and the geographical position of Cuneo is particularly strategic, located found at the foot of the Alps, a place where officinal herbs grow spontaneously

Bordiga Digestivo Centum Herbis

Cuneo, Italy

Regular price: $45

Sale price: $40

This historic alpine recipe has been produced by Bordiga since its start in 1888. ‘Centum Herbis’ means ‘100 Herbs’ in Latin, and this is Bordiga’s version of a mixed herbal liqueur, a drink that is found on both sides of the Piedmontese Alps. Although this contains a hint of the classic local bitter herbs gentian and wormwood, this is not an amaro. While mint is the leading ingredient, this is a very complex combination of flavors. Peppermint and eucalyptus give the mentholated taste, genepy gives an exclusive herbal and floral sensation, the gentian and cinchona give the bitterness

Vicario Licorice Liqueur

Greer, South Carolina

Regular price: $45

Sale price: $40

Licorice, a legume with sweet roots, makes for a complex and delightful liqueur, synonymous with well-being and pleasure. Vicario sources only the finest licorice root for their deliciously balanced liqueur—the licorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) finds its optimal geological and weather conditions in the well-drained soil and full sun of Calabria, Italy. The taste of true licorice is far removed from commercial impostors, as natural licorice has an earthy and sweet flavor, with lingering acidity. This inky liqueur will add instant depth and complexity to cocktails, but also is delicious on its own.

Cocktails

They Might be Giants

2 oz TRÄ•KÁL

½ oz licorice liqueur

¼ oz pineapple gum syrup

2 dashes lemon bitters

The Monk’s Habit

1 oz TRÄ•KÁL

1 oz Centum Herbis

½ oz Chambéryzette Strawberry Aperitif

1 dash lavender bitters

Jumpin' Genepy Cocktail

1 ½ oz TRÄ•KÁL

½ oz Genepy liqueur

1 oz Comoz Vermouth

2 dashes orange bitters