Pollination
Devil
Recipe by Ryan Buchanan, bar manager at Arcana Spirits Lounge, Vancouver. Note that he uses lime ash to create black bitters to draw the pentagram on the drink, but recommends that home bartender use Angostura instead.
Café Bastille Martinez with Ketel One
This dark, savoury twist on the Martini’s precursor was one of the cocktails created in support of Good Night Out this past spring. Recipe by Kate Chernoff, The Keefer Bar.
A riff on the classic Paper Plane
Recipe by Nathan Murray, bar manager at aKin in Toronto: “I prefer Canadian whisky over bourbon. Then I add an acidulated green tea blended with toasted brown rice in place of classic citrus. The result: a flavour profile that is sure to surprise even the most seasoned Paper Plane drinker.”
The Turbulent Plane
This variation on a Paper Plane is by Anita Dorion, the Toronto-based Vine Translator.
INGREDIENTS:
0.5 oz bourbon
0.5 oz Aperol
0.5 oz Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
Juice of ½ lemon, freshly squeezed
Sparkling wine of choice
Niigata Paper Plane
Recipe by Mat Locke, bar manager at Bar Asra, Vancouver: “My riff uses neither bourbon nor Aperol—half of the key ingredients. Instead, I use Japanese whisky in place of bourbon, and a non-alcoholic aperitivo to replace the Aperol. I balance the cocktail by playing around with the traditional proportions.”
Flying Home
Recipe by Avi Kunen, bar manager at Kissa Tanto, Vancouver: “Sam Ross [the Paper Plane’s inventor] initially tried the drink with Campari. This is a nod to that. Rhubarb and ginger are a natural pairing, and we love combining Japanese whisky and Italian amaro.”
The Orchardist
Recipe by Oliver Leung, co-owner of Suite 115 Cocktail Bar in Toronto.
0.75 oz Basil Hayden bourbon
0.75 oz Calvados
0.5 oz sweet vermouth
0.25 oz Bénédictine
0.25 oz chai syrup (see recipe)
2 dashes peach bitters
Garnish: orange peel (oils and twist)
The Borealis
Recipe by Tabytha Towe, bartender/server at Brix & Mortar Restaurant in Vancouver.
1.25 oz Basil Hayden bourbon
0.25 oz Mia Amata or similar amaro
0.25 oz Bénédictine
1 barspoon yellow Chartreuse
5 drops Ms. Better’s Cypress Bitters
Garnish: lemon peel (oils), fir pine or berry leaf, clip
The Thief’s Journal
Recipe by Josh F. Lindley, Toronto-based cofounder of Bartender Atlas.
• 1.5 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon
• 1.0 oz lemon juice
• 0.5 oz ginger syrup (see note)
• 0.25 oz Liquore Strega
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• Garnish: mint leaf