“Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
—Bette Davis as Margo Channing—Gibson in hand—in the classic 1950 movie, All About Eve.
Strawberry and black pepper Caipirinha
Summer in a glass
• 2 oz. cachaça
• 2 oz strawberry and black pepper shrub
• 0.5 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
The Stump Gin & Tonic
A West Coast take on a global classic
INGREDIENTS:
• 2 oz Fermentorium Stump Coastal Forest Gin
• 4-6 oz Fermentorium Artisanal Dry Tonic, depending on taste
METHOD:
Garnish with a sprig of rosemary smacked between your palms, a thin slice of lime, and juniper berries.
Serve in a large (approx 20 oz) Burgundy bowl.
Ma Kham Wahn
A tasty Thai experience.
• 2 oz bourbon, infused with coffee and makrut lime leaf*
• 0.75 oz makrut lime leaf simple syrup
• a dash of fresh ginger juice
• 1.5 oz of tamarind water
• A dash each of pomelo bitters and old fashioned bitters
Spring Stroll
• 1.5 oz Havana 3 yr Anejo Rum
• 0.75 oz Chamomile Syrup
• 0.75 oz Lime Juice
• 0.5 oz Amontillado Sherry
• 2 dashes Bittered Sling Lem-Marrakech Bitters
A classic Negroni
When only the original will do.
• 1 oz gin
• 1 oz sweet vermouth
• 1 oz Campari
Place all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
The milky-whey
Unique, delicious and very West Coast.
• 1 oz milk liqueur (see recipe below)
• 0.5 oz East Van vodka
• 0.25 oz arancino
• 0.5 oz B.C. mead
• 0.5 oz fresh-pressed orange juice
• 0.5 oz whey
Loup-Garou
French for ‘werewolf’ or ‘moondog’
INGREDIENTS:
• 1.5 oz Johnnie Walker Platinum Label Blended Scotch Whisky
• 0.5 oz Lagavulin 16-Year-Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• 0.75 oz Punt E Mes
• 0.25 oz Jagermeister Herbal Liqueur
• 2 dashes Bittered Sling Cascade Celery Bitters
• 2 dashes Bittered Sling Moondog Bitters
• 2 dashes Vancouver Island Smoked Sea Salt Water
Tell Me What You Will
Showcasing local ingredients in a classic style.
INGREDIENTS:
• 50ml Merridale Whisky Jack
• 20ml Odd Society Bitter Sweet Vermouth
• 10ml Merridale Apple Cider Brandy
• Dash of Bittered Sling Suius Cherry Bitters
METHOD:
Stir all ingredients and strain into a small coupe glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
The Burrard Gimlet
A fresh twist on a classic
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 oz Gillespie’s Sin Gin
0.5 oz Green Chartreuse
0.5 oz wildflower honey water (1:1 ratio)
0.75 oz fresh lime juice
3 dashes Bittered Sling Lem-Marrakech Bitters
1 pinch Vancouver Island Sea Salt
Mist of Okanagan Spirits Taboo Absinthe
METHOD:
Combine all ingredients (minus Taboo Absinthe) in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake vigorously for 15 seconds and fine strain to a half-rimmed Vancouver Island Sea Salt cocktail glass. Using an atomizer or mister, spray a fine amount of absinthe over the glass for aromatics. Garnish with a lime twist.