Thirsty Thursday - Winter Gin Cocktails
5 pm - 7 pm
The monks used it to distill sharp, fiery, alcoholic tonics, one of which was distilled from wine infused with juniper berries. They were making medicines, hence the juniper. As a medicinal herb, juniper had been an essential part of doctors' kits for centuries; plague doctors stuffed the beaks of their plague masks with juniper to supposedly protect them from the Black Death. Across Europe, apothecaries handed out juniper tonic wines for coughs, colds, pains, strains, ruptures and cramps. These were a popular cure-all, though some thought these tonic wines to be a little too popular, and consumed for enjoyment rather than medicinal purposes. But most gin cocktails are thought of as summer drinks. Let’s change that!
Junipero Smoked Rosemary Gin
$35 per bottle
On sale for $30 per bottle
Another first for American Craft Gin - Junipero Smoked Rosemary is a unique offering unlike anything else currently available in the US.
Bottled unfiltered at 98.6 Proof with beautifully balanced notes of Smoked Rosemary and Citrus making it ideal for elevated cocktails.
Cucumber Rosemary Gimlet
2 oz Junipero Smoked Rosemary Gin
1 oz Fresh Victor Cucumber lime cocktail mixer
1 dash lime bitters
Combine all ingredients and serve over ice
Catoctin Creek Watershed Old Tom Gin
$49 per bottle
On sale for $40 per bottle
The gin’s base is distilled from organic rye and although the botanical blend is kept a secret, Watershed Gin’s 50% ABV gives those botanicals an assertive and bold presence. There’s a lot going on, and its quite interesting, slowly unraveling and revealing itself when tasted neat. It's a very interesting, almost cerebral gin.
Green Alaska
3 oz Watershed Gin
¾ oz Green Chartreuse
1 dash orange bitters
Combine all ingredients, shake with ice, strain and serve up with Lemon zest garnish
Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin
$36 per bottle
On sale for $30 per bottle
Proclaimed on the bottle as the “best of both worlds, east and west,” Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin is based on a recipe of Jacobus, better known as Bobby, Alfons. Eight botanicals are each distilled on their own before being blended together to create his namesake gin.
Bobby’s Martinez
2 oz Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
½ oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2 dash orange bitters
Combine all ingredients, shake with ice, strain and serve up with orange zest garnish
Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin
$45 per bottle
On sale for $35 per bottle
Each year Four Pillars takes local cool-climate Shiraz grapes and steeps them in Rare Dry Gin for eight weeks. The resulting Bloody Shiraz Gin is rich in color and flavor, all naturally occurring from the grapes (with no added sugar).
Gin & Ginger
1 ½ Bloody Shiraz Gin
3 oz ginger beer
1 dash mint bitters
Combine all ingredients and serve over ice
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