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This recipe from Seedlip is ideal for tucking in a picnic basket or insulated backpack for your next outdoor adventure.• 2 oz Seedlip Spice 94
• 0.75 oz pink grapefruit juice
• 3 tsp strawberry jam
• 2 basil leaves, plus additional for garnish
Place all ingredients in a jam jar filled with ice. Tighten lid and shake well. Garnish with an additional basil leaf. Serves 1.
• 2 oz Lumette!
• 0.75 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp raspberry jam
• 1 oz egg white
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker without ice and vigorously dry shake. Add ice and shake again until chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe. Serves 1.
• 1 or 2 ribbons of fresh ginger root
• 1.75 oz Sobrii
• 4 oz grapefruit-flavoured seltzer
• Garnish: 2 to 3 large mint leaves or a slice of grapefruit
Now you can make tropical cocktails at home almost as good as the ones at The Shameful Tiki Room, which was recently named the 2020 Nightclub & Bar Awards’ Best Tiki Bar in North America.
Whether you like to sip on a classic cocktail like a Manhattan or prefer to experiment with new, unconventional concoctions, the spirits world has never been more sophisticated or exciting. Yet for the longest time, mixers were overlooked, an afterthought rather than being considered a crucial ingredient in an extraordinary drink.
Vancouver is home to countless cool bars, some dive-y, some hip, some themed—and some full of surprises. A few house separate, completely different rooms that you might not even be aware exist. Here’s a handful of the city’s best bars within bars.
Southeast Asian flavours and a pretty purple hue make this cocktail from The Diamond (and Elk Room) irresistible.• 1.5 oz yuzu sake
• 0.5 oz Wray & Nephew overproof rum
• 0.5 oz butterfly pea flower syrup
• 0.75 oz lime juice
• Tonic water
• Garnish: sprig of mint
• 1 lemon
• 1 orange
• 1/2 apple
• Handful blackberries
• 1 bottle (750 mL) Spanish red wine
• 1.5 oz Triple Sec or Grand Marnier
• 1.5 oz brandy
• 2 oz lemonade
• 2 oz orange juice
• 6 to 8 oz soda water or 7Up
• 0.75 oz Los Siete Misterios Doba Yej mezcal
• 0.75 oz Cazadores blanco tequila
• 0.75 oz El Bandarra vermouth
• 0.3 oz Legend Naramaro
• 0.3 oz Odd Society Mia Amata amaro
• Dash Apothecary Bitters Darkness Coffee and Cacao Bitters
• Garnish: orange twist
Campari-pomegranate ice cube:
• 0.5 oz Campari
• 0.5 oz pomegranate juice
• 3 oz water
Cocktail:
• 1 oz Volcan blanco tequila
• 0.25 oz pisco
• 0.5 oz orgeat
• 0.5 oz citric acid
• Garnish: dehydrated lemon slice, pomegranate seeds
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