Hot Buttered Rum
The Belly of the Beast
Recipe by Tristin Vissers, bartender at Toronto’s Library Bar.
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 oz Appleton Estate 12 Year old rum
0.75 oz Brown Butter Fat-Washed Bearface Triple Oak whisky (see note)
0.75 oz Metaxa 5 Star brandy
0.75 oz grapefruit juice
0.75 oz sea buckthorn juice
0.75 oz Toasted Pecan & Mace Orgeat (see recipe below)
1 dash Angostura bitters
Garnish: cedar sprig, cinnamon sticks, bitters
Piña Colada Punch (with a barrel-aged variation)
In the clarified milk punch below, the lime juice and bitters create deeper layers of flavour, complementing the pineapple and rum. Note that you can adjust the recipe to your own taste; just make sure to preserve the ratio of 4:1 punch to whole milk.
Rule of 8
Ingredients:
12 oz Bacardi Ocho
4 oz Rémy Signature Brandy
2 oz Luxardo Amaretto
4 oz fresh lime juice
8 oz pineapple juice
6 oz mandarin syrup (see recipe)
12 oz grapefruit soda
Garnish: edible flowers, dehydrated pineapple, fresh fruit slices or whatever captivates your imagination
She’s a Spicy Peach
• 1.5 oz white rum
• 1 oz Homemade Chili Liqueur
• 2.5 oz peach nectar
• 0.5 oz lemon juice
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Optional: Plain or peach-flavoured sparkling water
• Garnish: Sliced jalapeño peppers
Between the Sheets
Thought of as a riff on a Sidecar, this inspired classic is amped up with the use of some higher-ABV craft spirits.
0.75 oz Wayward Distillery Cask Strength Apple Brandy
0.75 oz Wayward Distillery Drunken Hive Rum
0.75 oz Sons of Vancouver Quadruple Sec
0.5 oz lemon juice
Garnish: orange or lemon zest
Smuggler’s Sour
Recipe courtesy of Tim Cole, beverage director, Ophelia Kitchen and Monarca Cocina Mexicana.
Pair with: Prawn or fish tacos.
• 1.5 oz Don Papa Rum
• 0.5 oz 1800 Coconut Tequila
• 1 oz lime juice
• 0.5 oz guava syrup
• 0.5 oz guava juice
• 0.5 oz egg white
• 3 drops lime leaf bitters (such as Ms. Better’s)
• Garnish: Angostura bitters
Choose A Woman-Made, Woman-Led Spirit Day
Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 by buying or drinking a woman-made spirit, such as these global brands that have women master blenders, distillers and more.
Though countless women contribute to the vibrant local, national and international distilling industry, for International Women’s Day each year we give a nod to some of the trailblazers in top production, management and ownership positions at distilleries.
For a fresh perspective on the hidden history of women in spirits and cocktail, we highly recommend the recently released book Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara.
Flannel by the Fire
Make this cocktail with Matthew Benevoli’s West Coast Spiced Rum.
• 1 oz West Coast Spiced Rum
• 1 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 0.75 oz mandarin juice
• 0.33 oz lemon juice
• 0.25 oz Chili Syrup (recipe below)
• 2 dashes cocoa bitters
• 1 egg white or 1 dropper of Ms. Better’s Miraculous Foamer
• Garnish: 3 to 4 drops of cocoa bitters
El Presidente
Make this cocktail with some home made West Coast Spiced Rum
1.5 oz West Coast Spiced Rum
0.75 oz dry vermouth
0.33 oz orange Curaçao
1 barspoon grenadine
Garnish: Orange twist and brandied cherry